Which COVID-19 tests are required for international travel? It depends on where you’re going. In an effort to limit the spread of new coronavirus variants, many countries are requiring incoming travelers to show a recent […]
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — Despite closing for more than a month because of COVID-19, Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year on record last year. The park had a total of 12,095,720 visits […]
RALEIGH — Now that most parts of the nation’s economy have been allowed to reopen, restaurants across North Carolina are operating at up to 50% seating capacity. Still most customers are choosing to sit outside […]
HONOLULU — Angela Margos was among the first passengers in San Francisco to get on a plane headed for Hawaii, where travelers who test negative for the coronavirus will no longer be required to self-quarantine […]
Gov. Roy Cooper’s announcement last week that the state will remain in Phase 2 for at least five more weeks left many North Carolina residents wondering just when daily life will return to normal. Despite […]
HAVANA — With its airports closed to commercial flights and its economy tanking, Cuba has launched the first in a series of long-promised reforms meant to bolster the country’s struggling private sector. The island’s thousands […]
PARIS — With no American visitors to show around the D-Day beaches or the Loire Valley’s chateaux, and no work on the immediate horizon, Paris tour guide Linda Zenou frets about how she’ll pay off […]
WINSTON-SALEM — Three counties on North Carolina’s tourist-reliant Outer Banks announced plans Wednesday to lift coronavirus-related visitor restrictions, although they warned of the need to continue to practice social distancing amid the ongoing pandemic. In […]
NORTH CAROLINA —Although numbers aren’t finalized for 2019, all signs are pointing to it being another record-breaking year for North Carolina tourism. In 2018, the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Board reported an all-time high […]
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