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Articles tagged “nature”

Tourism

Puerto Rico might limit visitors to popular bio-luminescent bay

The bioluminescent bay is one of the most well-known of Puerto Rico’s attractions and limiting the number of visitors while increasing costs may be a sustainable means to ensuring the site’s livelihood.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Puerto Rico might limit visitors to popular bio-luminescent bay

Tourism

Grand Canyon tourists charged by private landowner to reach scenic point

The Arizona resident is making a point by charging unsuspecting visitors on one of the busiest weekends of the year, but its unlikely his protest will persist as some type of deal will be worked out.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Grand Canyon tourists charged by private landowner to reach scenic point

Tourism

Upstate New York fights to save tourism in face of gas-storage plans

Both tourism and the storage facilities would boost the Finger Lake’s economy, but critics of the storage plan fairly claim tourism poses a lesser threat to the region’s natural resources and safety.

Mary Esch, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Upstate New York fights to save tourism in face of gas-storage plans

Tourism

In search of the evasive Aurora Borealis on a Norwegian winter night

The Northern Lights, and the countries that reap the benefits of tourists searching for the sight, is a prime example of just how tied geography is to the tourism industry.

Emsal Leo, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

In search of the evasive Aurora Borealis on a Norwegian winter night

Tourism

Get up close and personal with Mount Everest with new zoom photograph

Online photographs could one day be the only way to experience global world wonders as Machu Picchu continues to crumble and the ice and snows of Mount Everest begins to melt away.

Ed Douglas, The Guardian | 12 years ago

Get up close and personal with Mount Everest with new zoom photograph

Skift Originals

Americans on a budget are willing to cut out trips to national parks

This study suggests that national parks should prepare for lower visitation numbers as long as a recession persists. Trips to non-marquee parks take low priority despite their great value.

Samantha Shankman , Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Inadequate preparation for Grand Canyon hikes can lead to fatal mistakes

What makes the Grand Canyon beautiful is what can also make it deadly with no resources for help beyond the rim and trails that host humans, mules, and intense heat.

Virginia Linn, Pittsburg Post-Gazette | 12 years ago

Inadequate preparation for Grand Canyon hikes can lead to fatal mistakes

Tourism

Waiting for a Grand Canyon rafting permit? Get off the waiting list and into the lottery

The switch to a lottery system six years ago has doubled the number of private launches and given applicants a one-in-eight chance each year, although some rafters are reaching a 20-year wait.

Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Waiting for a Grand Canyon rafting permit? Get off the waiting list and into the lottery

Tourism

Duchess’s Alnwick Garden brings tourism to a rural English region

The duchess pushed for the garden’s creation to the economic benefit of surrounding economies, which suggests just one new site can help turn around a troubled destination.

Martin Wainwright, The Guardian | 12 years ago

Duchess’s Alnwick Garden brings tourism to a rural English region

Hotels

Ten vacation rentals with quirky and environmentally conscious designs

These picks, from a seashell-inspired beach home to a suspended tree house, are nestled in the crooks of nature, but offer many of the amenities found at a five-star hotel -- and the price tag too!

Skift | 12 years ago