The U.S. witnessed a 4 percent drop in foreign tourist visits last year. The decline has been called the “Trump Slump” by observers, who credit the outrage sparked by Trump administration policies such as the discriminatory anti-Muslim travel ban and other xenophobic measures.
Marine General John Kelly declared that “just a few of these nuts can cause an awful lot of trouble down in the Caribbean.”
Pentagon officials are used to looking for ISIS everywhere they can nowadays, and have found a security threat from them in the Caribbean, where ISIS obviously isn’t a huge thing, but where growing numbers of people trying to join ISIS are seen as a concerning trend. Marine General John Kelly, set to retire later this month,
Some 1,300 hotels have been put up for sale in various Turkish resorts as economic problems, terrorist attacks and the crisis in relations with Russia are felt in the tourist sector, Turkish media reported Monday.
With over 400 hotels for sale in the tourist capital Antalya, Turkey's tourist industry has descended into one of its worst crises in history after the number of Russian tourists visiting the country dwindled and increasing terrorist attacks left the country's security weakened, the Turkish Zaman newspaper reported. Turkey is facing a shortfall
Most of these ‘orphans’ still have living parents. The squalor they endure is often for show.
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Just before the sun sets over the enchanting Angkor temples in northern Cambodia, a group of children gets ready for their big show. Every day, according to fliers at restaurants and hotels around town, the children perform an hour-long “charity show” for tourists visiting the ACODO orphanage. The spectacle
Since it’s unknown how much gas and oil exist, drilling could be more environmentally and financially costly than oil companies project.
Encouraged by Southern lawmakers and lobbyists from the energy industry, the Obama administration is considering opening the Atlantic Coast to oil drilling.
Obama is expected to announce his decision within the next three months.
Four states have struck a deal to keep their National Parks open during the gov. shutdown, but at a price.
For Utah, not even the federal government shutdown was enough to keep its residents from lobbying to keep their world-renowned national parks open -- but it’ll cost them.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) was among four state governors to negotiate a deal between his state parks department and the federal government. For
Some 50,000 unionized service industry workers at major hotel-casinos may go on strike over stalled contract negotiations.
Stalled contract negotiations could soon lead to a major strike by 50,000 bartenders, maids and food servers working at 20 hotel-casinos in Las Vegas, Nev. A strike of this size could shut down or significantly limit operations at some of the largest Las Vegas casinos, including the MGM Grand and Caesar’s Palace.
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