Economy Off the Charts: Seattle is the priciest tourist city in the U.S. Should you go to Portland instead? KUOW compared tourist must-haves in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver to find the most affordable city for tourists looking to get that Pacific Northwest experience this summer. Teo Popescu
Arts & Life With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines. Alina Selyukh
World Amsterdam was flooded with tourists in 2023, so it won't allow any more hotels Twenty-six hotels that already have permits can move forward, but after that a hotel can only be built if one shuts down. Tourists spent about 20.7 million nights in Amsterdam hotels last year. Ayana Archie
World Jamaica and the Bahamas are pushing back against U.S. travel warnings The State Department is discouraging tourists from traveling to the Caribbean islands. But government officials from both nations hope that won't keep tourists from coming. Vanessa Romo
World Tourism ruined my city. Tourism is saving my city Seville in Spain is experiencing a tourism boom like locals have never seen before. This is the story of how a city tries to honor its past while ensuring its future. Miguel Macias
World Venice will limit tour groups to 25 people and ban loudspeakers to control tourism City officials say the new rules, set to take effect in June, will help lessen the impact of tourism on the local community. Joe Hernandez
Government As fall festivities draw crowds to Skagit Valley farms, rules to limit agritourism sow division Monica Nickelsburg
National Sales are way down at a Florida flea market. A new immigration law could be to blame. Florida's new strict immigration law threatens the state's economy and could hurt political ambitions for some GOP candidates. Vendors at a popular flea market are already seeing the impacts. Claudia Grisales
Business The missing submersible raises troubling questions for the adventure tourism industry The search for the Titan in the North Atlantic continues. When adventure travel goes wrong, who pays the price, and who's forced to take big risks mounting a rescue? A Martinez Brian Mann
National Civil rights groups warn tourists about traveling to Florida The NAACP joined a Latino civil rights organization and a gay rights advocacy group in issuing travel advisories for the Sunshine State, where tourism is one of the state's largest job sectors. The Associated Press
