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Every summer, Cheryl travels to Iowa, from her home in St Kitts. She rents a three-bedroom house for her and her US-based adult children. She usually rents a car, too, and the family go out for dinners and explore local attractions. Cheryl typically spends $10,000 on the trip. Not this year. The Trump administration’s high-profile […]
China has warned its people to think twice before visiting the United States, citing trade tensions. It also told its students to be careful about studying there and accused two American universities of hacking. And it has vowed to cut down on the number of Hollywood films that can be shown in China. The trade […]
(Bloomberg) — The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products, adding to a growing list of headwinds keeping recession risk elevated. Arrivals of non-citizens to the US by plane dropped almost 10% in March from a year earlier, […]
Getty Images Washington DC recently paved over a mural declaring “Black Lives Matter” (Credit: Getty Images) Recent changes by the Trump administration are affecting how US museums and institutions tell the nation’s multicultural history to travellers. In the last few months, US President Donald Trump has threatened to annex Canada; warned that the US will […]
Chained, detained for weeks and eventually deported, two German tourists trying to enter the United States were recently tangled in a system responding to President Trump’s push to sharply restrict entry and deport people en masse. The cases of Jessica Brösche, held for 46 days, and Lucas Sielaff, held for 16, and accounts of their […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A recent mailer from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party features a Kamala Harris endorsement from a local Hispanic radio host who has a history of making wildly racist comments. The host is also the star of a Harris campaign ad running in Philadelphia, Allentown and Reading. The mailer shows Victor Martinez, owner of […]
Eric Martin and Kent Johnson Black & Abroad Since 2015, Black & Abroad has provided a multi-layered platform that not only talks about international travel but encourages it — especially for Black travelers. Founded by Eric Martin and Kent Johnson, the company powered by this dynamic duo is on a journey to showcase the beauty […]
It seems as though a lot of people have forgotten how to be tourists. As a travel writer, I can’t quite believe some of the behaviour we’re seeing on display around the world. Summer might be a time to throw away inhibitions, but we don’t need to throw away all of them. Let’s start with […]
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the […]
Authorities in Mexico said Friday they recovered three bodies in the Mexican state of Baja California near where three men, including an American, were reported missing. The Baja California State Attorney General’s Office said identities of the remains haven’t yet been determined, but the department previously said U.S. citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, 30, and Australian […]