Articles tagged “natural disasters”

The tragic state of the wildfires raging across Australia bodes well for nothing — including the country's tourism industry.

As urban populations grow and housing is pushed to the sea, global coastal cities can literally not afford to not invest in anti-flood infrastructure. A tourism industry would take even longer to repair than buildings or the economy.

The suggestions are surely well-founded, but airlines and airports in this market are unlikely to adopt policies demanding short-term investments - even if they do offer long-term returns.

Relying solely on prayer and good luck to protect a destination from natural disasters is a poor way to prepare for a storm, but this scene is playing itself out up and down the Atlantic Coast right now.

New Jersey will likely see a big boost in 2013 as well as regional visitors flood into the state in an effort to give it a boost.

Travel may be slower in early November than usual, but New York is packed wall-to-wall with visitors every December and even a hurricane isn't likely to change this. Where else will they go?

Haiti has clear markers to prove its potential -- island neighbor Dominican Republic and its private beaches run by cruise lines -- but it needs to make a clear pitch to potential travelers that promises them the Caribbean vacation they dream about.

It’s curious that the three solo hikers would be left alone on the popular trek as there are dozens of operators on the volcano every day. Perhaps a new standard for independent hikers is in order.

Beyond the good-will, post-Sandy PR from new media companies like Airbnb were the real, on-the-ground realities of price-gouging and odd cancellations that are the persisten reality of any rental marketplace.