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Spend Earth Day live streaming beautiful footage from Yosemite National Park on the first day of Paramount+’s week-long partnership with the National Park Foundation. Disney+ focuses on India’s tiger family in a nature documentary. HGTV launches a new season of America’s Ugliest Houses with a trip to the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. TV’s two biggest singing competitions will face off once again as The Voice begins its playoff rounds and American Idol announces the top 12 in America’s voting. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesNational parkThis is a new way to spend Earth Day. Stream live footage from Yosemite National Park and soak…

The National Park System represents one of the largest and best-known examples of environmental protection in the United States, but from Acadia to Zion, the popular version of this story begins with a familiar figure: , often ending up with a familiar figure (well, Theodore Roosevelt) championing the grandeur of its landscapes.In reality, of course, these wonderful places were known and cherished long before ranger stations welcomed the lines of cars that rolled into them on busy summer days. All 63 national parks are located on former indigenous lands. And for thousands of years, before the creation of the National…

Authorities in Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ capital and most populous city, decided last week to halt new hotel development in a bid to fight overtourism. “Amsterdam will not issue permits for new hotels, except under the ‘new-old arrangement’, which states that new hotels can only be built if other hotels close and the number of accommodation facilities does not increase,” city officials said. A spokesperson told reporters. Latest version of series of measures The city has introduced a number of measures to “maintain a livable city for residents and visitors.” Zoning was implemented in 2017, requiring prospective developers to stick to…

In 2023, 325.5 million people visited the beaches, lakeshores, battlefields, historic sites, and monuments that make up the National Park Service, an increase of 4% from the previous year.National Park Service Commissioner Charles F. Sams III praised the growing interest in “learning our common American story through the hidden gems of the National Park System.”With even higher crowds expected in 2024, the Park Service and federal land reservations reservations platform Recreation.gov are introducing new features to streamline the park experience, manage overcrowding, and protect the environment. measures have been introduced.More and more parks require reservationsTo better avoid crowded trails, crowded…

Deputy Tourism Minister Jenna Hurley, a former adviser to Prime Minister Blaine Higgs, earned 77,710 in 2023 due to stays in luxury hotels during private trips to London and Paris and a personal trip from Quispamsis to Fredericton. Saved spending dollars. This is the highest amount ever billed this year by a senior official in the New Brunswick government, including the premier and ministers, according to online departmental expense reports.New Brunswick releases information on a quarterly basis regarding travel, subsistence, car allowances, lodging and other expenses paid to ministers and government officials. It says it is “an effort to improve…

The Wilderness Act protects 175,000 square miles of public land. As the natural world is transformed by climate change, has the landmark 1964 law backfired? Biologists Daniel T. Blumstein and Thomas B. Smith explain. Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Daniel T. Bloomstein, Thomas B. Smith et al. | 11/1/2011 April 22, 2024 In late 2023, four environmental groups sued the National Park Service, invoking conservation laws to halt tree replanting in the wake of devastating wildfires in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. Around the same time, the National Park Service announced it was looking…

The main square in Erbil, Kurdistan, just south of the southern gate of the citadel, between the two main bazaar areas (Credit: Ask Gudmundsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Geopolitics Report ISSN 2785-2598 Volume 41 Issue 20Special Eurasia OSINT Team executive summary The Kurdistan Region has recently seen a significant increase in tourism, with more than 1.5 million visitors in the past three months. An ambitious plan announced by the Kurdistan Tourism Authority aims to attract 20 million tourists a year by 2030, in line with the government’s economic diversification plan. However, political divisions, regional tensions, and internal conflicts…

Home » ASIA » Global Travel Innovators Converge to Shape Future of Tourism at Pacific Asia Travel Association Annual Summit 2024 in Macao Monday, April 22, 2024Reading Time: 9 minutesExplore the future of travel at Pacific Asia Travel Association 2024 in Macao, where global leaders gather to innovate and inspire sustainable tourism.The PATA Annual Summit 2024, themed “Reimagining Tourism,” will take place from May 15 to 17 at the Grand Lisboa Palace Resort in Macao, China. This prestigious event is proudly sponsored by the Macao Government Tourism Office and SJM Resorts, S.A., and serves as a critical platform for global…

Perhaps your summers hold fond memories of walks along the beach, hiking in the mountains, and trying new foods at destinations hundreds of miles from home. If so, are you planning to continue traveling this year? Will you be going into debt to do so? According to the latest Bankrate survey, only about half (53 percent) of Americans are planning a summer vacation in 2024. Of those planning to travel this summer, more than one in three (36 per cent) would be willing to take on debt to pay for the costs. that. Meanwhile, the other half of Americans (47%)…

Every item on this page was chosen by a Veranda editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy.Getty ImagesMusée Rodin in Paris Sylvain Sonnet//Getty ImagesThe celebrated sculptor Auguste Rodin spent his final years at Hôtel Biron, surrounded and inspired by its verdant gardens. In a grand gesture, Rodin bequeathed his entire collection of works and possessions to the French state, which then acquired the property and transformed it into Musée Rodin in 1919. Visitors today can wander the very grounds that sparked Rodin’s imagination and view iconic sculptures such as The Gates of Hell…