#Tourism groups in Thailand petition to reopen country to international travelers

#Tourism groups in Thailand petition to reopen country to international travelers

“#Tourism groups in Thailand petition to reopen country to international travelers” Thailand’s tourism sector wants to reopen the country to visitors this summer.  On Tuesday, tourism groups in Thailand launched the #OpenThailandSafely campaign, asking the country to allow travelers with proof of a COVID-19 vaccine into the country without quarantine requirements by July 1.  “As Thailand is starting to vaccinate…

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#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square

#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square

“#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square” Times Square, once one of the largest tourist attractions in the world, is slowly waking up from its coronavirus-induced slumber, The Post has learned. Some 105,000 daily visitors on average have been walking through the Big Apple’s largest tourist attraction to experience its massive billboards and neon lights, trudge…

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#Tourists take advantage of near-empty NYC tour buses

#Tourists take advantage of near-empty NYC tour buses

“#Tourists take advantage of near-empty NYC tour buses” All aboard the ghost town tour. That was how a visiting couple took in the Big Apple on a recent frosty afternoon — the only two passengers of the once-popular hop-on, hop-off red buses. “We have plenty of room,” joked Kevin Ortiz, 38, as he huddled with…

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# Thailand tourism board targets wealthy Japanese crypto holders

# Thailand tourism board targets wealthy Japanese crypto holders

“# Thailand tourism board targets wealthy Japanese crypto holders ” In its latest effort to revive the Kingdom’s pandemic-battered tourism industry, Thailand’s tourism authority is targeting cryptocurrency holders from Japan. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) wants to establish the country as the first to go out of its way to welcome cryptocurrency holders, specifically…

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#Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions

#Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions

“#Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions” FRANKFURT, Germany — They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year; American college students going on road trips and hitting the beach over spring break; Germans and Britons fleeing drab skies for…

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#California town giving overnight visitors 0 to spend during trip

#California town giving overnight visitors $100 to spend during trip

“#California town giving overnight visitors $100 to spend during trip” This California town really wants people to visit.  Santa Maria Valley, in California’s Central Coast, which is known for its vineyards and wineries, is giving visitors $100 to spend on local businesses during their stay — but there’s a catch. In order to get the $100 gift card, visitors have to spend…

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#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy

“#Cuomo needs to stop killing NYC’s economy” New York lost 1 million jobs during the pandemic last year, more than half of them in the city. And that doesn’t include jobs that are being done out-of-state by remote workers who therefore spend nothing in the city. Yet the politicians keep ignoring these bitter facts, and…

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#National Parks Service begins COVID-19 mask mandate on lands, federal buildings

#National Parks Service begins COVID-19 mask mandate on lands, federal buildings

“#National Parks Service begins COVID-19 mask mandate on lands, federal buildings” Protective face masks are now a requirement for entry into a national park. The National Park Service announced its new mandate in a press release on Tuesday, which notes that the PPE requirement is in compliance with President Joe Biden’s executive action that states masks must be worn on federal property, including parks…

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#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19

“#One-third of NYC hotel rooms were wiped out by COVID-19” The COVID-19 pandemic has been hell on New York’s tourism-heavy hotel industry. New data released by the Department of City Planning showed 146 of the city’s 705 hotels have closed — or 20 percent. The closures account for 42,030 or one-third of the city’s 128,000…

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