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While you were tanning on the beach somewhere, or lining up with a zillion other tourists in Barcelona or Venice, resorts in Utah were working full-time adding new lifts and snowmaking, smoothing out terrain, even adding major expansions along with added parking. Those improvements will come in handy in 2034, when the Winter Olympic Games
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Sept. 27 is World Tourism Day, acknowledging and celebrating the power of travel and tourism to change lives. That includes the potential to foster global understanding and promote peace. Which is why the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has named this year’s theme: “Tourism and Peace”. The World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) welcomed the announcement,
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Japan Airlines is offering FREE domestic flights to any destination in Japan when passengers book an international ticket with JAL. The idea is to encourage international passengers to explore more destinations, including historic Nikko in northern Japan and winter ski/snowboard resorts, including Ikon Pass member Niseko and Epic Pass member Hakuba Valley. To qualify for
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This past ski/snowboard season was a winner, with late season storms and record visits. As happens every summer, the resorts we love are busy upgrading trails, adding new snowmaking, new lifts and pass deals, and ski clubs already are signing up members for organized trips. Here’s what to know now about the 2024/25 season, so
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Where to go next: Consider these national parks in Europe as a great escape, with open spaces for peaceful vistas or challenging hiking trails for exercise and adventure.
Celebrate the signing the Great American Outdoors Act with FREE admission to national parks and public lands on Sunday, August 4, 2024. It is one of six free admission days this year, to national parks across all 50 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., which all benefit from $6 Billion in maintenance and repair projects
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Here’s why you should put Tahiti on your bucket list, especially it’s most famous island, Bora Bora. It sparkles with its diverse marine life, rugged mountain landscapes thick with colorful flowers and deep green trees, and luxurious glass-floored bungalows that seem to float over pristine turquoise lagoons.
From the Archives – In honor of the 55th anniversary of the release of “Easy Rider” in July 1969, we are republishing this article including my interview with Dennis Hopper about the film, the movie motorcycles and his post-Hollywood life as an artist and photographer. In May 2009, exactly one year before Dennis Hopper passed away
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My two favorite things to do in Milwaukee are visiting the Harley-Davidson Museum and filling up on traditional German food and beer in Old Town. Milwaukee is a great place to visit any time, except when its crowded for a major event such as the the Republican National Convention in July 2024, or another major
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You have to be kidding – Haiti has just launched a new tourism campaign. Haiti is mired in years of political crisis that has generated widespread gang violence with thousands of murders and kidnappings and more than 580,000 people displaced, more than half of them women and children, according to a United Nations report. Tourism
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