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Raise a glass to Texas: Local craft breweries fuel economic growth in Texas
Read full article: Raise a glass to Texas: Local craft breweries fuel economic growth in TexasWith programs like Brew City, Texas and the Texas Brewery Passport app, the Texas Craft Brewers Guild is working to promote the craft beer scene and boost the economy.
One giant leap for tourism fun: MoonBikes now available at popular Michigan ski resort
Read full article: One giant leap for tourism fun: MoonBikes now available at popular Michigan ski resortIf you’re looking for some winter fun in snow and cold weather, this is something that might make you feel over the moon.
Mexico complains of mask-less tourists, closes ruin site
Read full article: Mexico complains of mask-less tourists, closes ruin siteFILE - This Jan. 5, 2021 file photo shows tourists, some wearing masks and others not, at the Mayan ruins of Tulum in Quintana Roo state, Mexico, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with some wearing masks while others are not. Authorities in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula complained Friday, March 26, 2021, about tourists not wearing face masks, as Mexico braces for a surge of Easter Week visitors. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel, File)MEXICO CITY – Authorities in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula complained Friday about tourists not wearing face masks, as Mexico braces for a surge of Easter Week visitors. "It was truly frustrating to see hundreds of people walking around without face masks,” noting that tourists were the worst offenders. Federal authorities have decided to close the Chichén Itzá Maya ruin site in neighboring Yucatan state from April 1-4 to avoid the possible spread of coronavirus.
Good deals available as Houston’s travel and tourism industry begins a slow recovery
Read full article: Good deals available as Houston’s travel and tourism industry begins a slow recoveryHOUSTON – Houston’s travel and tourism industry has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Houston hotels still strugglingBut the outlook for the Houston area’s hotel industry isn’t as clear. “The accommodation sector is at nearly a 35% unemployment rate,” said Sawan Patel, who owns several Houston hotels with his father. Great travel deals availableThe good news that there are great travel deals available as airlines and hotels try to boost their businesses. Find hotel and dining deals in HoustonFind hotel and dining deals in AustinFind hotel and dining deals along San Antonio’s famous Riverwalk
Are you wizard material? New Zealand city looking for a replacement city wizard
Read full article: Are you wizard material? New Zealand city looking for a replacement city wizardCHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand A man who gets paid to provide acts of wizardry and other wizard-like services to promote a city in New Zealand has begun his search for a replacement, CNN reported. Channell is paid 16,000 New Zealand dollars (approx. Ive invented a wizard out of nowhere, Channell told CNN. Freeman has been learning the ropes of being a city wizard for six years. I want the wizard phenomenon to continue, and I will totally fulfill that role, Freeman, a music teacher who also performs in a psychedelic funk band, told CNN.
Corpus Christi official issues plea to tourists: Stay home, we’re in ‘free fall’
Read full article: Corpus Christi official issues plea to tourists: Stay home, we’re in ‘free fall’HOUSTON – Nueces County Judge Barbara Canales issued a plea Monday to tourists: Don’t come to Corpus Christi beaches and stay home. Canales, who spoke with the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, called the request “almost unthinkable” amid “freefall (COVID-19) conditions” believed to be linked to the sheer numbers of tourists drawn to the Gulf Coast. “For the next few weeks… the coast is just not clear to come home to right now,” Canales told the newspaper. “Please do everything you can to help us stabilize. We are not stable — we are in a free fall — and we need some help from Texas.”For more, go to the newspaper’s full report.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is now paying for visitors to leave
Read full article: The Hawaii Tourism Authority is now paying for visitors to leave(CNN) – Hawaii's state agency that is dedicated to welcoming visitors to the state is temporarily helping those visitors leave. The Hawaii Tourism Authority has set aside $25,000 for the costs of sending tourists away if they refuse to abide by the state's 14-day quarantine. The Visitor Aloha Society arranges for the travel back home, and pays for the ticket if the visitor can't afford it. David Ige established a mandatory two-week self-quarantine for any out-of-state visitors and inter-island travelers on April 1. On April 6, John Monahan, president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, sent a letter to various publications asking them not to promote travel to Hawaii.