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Tourism
How climate change is impacting where and when tourists want to travel
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Ali Budner
Aug 11, 2023
After a hot summer, some travelers are expressing more concern about heat waves, wildfires and other extreme weather events that might affect their plans.
Business is still unpredictable for this Hawaii boat tour owner
Aug 4, 2023
The pandemic almost sunk Manu Powers' company. Though it's mounted a recovery, the summer rush still isn't what it used to be.
Americans are going abroad again, and airfare prices track the trend
Aug 4, 2023
International airfare is up 10% from last year, while domestic airfare is down more than 10%, according to the travel site Hopper.
Hotels and restaurants have had trouble hiring, so they innovated
Jul 17, 2023
That’s meant automating some tasks once done by humans and thinking carefully about the humans they do hire.
Is birding tourism in Colombia finally ready to take flight?
by
Stan Alcorn
Jun 6, 2023
There are more bird species in the country than any other in the world. And post-pandemic, Colombia hopes more bird-watchers will visit.
International tourists are coming back to the U.S. ... slowly
by
Henry Epp
May 30, 2023
Americans are traveling domestically again, but the tourism industry is waiting for foreign visitors to come back in pre-pandemic force.
Hot travel destinations this holiday weekend? Cities
May 26, 2023
AAA projects a 7% increase in Americans traveling 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend compared to last year.
For public good, not for profit.
In an ever-brighter world, tourists travel north for truly dark skies
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Dan Kraker
Jan 2, 2023
As light pollution affects more of the globe, astrotourism is taking off in remote spots where skies are dark and stars shine bright.
At a historic Buffalo, NY, inn, fair wages mean there's no such thing as a labor shortage
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Andie Corban
Nov 1, 2022
Joseph Lettieri, co-owner and operator of InnBuffalo off Elmwood, almost sold the hotel in 2020. Now, it's the busiest it's ever been.
Salem's complicated journey from witch trials to witch tourism
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Kai Ryssdal
and Sarah Leeson
Oct 27, 2022
In the 1690s, women were hanged in Salem, Massachusetts on suspicion of witchcraft. Now, it's a witchy Mecca for tourists.