Tag: Tourists
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Finland Is Expanding Its Luxury Appeal to Tourists
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When construction at the Hotel Maria is completed in June, 159 chandeliers will hang from the ceilings of its 79 rooms, 38 suites and public areas. Its bar will serve 31 types of Champagne. And the renovations on its four buildings — two of which opened in December — will have included the restoration of…
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Venice to Charge Tourists an Entry Fee to Discourage Overcrowding
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On its busiest days, Venice swells with tourists who clog the city’s narrow streets, leave behind piles of garbage and often frustrate locals. So the canal-crossed city is fighting back. Starting on April 25, and for another 29 days scattered mostly around national holidays and weekends through mid-July, day trippers to the historic part of…
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California Highway 1 Collapse Leaves 2,000 Tourists Stranded
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A portion of scenic Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of California collapsed Saturday stranding about 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, overnight. Officials with the California Department of Transportation said on Sunday that a section of the southbound highway located in the Central Coast, would remain closed to the public while crews worked on the…
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Snow-less Alps drives skiers, tourists to Scandinavia
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Lack of snow in the Alps this winter is encouraging tourists to hit the slopes in Scandinavia instead, according to the CEO of budget carrier Norwegian Air. An unusually mild winter has driven sports aficionados away from the low-altitude stations in Switzerland, Italy, and the French Alps. Some of them may be heading north instead. Skiers ride on…
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Israel’s seaside Eilat hosts many evacuees but few tourists since Hamas attack : NPR
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A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat’s beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ayman Oghanna for NPR A paddle boarder heads out into the water in Eilat, Israel. Normally, Eilat’s beaches and hotels would be busy with tourists. Ayman…
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Austria’s Schnapps Distilleries Tempt Winter Tourists and Skiers
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When winter arrives in western Austria and the sun disappears all too quickly behind the snow-capped Alps, you can stand in bare orchards and still taste the sun-ripened fruit that the trees once bore — just sip a glass of schnapps. For centuries, farmers in the Tyrol region have mashed, fermented and distilled apples, plums,…
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TikTok food critic Keith Lee abruptly cuts short California Bay Area tour, says it’s not for ‘tourists right now’
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A popular food critic cut his food tour of California’s Bay Area short, slamming the city as “not a place for tourists right now” as residents were just trying to survive. Keith Lee, who boasts over 15 million followers on TikTok, posts reviews of restaurants he tries across the country and often critiques how the…
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After Devastating Floods, Vermont Is Open and Welcoming Tourists for Fall
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On a recent afternoon Susan Allen gazed at a sun-soaked hillside cloaked in a rich autumn palette of red, gold, purple and green. The retiree from Lebanon, Ky., sat licking her lips after savoring a syrup-dipped pickle at the Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier, Vt., a popular stop on central Vermont’s leaf-peeping circuit. “I…
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Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria
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The Algerian coastguard have reportedly shot dead two tourists holidaying in Morocco who strayed into Algerian waters on their jet skis. They were among four French-Moroccan dual nationals who had set off by jet ski from the Moroccan resort of Saidia. A third member of the group was arrested by the coastguard which patrol the…
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Two American Tourists Caught Sleeping in the Eiffel Tower
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The opening of the Eiffel Tower was delayed on Monday morning after security officials found two American tourists sleeping in the monument overnight, officials said. “They were detected in the early morning by the Sete security service, during daily rounds of checks carried out before the monument was opened to the public,” according to the…
