Articles tagged “wildfires”

Short-Term Rentals

Hawaii Governor Wants to Convert 3,000 Short-Term Rentals for Wildfire Survivors

Tax incentives, pleas, requests and even emergency orders — Hawaiian residents will have housing one way or another.

Srividya Kalyanaraman | 4 months ago

Hawaii Governor Wants to Convert 3,000 Short-Term Rentals for Wildfire Survivors

Tourism

Greece Promises Free Holiday to Tourists Who Fled Rhodes Fires

With tourism being the main driver of the Greek economy, tourist-friendly policies are essential to keep them coming back.

Renee Maltezou, Reuters | 9 months ago

Greece Promises Free Holiday to Tourists Who Fled Rhodes Fires

Tourism

Turkey’s Wildfires Tear Into Hopes for Tourism Rebound

The travel industry understandably doesn't want to hear it. But the climate emergency appears to be causing extreme, unpredictable events. Wildfires have prompted tourists to cancel 10 percent of their reservations in Bodrum and Marmaris, for instance.

Ezgi Erkoyun, Reuters | 3 years ago

Turkey’s Wildfires Tear Into Hopes for Tourism Rebound

Hotels

No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory

Masks, social distancing, and vaccines can't stop climate change. It isn't a competition to choose the most dire threat, climate change or Covid-19, because they are interrelated. But taking a long-term view, climate change will be an existential threat to the travel industry, and the world, even as coronavirus fades.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 4 years ago

No Escaping Climate Change for the Travel Industry Even When Covid-19 Becomes a Distant Memory

Tourism

Months of Unprecedented Fires Ravage Australia’s Tourism Industry

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

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

Months of Unprecedented Fires Ravage Australia’s Tourism Industry

Business Travel

How the California Wildfires Are Impacting Tourism

Several years of devastating wildfires have taken a toll on California tourism but have not affected overall visitor numbers. Instead, the fires have changed the way the state markets itself and made it harder for tourism employees to live in California.

Maria Lenhart, Skift | 4 years ago