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The Covid pandemic reduced airline passenger traffic to levels last seen in 1999, according to a new report by travel data and analytics company Cirium.

Hawaii is a tourism-dependent state, but visits have dropped almost 90% as the pandemic has nearly frozen leisure travel. A temporary residency program called Movers and Shakas is trying to change that by giving contest winners a ticket to move and work from the island. Co-founder Richard Matsui talked to LX News about the new initiative that he hopes will...

Most Americans intend to stay home for the December holidays, with fewer than a quarter or so taking to the roads, rails or skies amid the pandemic.

Many so-called snowbirds who live part time in warmer climates to escape cold weather won’t be flocking south this winter

The passenger was aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas that set sail on Dec. 7 for a round trip to the city-state with no port of call in between.

Singapore has been testing trips where cruises make round trips to the city-state with no port of call in between.

The tourism industry may take two steps forward and one step back on its path to recovery, said Ho Kwon Ping of Banyan Tree Holdings.

The co-founder and CEO of charity Tusk, Charles Mayhew, told CNBC that the economic impact of the pandemic had been “huge” in Africa.

The announcement came hours after Singapore said the agreement, which was set to take effect on Sunday, would go ahead as planned.

All eyes will be on Singapore and Hong Kong’s forthcoming quarantine-free travel bubble, as Asia’s tourism boards prepare for similar arrangements, said Klook.

It is “crucial” for Singapore be in the right position before loosening coronavirus measures further, said Keith Tan of the Singapore Tourism Board.

About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test

The Roosevelt Hotel will soon join the growing list of New York City businesses to shutter amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Authorities in northern Mexico say they have identified bodies found in a well as two missing tourists from the United States.

Mexico City’s famous “floating gardens” of Xochimilco have reopened to visitors after a five-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic.

With more and more places reopening across the five boroughs, visitors to the Big Apple have just begun to trickle back once again — making now the perfect time for locals to hit tourism hot spots while the crowds are down

During the height of the pandemic, crowded sidewalks in Times Square were empty, tourist attractions were closed, and tourists canceled their trips. But as New York City reopens, tourists are slowly returning to New York. Adam Kuperstein reports.

The Empire State Building is reopening its Observatory on Monday with limited capacity and new safety protocols, which have become the new normal during the pandemic. The limited reopening is also accompanied by employee training as well as compliance with all government requirements.  Visits to the Observatory will be limited to New York State’s Phase 4 capacity guidelines and...

The Empire State Observatory is expected to welcome guests again on Monday.

The European Union reopened its borders on Tuesday for tourists from a list of 14 approved countries. The United States was excluded from the list of approved countries as U.S. states battle a spike of coronavirus.