#UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism

#UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism

“#UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism” VENICE, Italy — Away from the once-maddening crowds of St. Mark’s Square, tiny Certosa island could be a template for building a sustainable future in Venice as it tries to relaunch its tourism industry without boomeranging back to pre-pandemic day-tripping hordes. Private investment has converted the forgotten public…

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#YouTube streamers make money walking around NYC

#YouTube streamers make money walking around NYC

“#YouTube streamers make money walking around NYC” Lots of New Yorkers fell in love with taking long walks during the pandemic. Now, some of them have made it their jobs. Kenneth Chin quit his career as an accountant in January to focus on walking around neighborhoods — Times Square one night, Jackson Heights the next day,…

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#China builds Mars simulation base in similar desert landscape

#China builds Mars simulation base in similar desert landscape

“#China builds Mars simulation base in similar desert landscape” China has built a “Mars Camp” in Lenghu Town of northwest China’s Qinghai Province to simulate the environmental conditions on Mars, as part of China’s Mars exploration preparation. The town is known as China’s “Mars Camp” due to its eerily eroded desert landscape that resembles the…

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#Pandemic-fatigued Americans are overrunning national parks

#Pandemic-fatigued Americans are overrunning national parks

“#Pandemic-fatigued Americans are overrunning national parks” There’s an epidemic of post-pandemic visitors at national parks. Lockdown-weary Americans are flocking to the nation’s most beautiful natural environments en masse — to the degree that it’s causing an overcrowding problem at the parks and in nearby towns.  “Anywhere you go, there’s going to be a line,” Libby…

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#NYC should follow Europe’s lead and reopen to vaxxed visitors

#NYC should follow Europe’s lead and reopen to vaxxed visitors

“#NYC should follow Europe’s lead and reopen to vaxxed visitors” The European Union is reopening to fully vaccinated international travelers. New York should follow suit: Tourists are crucial to the city’s recovery, and it’s nuts to exclude those who’ve been jabbed now that the state’s lifted most pandemic restrictions. Ambassadors from all 27 EU nations Wednesday…

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#Greece joins Mediterranean race to win back tourists

#Greece joins Mediterranean race to win back tourists

“#Greece joins Mediterranean race to win back tourists” NAXOS, Greece — In her kitchen, Kyriaki Kapri has enough food to feed an army. Piles of squid for frying, lemons to be quartered, thumb-thick potato wedges to make oregano-sprinkled French fries and seafood for the dishes famous on the Greek island of Naxos. She’s done everything…

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#Need a job? New York’s hospitality sector needs YOU!

#Need a job? New York’s hospitality sector needs YOU!

“#Need a job? New York’s hospitality sector needs YOU!” When the pandemic slammed the hospitality industry last year, Bret Csencsitz, owner and managing partner of Gotham Bar and Grill in Greenwich Village, experienced the heartbreaking task of closing his restaurant. “Gotham was in business for 36 years, the last 13 of which I was there,”…

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#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday

#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday

“#Blue Origin to begin space tourism ticket sales Wednesday” SEATTLE, May 5 – Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, is poised to open up ticket sales on Wednesday for suborbital sightseeing trips on its New Shepard spacecraft, a landmark moment as US firms strive toward a new era of private commercial space travel. Blue Origin is expected to announce details on how to purchase a seat,…

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