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Visitor numbers to Hong Kong fell by nearly 40% in the second half of last year amid clashes between police and anti-government protesters January 15, 2020, 11:38 AM 2 min read HONG KONG — Visitor numbers to Hong Kong fell by nearly 40% in the second half of last year amid clashes between police and anti-government […]

Under the custodianship of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Dubai has methodically transformed itself into a kind of resort state — a platonic global citizen’s platonic ideal of a good time. It appears to be designed to cater to the traveler who wants frictionless, engineered fun; the illusion of elsewhere without the alienation; the illusion

As the story goes, one fateful night in the late 1960s, Jimi Hendrix, best known for changing the music world with his guitar playing, set free two ring-necked parakeets on Carnaby Street and that’s why thousands of the nonnative birds haunt London’s parks to this day. “Absolute rubbish,” Christian Lloyd, a musicologist at Queens University,

“That’s the first time I’ve seen a hotel chain doing the blending, bottling and rolling out across all states — and of that quality,” said the master sommelier Fred Dex. Resorts producing their own wines Some accommodations on vineyards produce wine on the premises rather than sourcing it elsewhere. The Inn at Opolo, a bed-and-breakfast

SEOUL, South Korea — President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on Tuesday called for economic exchanges with North Korea, including allowing visits there by South Korean tourists, to help ease tensions and encourage the North to resume talks with the United States. North Korea has already said that it would welcome tourists from the South

For Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has made building major projects a centerpiece of his tenure, it is a signature plan — turning La Guardia Airport into a world-class, 21st-century travel hub. A crucial part of that is a $2 billion AirTrain that would connect La Guardia to New York City’s subway system and commuter

Part of the branding campaign includes an updated logo, a “NL” stylized to look like an orange tulip, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The logo replaces the “Holland tulip,” which was created by the tourism board 25 years ago and used to promote the country. The central government hopes to use the new

Everglades National Park officials say an 18-year-old college student was bitten by an alligator while hiking in a group January 11, 2020, 4:37 PM 1 min read MIAMI — An alligator bit an 18-year-old college student who was hiking with a group at the Everglades National Park, officials said. The Miami Herald reported that a

High-end ship lines are relatively new to wave sales, which they hope will “instill this idea that the further out you book, the better,” Beth Butzlaff, the vice president of cruise sales for Virtuoso, the travel adviser consortium, said. “Generally, it’s based on value like an upgrade or amenity or shipboard credit.” That’s true at

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