Hot Air Balloon

Agra skyline filled with hot air balloons as tourists flock to see Taj Mahal from the sky

Balloons are providing an extraordinary birds eye view of the Taj Mahal at the first-ever Taj Balloon festival.

Hot air balloon accident in Egypt kills 19

The tragedy raised worries of another blow to the nation's vital tourism industry, decimated by two years of unrest since the 2011 revolution that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Luxor has been hit hard, with vacant hotel rooms and empty cruise ships.

Hot air balloon bursts into flames in NZ; 11 dead

A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a horrifying tower of "sheer flame" on Saturday after hitting power lines near a rural New Zealand town.