Armed with backpacks and hunger for a wider world longbeyond their reach, backpackers from China are likely to beheading to a youth hostel near you.

  Users of travel Web site IgoUgo.com have come up with a list of the top10 "Best Places You've Never Heard Of" based on great finds they stumbled upon.

  Visit Kenya today and you will have an opportunity to help local business ventures that fund education and health provisions and restore wildlife. 

  Flanked by bustling cafes inon Brazil's northeastern coast is alittle-known treasure of Jewish history -- theoldest synagogue in the Americas.

  Luxury travel site globorati.com scouted the globe for intimate "ultra boutique" hotels. Here are the ten most private and quaint places to lay your head.

  Reuters correspondents with local knowledgehelp visitors get the most from a short stay in Damascus, a city ofculture, conquest and intrigue.

  Travel + Leisure Magazine joined forces with ConservationInternational to come up with alist of 15 favorite environmentally friendly hotels. Here are their top 10 picks.

  Argentina's first luxurygay hotel opened its doors to paying guests, cementingthe reputation of Buenos Aires as the gay capital of LatinAmerica.

  Thousands of people are nipping into South America, combining vacations with visits to reputable doctors who are highly skilled in cosmetic surgery.

  A fan of Queen Elizabeth I? Britain is launching a series of location vacations where tourists can visit historic locations featured in the new movie "The Golden Age".

  The cult around fancy dress and Japan's love of quirky festivals may explain why Halloween has turned into a popular cultural event.