A boat makes its way across Phewa Lake in Pokhara

A boat makes its way across Phewa Lake in Pokhara  one of the most visited tourist destinations of Nepal

Il ministro del Turismo Michela Vittoria Brambilla al Bit 2011

Il ministro del Turismo Michela Vittoria Brambilla al Bit 2011(BIT International Tourism Exchange)

A foreign tourist carries a surfboard at sunset at Kuta beach, on Indonesia resort island of Bali

A foreign tourist carries a surfboard at sunset at Kuta beach, on Indonesia resort island of Bali

Tian Tian a retired female bear has become a celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.

Tian Tian a retired female bear has become a celebrity in a Chinese zoo by posing for pictures with tourists.  

Tourists stand in front of the Athena Parthenon Temple

Tourists stand in front of the Athena Parthenon Temple while visiting the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens

Travel : The beach in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali

Balinese carry seaweeds on a beach where foreign tourist enjoy sun bathing in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali

Tourists ride camels on a beach in Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali

A tourist feed camels on a beach in Nusa Dua

Traditional Balinese community during 'ngaben' in Kuta, Bali

Traditional Balinese community during a procession for a cremation ceremony locally called a 'ngaben'. Kuta, Bali,Indonesia.

A Spanish tourist takes a souvenir photo of her friend in the medina in Tunis

A Spanish tourist takes a souvenir photo of her friend in the medina quarter
 of the capital Tunis

Indonesian youths play football at the beach in Jimbaran on resort island of Bali

Indonesian youths play football at the beach in Jimbaran on resort island of Bali

Tourists at the Blue Lagoon in Svartsendi, Iceland

Tourists at the Blue Lagoon in Svartsendi, Iceland

Tourists sit on the Spanish Steps in downtown Rome

Tourists sit on the Spanish Steps in downtown Rome

A tourist walks on an empty Via dei Fori Imperiali road

A tourist walks on an empty Via dei Fori Imperiali road
towards the ancient Colosseum, in central Rome

 

A tourist walks on an empty Via dei Fori Imperiali

A tourist walks on an empty Via dei Fori Imperiali 

Pictures of the Decade : A would-be immigrant crawls on a beach

A would-be immigrant crawls on a beach after his arrival in Fuerteventura, Spain. With a group of plump tourists chatting away nearby, a would-be immigrant off a makeshift boat from Africa drags himself up a beach on Spain's Canary Island. As populations have increased over the past decade so has the lucrative business of people smuggling and trafficking in human beings which is possibly the fastest growing of a group of new transnational crimes. Developments in information technology and communication has aided people-smugglers who now have access to highly sophisticated navigation equipment and state-of-the-art digitally produced false documentation. Taken on May 5, 2006 by Juan Medina

Pictures of the Year 2009: Tourists take pictures after they covered their bodies with black mud

Tourists take pictures after they covered their bodies with black mud on Jordan's side of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, April 15, 2009.
Credit: REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed