Transcript Snow blankets parts of boats docked on the Rhine near Lahn

Snow blankets parts of boats docked on the Rhine near Lahn, Germany. Besides
gorgeous scenery, the Rhine presents an arresting overview of a busy working
river connected by canals and tributaries to most of Europe.
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Gondolas ply the waters of Venice's Grand Canal, one of Italy's most
popular tourist attractions.
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People walk past a bakery in the Montmartre district on an October
day in Paris.
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Tour guide Mario Rojas looks over an edge of "the abyss," 9,094 feet high, in
Canaima National Park in Venezuela's Gran Sabana region. The mesas inspired
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, "The Lost World," in which dinosaurs live on an
isolated plateau in the Amazon.
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Snow-covered trees provide a stark contrast to the fall foliage below
in this scene from October at Cannon Mountain in Franconia, N.H.
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People relax in the Blue Lagoon spa in Grindavik, Iceland. The Blue Lagoon was
created in the mid-1970s, when some communities on Iceland's Reykjanes
peninsula, in the southwestern part of the island, sought to harness heat
generated by a geothermal area.
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Rafters take a break from the rapids at Redwall Cavern in Marble
Canyon near Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. The popular spot along
the Colorado Rover is about 33 miles from Lee's Ferry.
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The wonders of Angkor Wat, the Khmer empire-built temple, lie at the end of
a rainbow in northwest Cambodia. The world heritage site, built in the 12th
century, is among more than 100 Buddhist and Hindu temples in the area that
draw ever-increasing numbers of tourists, helping to rebuild the impoverished
nation's economy.
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Sand dunes stretch into the distance on the northern edge of the Sahara
desert at al-Ramla in western Libya. Since the government of Moammar
Gadhafi began its campaign to open its doors to the outside world, tourists are
increasingly visiting Libya.
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New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, is seen at dusk.
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An iceberg gets a pinkish halo in the sunset in Ilulissat fjord, on Greenland's
western coast. Located 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Ilulissat is home
to 5,000 people, most of whom live off of shrimp and halibut fishing as well as
the all-important tourism industry. Some 15,000 tourists visit the town each
year, or about half of all those who visit Greenland.
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A tourist looks out on the fog-shrouded valley below the BaeknyeongSa temple in Gangjin province in southwestern South Korea. South
Korea is making a big effort to attract tourism.
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The sun sets as visitors to the observation deck of the Empire State
Building look south over the Manhattan skyline in New York City.
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Kashmiri vegetable sellers gather at a floating market on Dal Lake in Srinagar,
the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state. Srinagar was once a popular
destination for international and domestic tourists, attracting 720,000 tourists
a year to the "Switzerland of the East." These days, a 13-year revolt against
Indian rule by Muslim militants has turned Kashmir into one of the world's most
heavily militarized zones.
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Bicyclists travel through a narrow street in the old town of Kashgar in
Xinjiang, China.
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Two people travel across the Uyuni salt flat about 300 miles south of
La Paz, Bolivia.
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A diver swims with stingrays off Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands.
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A guide shows an ancient castle in Nalut in western Libya. Built into a
rocky peak, the 800-year-old castle features seven stories of caves
where people stored food to protect it from raiding enemies.
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Peruvian people work at the Maras saltern. The saltern is considered
an Incaic "hidden treasure," offering historical and natural beauty
similar to the world-recognized Machu Picchu complex.
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A couple stands in the "Door of No Return" on Goree Island off Senegal. The
door in the courtyard of a centuries-old slave house is the passage that
captured Africans walked through before boarding ships that carried them into
slavery.
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The sun sets over Mawenzi Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro's
mystique beckons climbers of all skill levels because, though it's not a technical
climb, it's the highest mountain in Africa at 19,340 feet.
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Tenacious tourists brave a sandstorm at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India,
during a June visit.
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