It’s your last chance to catch them before they close… Like it or not, Dubai summer is well on its way. While some Dubai attractions remain open year-round, others will shut their doors and will only re-open once the peak of summer has passed around September or October. Before it gets here, make the most … Read more
Thanks to ten years of dramatic improvements at Untermyer Gardens undertaken by the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy in cooperation with the City of Yonkers, visitorship exceeded 100,000 people for the first time in 2021. Noted by Mayor Spano in his State of the City address last week, the public garden is now the Number One visitor … Read more
Y’all won’t believe where I’ve been. I returned Monday evening from an eleven-day adventure with some of my favorite people on the planet. But we had a marvelous trip, and it was good to kind of lose track of the events driving the 24-hour news cycle from day to day. It’s hard to worry so … Read more
One of South Derbyshire’s most popular tourist attractions is to open a new splash park ahead of the hot summer. Conkers, in Rawdon Road, Moira, near Swadlincote, is opening its new Conkers Cove splash park which features interactive bubbling jets, a pirate ship and other water activities. All of the activities are powered by movement, … Read more
By Jim Winnerman Special to the Post-Dispatch Like tourist destinations throughout the world, Branson suffered during the pandemic when potential visitors stayed home. Most venues were shuttered for a time. However, the absence of paying customers did not stop the entertainment destination from adding new attractions, many of which opened just before or soon after … Read more
If you’re Cornish then you’re born with granite, sea spray and tin mining in your veins. There will always be romanticism and pride surrounding the mining industry in Cornwall as well as a sense of invention, history and tragedy. It was with all that rattling around my blood that I visited a secret location near … Read more
[ Planes ]December 1, 2021 8:00 a.m. ET By Mark Evans Boeing 747 Legacy Carried On Through Tourist Attractions More than 50 Years after the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in 1968, the iconic jet is still being produced at Boeing’s factory in Everett, WA. But not for much longer. Production will … Read more
Two giraffes pictured at Chester Zoo, one of the top five UK visitor attractions last year Visitor attractions welcomed a quarter more visitors in 2021, but the numbers are still below pre-pandemic levels. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (Alva) said there was strong demand for gardens, parks, forests and zoos in the UK. But … Read more
I’m a lifelong Disney World fan who’s been visiting the theme park since the late ’90s. After my most recent trip in August 2021, I ranked every Hollywood Studios attraction from worst to best. I love all sections of Hollywood Studios, from Toy Story Land to Galaxy’s Edge. Amanda Krause/Insider I ranked each attraction based … Read more
Singer Gloria Estefan stopped to visit the Southernmost Point in 2007. Patrick Farrell Miami Herald File A 20-ton concrete buoy, which marks the Southernmost Point and 90 miles to Cuba, is one of Key West’s famous landmarks. Tourists flock to the marker every day to take photos, snap selfies, buy a souvenir or two. But … Read more