Tom McElroy, Associated Press
You wouldn't know by looking at the basket case that is Penn Station, but rail is actually market-driven in some countries.
1 month ago
Associated Press
This new ferry service could end up helping tourists as much as locals. Not only can it relieve some pressure on overcrowded trains and buses, but tourists love views of the city and everyone wants a more pleasant trip to Rockaway Beach in Queens in the summer.
2 months ago
Tourists like transparency. They markedly do not like paying $100 to get their family into The Met, only to discover later that they could have paid nothing. Then again, MoMA charges a mandatory $25 and its galleries are packed, so maybe fees don't turn people off as much as we think.
Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press
Good food, day or night, is always a welcome draw whether you're a visitor or a local and we can definitely get behind this new wave of Asia-inspired night markets.
Mary Esch, Associated Press
Does your destination have trouble attracting visitors? There's an easy solution: Have a pregnant giraffe at the ready and livestream the birth. Oh well.
Verena Dobnik , Associated Press
Leave it to an iconic museum to get creative about the use of its space and the creation of exercise art. How would this work at The Smithsonian or The Louvre?
4 months ago
Justin Bachman, Bloomberg
Key American cities are stepping up to provide better services for Chinese tourists, many of whom are young and traveling more independently than their parents did.
6 months ago
Dave Montali, Skift
Airbnb dropping their NYC lawsuit is the latest move in its rocky relationship. The burden now lies on New York hosts to understand their exposure.
7 months ago
David M. Levitt, Bloomberg
Observation deck glut in Manhattan? With a couple new ones on the way, including one perched above Grand Central Terminal, tourists will have plenty to see -- although pricing won't be cheap.
Sarah Enelow, Skift
New York has nearly always been a hot tourist destination. Sometimes we forget that in large part, the film industry created the dreamy, thrilling, magnetic New York of our travel fantasies.
So New York officials are working harder to make rest stops on highways more accommodating and compelling places to stop? Yeah, we don't see the problem either.
Joshua Brustein and Christian Berthelsen, Bloomberg
New York legislators wrote this law with Airbnb's legal response in mind. We think arguing on these grounds will prove difficult for the company.
8 months ago
