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News Articles: tourism

Tens of thousands of people watched as dozens of colorfully decorated boats toured the Dutch capital's historic canals Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in the most popular event of a six-day Pride Amsterdam festival that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city.

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  • Europe

Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels

Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
A trolley tour bus drives down River Street in downtown Savannah.

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  • Business

Savannah trolley tour ordinance in the works, as downtown residents complain of noise pollution

More than 100 trolley tour buses would undergo equipment modifications to limit noise spillover.

April 16, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The U.S. State Department issued a Level 3 travel advisory for Jamaica, saying "Violent crimes, such as home invasions, armed robberies, sexual assaults, and homicides, are common. Sexual assaults occur frequently, including at all-inclusive resorts."

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  • World

Jamaica and the Bahamas are pushing back against U.S. travel warnings

The State Department is discouraging tourists from traveling to the Caribbean islands. But government officials from both nations hope that won't keep tourists from coming.

February 09, 2024
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat's beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists.

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  • Middle East

A seaside town shelters thousands of Israeli evacuees, but struggles without tourists

The tourists are gone and many of the hotels are filled with displaced Israelis nearly four months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
The Mercer-Williams House, located in downtown Savannah, was the site of the fatal 1981 shooting of Danny Hansford by socialite Jim Williams. In “Midnight of the Garden of Good and Evil,” author John Berendt chronicled Williams' four murder trials, which ended in a 1989 acquittal.

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  • Books

‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ turns 30: How the book left a lasting mark on Savannah

A new 30th-anniversary edition of the book is out, with a musical set to debut this summer.

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Giralda tower, part of the cathedral of Seville, viewed from Mateos Gago street.

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  • Europe

Tourism ruined my city. Tourism is saving my city

Seville in Spain is experiencing a tourism boom like locals have never seen before. This is the story of how a city tries to honor its past while ensuring its future.

January 09, 2024
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By:
  • Miguel Macias
Tourists enjoy a gondola ride on the Grand Canal by the Rialto bridge in Venice in 2021.

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  • World

Venice will limit tour groups to 25 people and ban loudspeakers to control tourism

City officials say the new rules, set to take effect in June, will help lessen the impact of tourism on the local community.

January 01, 2024
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Jenny Howell

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  • History

Macon's visitor center is offering its first Spanish-language tour

The translated tour of Macon's history is the latest effort to attract more visitors to the city, and make downtown attractions more accessible. 

September 08, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
A few tourists stand under a rainbow as the clouds clear at Haleakalā on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Though much of the island is untouched, tourism is down drastically.

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  • National

On Maui, a desperate plea to tourists: Please return

When the deadly wildfires ignited on Maui, tourists were turned away. Three weeks later, business owners are eager for them visit — responsibly.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Bessy Hernandez, 73, sells fruits and vegetables at the Tropicana Flea Market produce stand. Hernandez's sales have dropped 40 percent in recent months as a result of the new Florida immigration law.

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  • Politics

Sales are way down at a Florida flea market. A new immigration law could be to blame.

Florida's new strict immigration law threatens the state's economy and could hurt political ambitions for some GOP candidates. Vendors at a popular flea market are already seeing the impacts.

August 03, 2023
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
July 19, 2023: Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in a forest near Nea Peramos, west of Athens.

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  • Europe

Wildfires in Greece prompt massive evacuations, leaving tourists in limbo

Tens of thousands of people, many of them British tourists, are scrambling to evacuate from Rhodes and Corfu as wildfires rage across the country. Temperatures are expected to climb again Tuesday.

July 24, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
An aerial view of Savannah's River Street, with two riverboats docked along the Savannah River

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  • Business

Savannah nightlife study lays out plan for ‘safe, vibrant and well managed’ leisure offerings

The $80,000 study gives two dozen recommendations to city leaders.

July 17, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert is docked Tuesday as a member of the Coast Guard walks past at Coast Guard Base Boston.

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  • Business

The missing submersible raises troubling questions for the adventure tourism industry

The search for the Titan in the North Atlantic continues. When adventure travel goes wrong, who pays the price, and who's forced to take big risks mounting a rescue?

June 22, 2023
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Brian Mann
Sunglasses on a beach

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  • News

Tourism industry leaders predict strong summer season

After taking some hits during the pandemic, Georgia tourism is poised for a record summer.

May 31, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Visitors stand before the Forsyth Park fountain, one of Savannah's most popular tourist hotspots.

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  • Politics

‘We are a tourist city’: Savannah increases hotel/motel tax for first time in nearly three decades

The 2% increase creates a new pool of funding for tourism-related projects.

May 30, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
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