tourism

The Statue of Liberty is one of the United States' most-visited tourist attractions.

International travel to the US drops for the first time since 2009

Total visitors dropped by 2 percent in 2016 from the previous year, and their spending fell by 1 percent.

International travel to the US drops for the first time since 2009
Pictured here is Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

Is 'last-chance tourism' good or bad for endangered places?

Is 'last-chance tourism' good or bad for endangered places?
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The Assad regime launches a 'Syria Always Beautiful' travel ad

The Assad regime launches a 'Syria Always Beautiful' travel ad
Candy shop Istanbul

In this traditional Turkish candy shop, a daughter takes her turn

In this traditional Turkish candy shop, a daughter takes her turn
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service rangers inspect the Great Barrier Reef's condition in an area called the "Coral Gardens," located at Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia, on June 10, 2015.

Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost Australia a million tourists

Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost Australia a million tourists

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

The dinosaurs from the TV show Dinosaurs dancing to Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" wins the internet this week.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
The border between Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, Alaska as seen from the Canadian side.

Canada plans to limit the hours of a border crossing that divides US village, Canadian town

It's a tale of two towns — one in Alaska and the other in British Columbia. The Canadian border agency plans to close the border crossing overnight leaving residents in this community stranded.

Canada plans to limit the hours of a border crossing that divides US village, Canadian town
A woman looks over Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta.

Canada is slashing its spots for foreign guest workers, and resort towns are worried

Temporary foreign workers are the backbone of seasonal resort towns. But a new law in Canada is making it harder to hire them, upsetting local business owners who say they won't have the workforce they need during peak tourist season.

Canada is slashing its spots for foreign guest workers, and resort towns are worried

First the World Cup, now an aquarium? Some Brazilians say a new US-backed project isn't needed

The Brazilian city of Fortaleza is building the largest aquarium in South America, and much of the funding is coming from the US. It's all designed to boost the city's tourism economy, but can a massive new aquarium deliver benefits to Fortalezans?

First the World Cup, now an aquarium? Some Brazilians say a new US-backed project isn't needed
Tourists crowd around the pit in the Coudersport Ice Mine, a Pennsylvania tourist attraction where ice only forms during the summer.

A geological mystery draws tourists to the Appalachians

Ice forms because it's cold, right? Not at the Coudersport Ice Mine in Pennslyvania, where ice only develops in the summer. The attraction recently reopened for business after a 25-year hiatus — and no one really knows for sure how it works.

A geological mystery draws tourists to the Appalachians

Visitors are finding a World Cup home in Brazil's notorious favelas

Favelas are known as Brazil's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. But they're also becoming a low-cost alternative for World Cup fans seeking cheap rooms and a glimpse of the real Brazil.

Visitors are finding a World Cup home in Brazil's notorious favelas

Where are you traveling in 2014? How about one of these?

As I looked at the list of places to travel in 2014, I was inspired to make a visualization presenting some fun city choices.

Where are you traveling in 2014? How about one of these?
Colombian newspapers and magazines from December 1993 on the death of druglord Pablo Escobar. Yolanda Perdomo saved them from that time.

In the land of Capone, Colombian immigrants struggle to imagine kingpin Pablo Escobar as a tourist draw

Al Capone is a big tourist attraction in Chicago. He's on tours, trinkets and t-shirts. So what do Colombian immigrants make of the prospect of their public enemy number one, Pablo Escobar, becoming a tourist industry?

In the land of Capone, Colombian immigrants struggle to imagine kingpin Pablo Escobar as a tourist draw

Venetians aren't all smiles about the cruise ships that visit the city

The city of canals welcomes up to a dozen massive cruise ships a day. They are critical for the city's economy, but critics say the ships are endangering the fragile canal and the city itself.

Venetians aren't all smiles about the cruise ships that visit the city