My first cruise-ship experience was on one of those enormous luxury "big box" ships with thousands of people and it was complete with bad buffet food and very limited excursions.
30.08.2023 - 13:21 / forbes.com
On Tuesday, Canada updated its travel advisory for the U.S. to flag the explosion of anti-LGBTQ legislation in states across the country.
“Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws.” The Canadian acronym includes “2S” for two-spirit people in the Native American community.
The issue was raised by reporters in both French and English at a news conference on Tuesday in New Brunswick. Answering in French, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters that the travel advice was “not political” but that the government wanted to warn a “specific group of Canadians of a situation that may be difficult for them.” She added: “Our priority, always, in all of our foreign policy, is to protect all Canadians and we’ll continue to do that.”
Speaking in English, Freeland stressed that it’s the government’s job “to monitor whether there are particular dangers to particular groups of Canadians” and “to put at the center of everything we do, the interests and the safety of every single Canadian and of every single group of Canadians.”
The U.S. government concurs that hate crimes against the LGBTQ community are on the rise. “LGBTQI+ individuals face a surge in violence against individuals and community spaces,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s resource page. “Federal threat monitoring has shown that these threats are increasingly tied to hate groups and domestic violent extremists. LGBTQI+ Americans – especially transgender women and girls of color – have experienced disproportionately high rates of violence and hate crimes for decades.”
A general concern for public safety is emerging as a top concern among inbound travelers. In a recent survey of 12,000 global travelers across 15 markets by Destination Analysts, one of the travel industry’s top research firms, a general concern for personal safety ranked as the No. 3 deterrent to traveling to the United States. No. 1 was a tie between costs and concern over gun violence.
In 2019, international travelers injected roughly $239 billion into the national economy, accounting for nearly 10% of America’s total exports and services.
Inbound Canadian travel to the U.S. is down roughly 19% since 2019 — but still represents an enormous chunk of the overall U.S. tourism pie. This year, Canadians will make up roughly 27% of the 62.8 million inbound foreign tourists who visit the United States, according to the National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO), the agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that tracks tourism statistics.
The American Civil Liberties Union is currently tracking 495 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced by state legislatures around the country.
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My first cruise-ship experience was on one of those enormous luxury "big box" ships with thousands of people and it was complete with bad buffet food and very limited excursions.
While many travelers are planning fall getaways or holiday season travels, Delta Air Lines is looking ahead even further with new destinations for next summer’s travel season.
It's become an iconic image of travel in the United States – a red convertible with the top down, cruising such classic California thoroughfares as the Pacific Coast Highway or across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Scott Pauli. (Photo Credit: Island of Hawai‘i Visitors Bureau)
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador revealed that the United States Department of Transportation would elevate the country’s air safety rating.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got stuck in New Delhi after his plane broke down at the airport.
Hotel guests of Hilton will soon be able to rest and recharge themselves — and their own electric vehicle at the same time. The popular hotel chain has teamed up with Tesla to add 20,000 Universal Wall Connectors at 2,000 Hilton hotel properties throughout North America, Hilton shared with Travel + Leisure this week. Each hotel will have at least six chargers on-site, creating the largest overnight electric vehicle charging network. The first locations distributed across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will come online in early 2024. “Through this expanded agreement with Tesla, we are significantly changing the landscape of universal EV chargers in North America in an incredibly short amount of time,” Hilton’s Chief Brand Officer Matt Schuyler said of the hotel company's announcement.
Air Canada has apologized and said it is following up with two passengers after they were booted from an August 26 flight.
Air Canada is expanding its international flying schedule for the summer of 2024, especially to destinations across Europe, including a new year-round route between Montreal and Madrid.
The number of Canadian pilots seeking to fly in the United States tripled in 2022, according to previously unreported U.S. government data, raising fears of deepening shortages in Canada as pilots seek higher wages.
Florida is preparing for the arrival of Idalia on Wednesday, which has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 storm by the time it makes landfall.
It’s not often that travelers have something to look forward to at Newark Liberty International Airport. The new $2.7 billion Terminal A will open in December, the latest in a series of major airport projects opening around the U.S. this year.