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As a long-time resident of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, I love to take weekend trips to Seattle.

Nearly 400,000 people travel between Canada and the US daily, and one of the best parts of living in Victoria, British Columbia, is its relative proximity to the state of Washington.

I spent the first few years of my life in Greece and then moved to the US.

In a survey by Skift Research, 43% of U.S. travelers said their dream vacation was as financially challenging to achieve as in 2019.

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I first fell in love with the idea of moving abroad five years ago after spending a semester in England.

Joanna Fantozzi contributed to a previous version of this story.

Booking Holdings Chief Financial Officer David Goulden said this week that the flagship Booking.com brand launched its short-term rental business as a supplement to hotels “15-plus years” ago, which is roughly around the time Airbnb got going in San Francisco.

From festivals of light to giant Christmas trees, there are plenty of ways for towns all over the US to celebrate the holidays.

I book a lot of Caribbean cruises and theme-park vacations as a travel planner. But I also have my eye on some under-the-radar destinations.

Fall can look and feel different depending on where you live in the United States.

In just the past few days, there have been two key moves that ease restrictions for travel from China to the U.S. Tourism officials have been clear that the lifting of these restrictions is critical to a full recovery –though key hurdles remain. On Thursday, China lifted pandemic-era group tour restrictions for the U.S. and other key markets. Before the lift, Chinese travel agencies were banned from selling outbound group or package travel to the U.S.

Chris Nassetta, CEO of Hilton and incoming national chair of the U.S. Travel Association, called on Wednesday for U.S. government officials to cut visa wait times that he said were hurting the country’s domestic travel sector and U.S. federal revenues.

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China has lifted pandemic-era restrictions on group tours for more countries, including key markets such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia in a potential boon for their tourism industries.

Global capital investment in travel and tourism totaled $856 billion last year, down 23% from its pre-pandemic level of $1.1 trillion in 2019, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s recent Economic Impact 2023 Global Trends Report.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it had met its goal of hiring 1,500 air traffic controllers for the year even as staffing challenges continue to impact travel and aviation near misses prompt safety concerns.

Skift Research’s Travel Health Index continued to track above 2019 levels in July, with a 2 point increase from July 2019, according to our latest monthly update.