Expect big crowds for the summer travel season — and big prices, too
The unofficial start of the summer travel season is here, with airlines hoping to avoid the chaos of last year and travelers scrounging for ways to save a few bucks …
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Flight cancellations, strikes raise fears of new summer travel chaos in Europe
LONDON — British Airways canceled dozens of flights Friday, blaming computer problems for disrupting plans for thousands of passengers at the start of a busy holiday weekend — a rocky …
Amsterdam wants ships to moor less, votes to move terminal out of city in latest hit to tourism
AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and …
French tourism businesses are wary of customers drying up as droughts worsen
SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — …
Italy looks for man seen in viral video carving graffiti into Rome’s almost 2,000-year-old Colosseum
Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish the tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the …
Tourists are packing European hotspots, boosted by Americans
VENICE, Italy — Tourists are waiting more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi lines at Rome’s main train station are running just as long. And so …
Legal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for months after an altercation at a car rental agency, the …
Legal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for months after an altercation at a car rental agency, the …
Greece plans hourly caps on visitors to ancient Acropolis and will let in up to 20,000 daily
ATHENS, Greece — Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece’s most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly …
Mexican Supreme Court’s abortion decision expands access to millions, stands in contrast to US
MEXICO CITY — The decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court to invalidate all federal criminal penalties for abortion opened access for millions of people in the sprawling public health system a …