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Pandemic air travel milestone: 1 million passengers screened

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The number of passengers screened in a single day for flights in the U.S. topped 1 million for the first time since COVID-19 infections began to spike last March. ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Walking tours pick up the pace during pandemic

A concrete antidote to virtual life

DATE: Oct 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Thousands arrive in Hawaii on first day pre-travel testing

HONOLULU – About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Scientists return from Arctic with wealth of climate data

BERLIN – An icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international effort to study the high Arctic has returned to its home port in Germany carrying a wealth of data that will help rese...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Hawaii pushes forward with tourism despite safety concerns

HONOLULU – Despite increasing coronavirus cases across the U.S., Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism next week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, includ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Virus has Chinese tourists heading for domestic destinations

HONG KONG – Millions of Chinese tourists usually spend their weeklong National Day holidays traveling abroad. This year, travel restrictions because the coronavirus pandemic mean ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Truck drivers will be stopped on Wolf Creek Pass to talk dangers of travel

From 2015 to 2019, nearly 50 trucks crashed on highway, CDOT says

DATE: Oct 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Unfriendly skies: Airline workers brace for mass layoffs

DETROIT – The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux. In a few days, he’ll be among roughly 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to evapora...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

HELSINKI – Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-f...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

When will tourists return to Africa? Continent must guess

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Raino Bolz quickly diversified when his tourism business in South Africa’s winelands crashed to a halt in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. He sold a minib...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino

LAS VEGAS (AP) – One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday. Park ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Virus throws theme park attendance for a loop

Across U.S., attendance lags

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

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