Tourism

Italy's Punta Ala, where the sea beckons and relationships run deep

On the Tuscan coast lies a beach town with no archaeological sites or Roman ruins. Instead, there are big houses, with tennis courts and stables — a sporty getaway for people with money to spend.

KUOW Newsroom

Right on time, Seattle's cherry blossoms are about to pop with color

Seattle is days away from one of its annual gateways to spring: the cherry blossom bloom

KUOW Newsroom

Why the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe seeks regulation of popular falls airspace

The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe wants air tourism to stay away from the sacred site, a 268-foot waterfall, and has asked the federal government to step in.

Soundside

Tourism is booming in our small towns. But can locals afford to enjoy it?

This month we visited a few of our popular Washington tourist destinations. We wanted to know: how has the pandemic reshaped tourism? What changes has the pandemic, and tourism broadly, brought to some of our most beautiful places? Today, we break down what we learned and dive into one of the biggest themes we heard about: how booming tourism has made living in our small towns untenable.

Soundside

No more yurts. Orcas Islanders want affordable places year-round

If you can find a place to live and work on Orcas Island you’re set. But who's got the land?

Soundside

Leavenworth has become über expensive, pricing out the people who work there

When 80 percent of your local employees can't afford to live in town, what do you do? It's a question Leavenworth residents and officials are struggling to answer. When a community grows too large for it's confines, how do you keep people from slipping through the cracks?

KUOW Newsroom

Tourists tell Seattle how to handle the heat

The Puget Sound region is getting ready for a heat wave this weekend. A lot of people in the area aren't used to temperatures in the upper 90s. But some of the tourists on Seattle's waterfront - are used to that kind of heat. And they shared some of their advice on how to stay comfortable.