With business travel all but stopped, city hotels and tourist organizations have made a full-court press to attract local and nearby leisure travelers with bottom-barrel rates and extra perks.
Tag: Parks and Other Recreation Areas
Here are the Best Animal Livestreams
Research shows that watching footage of them can make you happier, so here’s a list of round-the-clock camera footage that will bring koalas, penguins and puppies straight to your screen.
Left Litter in the Park? Thailand Officials Will Mail It to Your Home
After campers left trash in a national park, park employees tracked them down, mailed the garbage back and reported them to the authorities.
Golf Is Embracing the ‘Dark Sky’ Movement
The payoffs go far beyond a better view of the glittering stars above.
‘Fixing the Damage We’ve Done’: Rewilding Jaguars in Argentina
Bringing back the top predator to Argentina’s wetlands could restore the health of an entire ecosystem. But inducing five felines with troubled pasts to hunt, and mate, is not easy.
3 Dead After Glacier Tour Bus Rolls Over in Canadian Rockies
The vehicle, with 27 people on board, was specially designed to carry visitors onto one of North America’s largest glaciers, in Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Several Injured After Glacier Tour Bus Rolls Over in Canadian Rockies
The vehicle was specially designed to carry visitors onto one of North America’s largest glaciers, in Jasper National Park in Alberta.
U.K. Declares Stabbing at a Reading Park a ‘Terrorist Incident’
Three people died and three were injured in the attack in Reading, England, on Saturday. Counterterrorism units will be taking over the investigation, local police said.
Stabbing at U.K. Park Leaves 3 Dead
The attack was in a park in Reading, England, where a Black Lives Matter protest had been held earlier in the day. One person is in custody, and the police are treating the events as an act of terrorism.
In Search of Zambia’s Stunning Wildlife: A Virtual Safari
Join us on a virtual safari in Zambia, which boasts some of Africa’s best national parks, mainly those along the hippo-infested Luangwa River.