All posts tagged "Tourismandattractions"

“Once upon a time, the planets and the fates and all the stars aligned..." — Taylor Swift Global superstar Taylor Swift isn’t only one stealing fans’ hearts around the world with her Eras Tour: She’s taking center stage in a global tourism boom, and everyone from tour operators to world leaders to travel advisers are taking notice. Those who travel know that entertainment, such as sporting events and concerts, are intrinsically tied to the travel industry, but there's been nothing like this before. Swift’s U.S. tour, which spanned 20 cities across five months, brought in $5 billion in direct s......

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Employees at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tourism oversight district urged leaders Wednesday not to strip them of their theme park passes and Disney discounts, calling the longtime program a treasured benefit that drew them to work there. Those perks have emerged as the latest front in DeSantis’ battle with Disney. The governor’s hand-picked oversight board is calling the millions of dollars their predecessors spent on Disney perks for government employees working at and near Disney World “unethical” payments funneled to the entertainment giant. But Lt. Pete Simon pleaded Wednes......

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple tourists have become trapped on a treacherous island off the North Carolina coast this month, forcing the National Park Service to coordinate highly risky rescues, park rangers say. Visiting the ominously named Shark Island could get you killed, Cape Lookout National Seashore warned Monday in a news release. “Recently, the gap in between Shark Island and Cape Lookout has begun to connect with a narrow bar of sand during the lowest of low tides,” officials said. “In the last two weeks, we have had two separate incidents of visitors crossing to Shark Island at low tide......

The Eiffel Tower, one of Paris’ most popular tourist attractions, was temporarily closed to the public on Saturday after a bomb threat forced visitors to evacuate the iconic landmark. Tourists on all three floors of the tower in Central Paris were ordered to leave shortly after 1:30 p.m., local time, the AFP reported. Authorities also cleared out the square underneath the monument out of an abundance of caution. A large security perimeter was immediately established and traffic diverted while bomb disposal experts and law enforcement officers searched the tower — including a restaurant inside ......

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tourism oversight district wants to end a program that provides more than $8 million to hire off-duty law enforcement to bolster security at Disney World and surrounding properties. But two Disney-controlled cities are saying no to that request, setting up another clash between the entertainment giant and the governor-appointed Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. “Tax dollars should not be used to pay for private security use for any corporation,” Alexei Woltornist, a spokesman for the tourism district, said in an email. In 2022, the Disney-c......

A man was slashed in the neck with a knife after he asked for a cigarette at a bus stop in a popular North Carolina tourist town, according to police. Officers in Asheville responded to a bus stop near downtown at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday and found a man with a cut on his neck, according to a post on the Asheville Police Department’s Facebook page. The man’s injuries were not considered life-threatening, and he refused treatment, according to the post. The man told officers that he had gotten into a fight with another man after asking him for a cigarette, according to police. “The suspect pull......