From the depths of Kenya's informal settlements has risen slum tourism, an activity that attracts mixed views. There are claims that it benefits only a scrupulous few even as tourism bodies skirt the ...

A new study is to investigate whether the growing phenomenon of slum tourism is merely a cynical form of entertainment for the rich - or whether it can help to tackle global inequalities and ...

"I decided to experience the real Jakarta," said a tourist, stepping gingerly between puddles of putrid water and a scurrying rat in a scene that would never make a postcard. Rohaizad Abu Bakar, 28, a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau next to some demol ...

A slum in Asalpha, in Mumbai's eastern suburbs, got a colourful makeover through a charity initiative aimed at brightening slums, home to more than half the city's population. Picture courtesy: Chal ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - It's the de rigeur stop off for caring foreign dignitaries. It reached a worldwide audience as a backdrop to the British blockbuster "The Constant Gardener". Any journalist wanting ...

Fiona Wang posted a tearful travel video on Saturday.@heyfionawang/TikTok Fiona Wang posted Saturday a TikTok of herself crying for a woman who rowed her boat in Vietnam. The video went viral with ...

Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau next to some demolished shacks. A ...