Tourism

The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an earlier decision that found major cruise companies had illegally engaged in tourism to Cuba between 2015 and 2019.

A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office. It’s a life-sized replica decorated just like President Joe Biden’s Oval Office, right down to the weathered family Bible on a side table.

News4’s Mark Segraves breaks down what increased tourism in D.C. means for the area. 

Mayor Muriel Bowser and tourism industry leaders celebrated a record number of tourists in 2023. News4’s Mark Segraves reports they expect even more visitors in the next two years.

Wandering is surging, rather than leveling off, driven by lingering revenge travel, digital nomad campaigns and so-called golden visas blamed in part for skyrocketing housing prices.

Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee. It is more than 2 million euros richer and determined to continue, but opponents called the experiment that ends Sunday a failure.

A Chicago woman was reported missing during a trip to The Bahamas, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the institution’s vast historical archives and designed to make the Library a more popular and accessible destination for visitors and tourists. “Collecting Memories” — which opens to the public on June 13 — is an intensely curated exhibit that brings together items as varied as 15th-century illustrated Hebrew...

City leaders emphasized the importance of increasing international visitors, who stay longer and spend more. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Peru’s government has backtracked on plans to outsource the sale of entry tickets to Machu Picchu to a private company.

Cities and tourist sites are trying different tactics to combat overtourism. Two researchers discuss what’s working and the need for “regenerative travel.”

New numbers on D.C.’s multi-billion-dollar tourism industry show that many visitors have returned. But the number of international visitors is still lower than officials want — and perceptions about violence may play a part. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A prosecutor in southern Italy says the boat crash that killed a U.S. tourist off the Amalfi Coast is being investigated as a case of possible manslaughter.

For the second time in less than a month, a tourist has been caught carving their name into the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Italian ministers are searching for the man who carved “Ivan+Haley 23” into the wall of the Colosseum in Rome.

There are 84,111 people are now working in tourism and hospitality-related jobs, a 45% increase from 2021.

Tourism and hospitality is the second biggest industry in D.C., but the pandemic was devastating for local businesses that depend on visitors. Last year saw a big comeback. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.