RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tourists usually try to run from Rio's notorious slums. Now officials are inviting them to come visit instead. The Santa Marta shantytown on Monday became the first community in ...

Michael Cronin’s job as a college admissions officer took him to India two or three times a year, so he had already seen the usual sites — temples, monuments, markets — when one day he happened across ...

Sometimes the only way to correct a problem is to attract attention to it. That was the purpose of the recent Slum Tour in downtown Allentown organized by the Community Action Development Corp. It is ...

Sauntering through the busy streets filled with beautiful pottery, fine leather, exquisite puppetry, and sparkling sarees, I came across a man sitting by the side of the road. Noticing I was by myself ...

There's a scene in "Slumdog Millionaire" when a group of American tourists ask to visit the "real India." They drive up to a slum in a Mercedes and take a walking tour -- only to find their tires ...

An American travel influencer has been slammed for promoting a 'tour of the slums' during her visit to India. Tara Katims, 24, who is from the US but recently moved to Mexico, posted a video advising ...