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Florida is a popular vacation destination for Americans, but deciding where to visit can be difficult. The Sunshine State is known for its year-round warm weather and miles of beaches, but there’s plenty to see and do, from famous theme parks to culture-rich cities and destinations for nature lovers. As a fourth-generation Floridian, I’ll give you my take on the best places to visit. While well-known hot spots like the Florida Keys and Miami are certainly worth the hype, there are also great, slower-paced places beloved by locals, like Amelia Island and Crystal River. Best Destinations: Florida Keys, Underrated Hidden…

It’s a hot spot in many ways. Tourists from all over the world flock to Death Valley despite its scorching temperatures, which have led to one recorded death. In fact, hundreds of people have traveled from as far away as France, Spain and the United Kingdom to the notoriously arid stretch of land that straddles the Nevada-California border, the Associated Press reported. These pilgrims reportedly weren’t deterred by the scorching heat at this aptly named tourist destination, which is also the lowest point in North America. Meteorologists predicted last week that the temperature will surpass the current record of 134…

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Kate Schnee West Virginia’s newest Governor’s School concluded its first summer session with Mountain State University students during the last weekend in June at Cacapon State Park. Students, teachers and coordinators from the Governor’s Tourism School met with Cacapon State Park staff and experts, bike trail leaders, park naturalists and tourism experts from West Virginia University to understand the importance of Cacapon State Park and its role in the state’s tourism industry. Cacapon Park Superintendent Scott Fortney welcomed students to the Butt Pavilion area on a warm summer Saturday as mountain biking activity picked up in the area. Students from…

This group will be the most radical in the half-cycle and is likely to be shut down by mainstream forces. advertisementJust days after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “Patriots for Europe” was born, the European Parliament may soon have another far-right group fiercely opposed to the Green Deal, immigration and European integration.According to a parliamentary source who spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity, the group could include parties such as Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD), Poland’s Labor Party and Spain’s Se Acabvo la Fiesta (SALF), as well as several lawmakers from Greece and Bulgaria.None of these far-right forces currently belong…

As revealed in a recent ForwardKeys webinar in partnership with ETOA, Europe is on track to have an exceptional summer, with inbound tourism expected to surpass previous records. Overall, international arrivals to Europe in July and August showed a +12% increase year-on-year, slightly above the global average (+11%). This growth is primarily driven by intra-regional travel (+10% compared to 2023) and a significant influx of visitors from long-haul markets in Asia Pacific (+11%) and the US (+21%). Increases in flight searches and ticket bookings indicate strong interest in European destinations despite the lingering impact of global economic challenges, including due…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain South Africa has been hit by several extreme weather events in recent months, including floods and rare tornadoes in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, flooding in the Eastern Cape, and a mid-latitude cyclone in the Western Cape. Kaitano Dube, a human geographer who studies tourism, extreme weather, and resilience to climate threats, said these severe storms will disrupt the tourism industry. Is climate change affecting tourism in South Africa? Rising carbon dioxide emissions are causing an increase in global temperatures, which is a major contributor to climate change. Temperatures have reached record highs in the past two…

Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU will have to wait until later this year before Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presents his agenda for the European Parliament under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again”. advertisementHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wanted to address MEPs at the new parliament’s first session in Strasbourg but was turned down by parliamentary leaders who could not find room for him on the agenda, two sources familiar with the matter told Euronews.By long-standing tradition, when a head of state takes over the presidency of the Council of the EU he or she is given the…

Driving around Cordele, Georgia and want to find the nearest Crystal? Easy. It’s right next to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.Yes, this southern Georgia city is home to one of America’s first multi-stage ICBMs, a 96-foot-tall Titan I missile. But don’t worry, the missile is no longer in service and was dismantled as a weapon more than 50 years ago.But how did it get here? According to Bob Evans, a longtime club member, it began as an idea from a former president of the local Rotary club, John S. Pate Jr., a retired Navy captain and member of Cordell’s prominent Pate…

Thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona over the weekend to protest against overtourism, some armed with brightly coloured water pistols, sending confused tourists fleeing restaurant terraces and abandoning half-eaten meals.Holding signs reading “Tourists go home,” protesters say tourism drives up the cost of living for Barcelona residents and that visitor revenue is not distributed fairly across the city. The discontent in Spain reflects a growing backlash around the world against overtourism as anti-pandemic restrictions are lifted and travel rebounds.Led by the Neighborhood Assembly for the Decreixement of Tourism (Assemblea de Barris pel Decreixement Turístic), the protesters published…