Travel - The Durango Herald

U.S. government forecasts tourism growth despite recent slump

Despite a slump in international tourism to the U.S. in the last two years, the U.S. Department of Commerce on Friday released a report forecasting an 18.5 percent growth in international vi...

DATE: Jan 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Delta changes policy for service, support animals

DALLAS – Delta Air Lines will soon require owners of service and support animals to provide more information before their animal can fly in the passenger cabin, including an assurance that i...

DATE: Jan 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Lena River tour explores remote, rugged northern Russia

Travelers cross Arctic Circle on two-week journey

DATE: Jan 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Southern states join to promote civil rights tourism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confeder...

DATE: Jan 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Lawsuit alleges Motel 6 discriminated against Latino customers

PHOENIX – A civil rights group sued Motel 6 on Tuesday, alleging it discriminated against some Latino customers at two locations in Phoenix by giving their whereabouts and personal informati...

DATE: Jan 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Indoor velodrome expected to draw cyclists to Detroit

DETROIT – An indoor cycling track in Detroit is expected to draw bike riders from other cold-weather states and across the U.S. while giving inner-city youth the opportunity to participate f...

DATE: Jan 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Discovery shows pirates liked treasure – and books

RALEIGH, N.C. – Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence that somebody aboard the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship harbored books among the booty. In an unusual find, research...

DATE: Jan 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Globe-trotter’s test: 7 marathons, 7 days, 7 continents

BOSTON – She’s already run around the planet in world-record time. So what does Becca Pizzi do for an encore? Rinse and repeat. The Massachusetts marathoner, who won th...

DATE: Jan 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

National Park Service photographer captures history in detail

Jarob Ortiz stood on a rocky mound and waited. He watched the sky for a break in the clouds and the ground for shadowy patterns. Then, a shazam! of light burst through, illuminating the camp...

DATE: Jan 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grand Teton’s 2017 visitation marks busiest on record

JACKSON, Wyo. – Grand Teton National Park recorded its busiest year in 2017 – the fourth consecutive year of record attendance. According to the National Park Service, the western...

DATE: Jan 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. travel industry launches plan to reverse tourism decline

NEW YORK – Travel industry representatives sounded an alarm Tuesday over declines in international tourism to the U.S. and announced plans to reverse the trend. Organizers of the ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Colorado skier numbers down amid warm, dry winter

ASPEN – Early season visits to Colorado ski resorts are down between 11 and 13 percent compared with last year because of low snow conditions, operators reported. Colorado Ski Cou...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday