Leisure travel
Navajo president vetoes reopening tribal roads to visitors

Apr. 10, 2021 03:12 PM EDT
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has vetoed a resolution to reopen tribal roads on the Navajo reservation to tourists and other...

Virus recovery funds to promote tourism on Alabama coast

Apr. 10, 2021 11:44 AM EDT
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Beach season is heating up, and Alabama’s coast is getting federal money to help recover from tourism losses caused by the...

The Cyclone rollercoaster begins taking passengers after the seasonal opening of the Coney Island amusement park area, Friday, April 9, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Coney Island's illustrious amusement parks are reopening Friday after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered them all last year. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Coney Island attractions reopen after losing year to virus

Apr. 09, 2021 09:53 AM EDT

Health workers prepare equipments for nasal swab tests for workers in a local entertainment venue area where a new cluster of COVID-19 infections were found in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Thailand has confirmed its first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K., raising the likelihood that it is facing a new wave of the pandemic, a senior doctor said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand faces growing outbreak ahead of New Year travel

By Busaba Sivasomboon Apr. 09, 2021 03:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2017, file photo, tourists visit Banteay Srey temple outside Siem Reap, Cambodia. Cambodia is closing the Angkor temple complex to visitors because of a growing COVID-19 outbreak. On Thursday, April 8, 2021, the Health Ministry said 113 cases were reported from local transmission, with two deaths. The ministry traced the outbreak to a foreign resident who broke hotel quarantine to visit a nightclub. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
Cambodia's Angkor site shut for 2 weeks to curb coronavirus

By Sopheng Cheang Apr. 08, 2021 04:50 AM EDT

Holocaust survivor Fanny Amar wearing a face mask amid the coronavirus holds a rose as she and others attend the yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: US 7th Fleet: 14,000 personnel fully vaccinated

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. April 5, 2021. Editorial: Philly may have just revolutionized evictions In the aftermath of 2008...

People wearing protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus walk on a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 5, 2021. Iran shattered its daily record for new coronavirus infections Wednesday for the second consecutive day, with recorded cases soaring to 20,954. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran sets new record for virus infections amid holiday surge

By Amir Vahdat Apr. 07, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, a family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
At Disney World, smiles won't be hidden for much longer

Apr. 06, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 4, 2020 file photo, Norwegian cruise ships are docked at Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Portsmouth, Va. Norwegian Cruise Line is announcing plans to resume sailing after being shut down for more than a year by the pandemic. Norwegian said Tuesday, May 4, 2020, that it plans trips in late July in the Greek islands and in August in the Caribbean. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)
Norwegian Cruise Line to resume trips in Greece, Caribbean

By David Koenig Apr. 06, 2021 11:43 AM EDT

Mounted police officers patrol Via del Corso main shopping street, in downtown Rome, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Italy went into lockdown on Easter weekend in its effort to battle then Covid-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Italy enters 3-day Easter lockdown amid vaccination snags

By Nicole Winfield And Andrea Rosa Apr. 03, 2021 03:00 PM EDT

People watch parade of royal mummies in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Egypt held a parade celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from Egyptian Museum to he newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. (AP Photo)
In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

By Samy Magdy Apr. 03, 2021 12:46 PM EDT

Nicole Russell looks out from her porch, Friday, March 12, 2021, in Kendall, Fla. Because of the pandemic, Nicole because fearful of leaving her home and retreated to her bedroom for days at a time. While some felt restricted by the confinement of home "caves", others found a sense of safety and comfort, becoming increasingly accustomed to the isolation. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Coming out of the cave: As life creeps back, some feel dread

By Kelli Kennedy Apr. 03, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Passengers walk the terminal prior to boarding the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship in Civitavecchia, near Rome, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. MSC Grandiosa, the world's only cruise ship to be operating at the moment, left from Genoa on March 30 and stopped in Civitavecchia near Rome to pick up more passengers and then sail toward Naples, Cagliari, and Malta to be back in Genoa on April 6. For most of the winter, the MSC Grandiosa has been a lonely flag-bearer of the global cruise industry stalled by the pandemic, plying the Mediterranean Sea with seven-night cruises along Italy’s western coast, its major islands and a stop in Malta. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party's on at sea

By Maria Grazia Murru Apr. 02, 2021 02:23 AM EDT

Glacier National Park introduces ticket entry system

Apr. 01, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Park officials in Montana have unveiled a temporary ticket entry system for the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor this summer to manage...

A person photographs Yoshino cherry trees that are in full bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington in 1912. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
It's cherry blossom season, but DC isn't ready to open up

By Ashraf Khalil And Nathan Ellgren Apr. 01, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

Families walk into the Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Health officials in California and across the country are urging caution because of a troubling rise in new cases of COVID-19, but aquariums and amusement parks are on track to reopen in California anyway. The Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier has announced it is preparing to reopen its rides but has only said it expects that to happen sometime after April 1. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Sun's out, surf's up and California's reopening more widely

By Brian Melley Mar. 31, 2021 09:06 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:28 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ March 31 The Bowling Green Daily News on preserving...

A painting of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hangs in the reception area of the Stafford hotel near central London's St. James's Palace, Thursday, March 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Beyond the pandemic: London tourism braces for slow recovery

By Sylvia Hui Mar. 31, 2021 02:20 AM EDT

Rental car prices skyrocket as Hawaii sees surge in tourists

Mar. 30, 2021 03:54 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A recent surge of tourists in Hawaii has driven up the price of rental cars after fleets were thinned out during the pandemic. ...