by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Technology
The travel tracing app will shut down as China relaxes their strict ‘zero-COVID’ policies amid outbreaks and protests. The travel tracing app was part of a package of apps required for all Chinese citizens, one that traced a user’s location relative...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Travel
World Cup fans are so inconvenienced by the championship’s setting–Doha, Qatar–that they’re taking daily flights into the city to see the games. Qatar built eight stadiums to host the 64 games of the FIFA World Cup, scattered around the capital city...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Travel
The Thanksgiving travel rush was back after a few years of depressed numbers, with some new habits common among returning travelers. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, the Thanksgiving travel rush, one of the two big travel crunches of the year, saw a huge...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 7, 2022 | News, Places On Our Bucket List
Grand Canyon Caverns tourists were stranded for over a day last week after an elevator broke down. The Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs Arizona are a natural wonder 210 feet below the ground. Some of the largest dry caverns in the United States, they were formed...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 31, 2022 | Ethical Shopping, International, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Rostourism, the Russian federal agency for tourism, has been abolished on order from President Vladimir Putin. Rostourism was only created 18 years ago, also by presidential degree from President Putin. But as of October 20th, the agency has been dissolved and its...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 26, 2022 | International, News, Politics
Baltic nations are closing their borders to Russian travelers over the ongoing war waged against Ukraine. In early August, Estonia, Finland, and Ukraine all asked the European Union to put a temporary hold on allowing Russian citizens to travel freely. The prime...
