After Helene’s destruction, a mountain town reliant on fall tourism wonders what’s next
BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Freddie Pell helps lift a vintage wooden chair off the sidewalk and back inside h...
Travel and tourism
Southeast South Dakota surges ahead of Black Hills in tourism revenue
LAKE KAMPESKA, S.D. (AP) — As they sat in comfy lawn chairs and sipped cold sodas in a campsite alon...
Summer tourists flock to boardwalks and piers while sticking to their budgets
NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in th...
Terrell Davis says United banned him after flight incident. Airline says it was already rescinded
DENVER (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis posted an email from United Airlines Tuesday ...
Delta and an airline that doesn’t fly yet say they’ll run flights between the US and Saudi Arabia
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it has entered into a partnership with startup Riyadh Air with the goal...
Saipan, placid island setting for Assange’s last battle, is briefly mobbed — and bemused by the fuss
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama ...
A new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska’s capital. A critic says it falls short
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A new agreement between Alaska’s capital city and major cruise lines seeks to ...
Kentucky tourism continues record-setting pace in 2023 with nearly $14 billion in economic impact
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s tourism industry stayed on its record-setting pace in 2023, generat...
As international travel grows, so does US use of technology. A look at how it’s used at airports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States. They had...
Holiday travel is mostly nice, but with some naughty disruptions again on Southwest Airlines
Conditions were mostly nice this year for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas, but some naugh...
Busiest holiday travel season in years is off to a smooth start with few airport delays
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancela...
Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway
It’s beginning to look a lot like a hectic holiday travel season, but it might go relatively smoothl...
Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends
ROME (AP) — Venice authorities on Thursday unveiled a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros (...
Next 2 days likely to be this week’s busiest. Here’s when not to be on the road -- or in the airport
DALLAS (AP) — Despite inflation and memories of past holiday travel meltdowns, millions of people ar...
Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The keyboard and drums from a musical show thump just yards from a mountain ...
China’s flagging economy gets a temporary boost as holiday travel returns to pre-pandemic levels
BEIJING (AP) — Tourism in China bounced back to pre-pandemic levels during a recent eight-day nation...
Millions take to China’s railways, roads, air in 1st big autumn holiday since end of zero-COVID
HONG KONG (AP) — Many millions of Chinese tourists are expected to travel within their country, splu...
Thailand receives the first Chinese visitors under a new visa-free policy to boost tourism
BANGKOK (AP) — Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international a...
Venice faces possible UNESCO downgrade as it struggles to manage mass tourism
VENICE, Italy (AP) — A scowling gondoliere ferrying sightseers 10 at a time across the mouth of Veni...
Travelers hoping to enjoy one last summer fling over Labor Day weekend should expect lots of company
DALLAS (AP) — By some measures, air travelers have enjoyed a less stressful summer than last year, b...