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(The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts.) Lisa M. Strong, Georgetown University (THE CONVERSATION) Retired financier Oscar Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu-Tang, donate $125 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their donation, announced in November 2021, will help pay for …

Jamaican Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett Jamaican Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said his ministry would start looking seriously at “diasporic tourism” as a way to accelerate tourism investment in the country. Addressing the online ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ public meeting on Thursday evening, the Minister of Tourism said: “Jamaica’s large …

DANBURY — Although the Danbury Museum & Historical Society was planning an in-person Hat City Ball next month, this year’s fundraiser will once again be an at-home event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hat City Ball is an annual event that raises funds for the museum and historical society …

Washington, Jan. 22: A woman has filed a lawsuit against Instagram’s parent company Meta and Snap Inc, claiming an addiction to their social media platforms caused the suicide of her 11-year-old daughter.Selena Rodriguez, an 11-year-old resident of Enfield, Connecticut, last July.In the lawsuit, which was filed Friday in federal court …

McNinch Restaurant Group, which operates 101 Restaurant & Bar at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Pittsfield, has reached an agreement to buy Patrick’s Pub, one of the city’s oldest restaurants. EAGLE FILE PHOTO PITTSFIELD – The former owner of the Olde Heritage Tavern in Lenox is set to become …

Allegiant Stadium turned out to be the perfect location to host the Vegas Chamber’s Preview Las Vegas event. Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority President and CEO Steve Hill and R&R Partners Director Billy Vassiliadis told more than 1,000 Preview attendees on Tuesday that the $2 billion stadium exemplifies the …

COLOMBO: At a makeshift kiosk just off the Kadawatha Interchange in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, royal orange coconuts, bright green and yellow mangoes and small round wild oranges are stacked in neat heaps . A fruit vendor expertly slices a coconut with a knife and hands it to a customer, …

Yale sophomore Sanya Nair marveled as she watched the unveiling of a new mural on an exterior wall of the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) last month to celebrate the center’s 40th anniversary. Spanning multiple stories on one side of the red brick building at 295 Crown Street, the new …

Rowing: women’s coxless four makes a comeback at the Tokyo Olympics In a move towards gender equality at the Olympic Games, the women’s coxless rowing four will return to Tokyo after several decades. Brian Munoz, USA TODAY FALL RIVER – Waterfront development at Fall River is in full swing now, …

02 Dec. 2021, 04:06Updated 19h ago Through: News 12 Staff Legalizing recreational marijuana for adults in New Jersey could boost tourism in the Garden State. Cannabis tourism is a topic of discussion among players in the marijuana industry. This topic was brought directly to the New Jersey Tourism Conference on …

December 02, 2021, 04:06Updated on December 02, 2021 Through: News 12 Staff The legalization of recreational marijuana for adults in New Jersey could boost tourism in the Garden State. Cannabis tourism is a topic of discussion among players in the marijuana industry. This topic was brought directly to the New …

The image of the Incheon free zone of the future resort complex A project to create the largest tourist resort in Northeast Asia took a step forward after its developers secured $ 1.5 billion in funding. The Inspire Integrated Resort will be built in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, near …

The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail will be added to a much larger trail system that will eventually link it all the way to Northampton, MA, and potentially beyond. In order to keep track of all facets of the trail, a member of a nonprofit group approached Council at the October …

CHESHIRE – The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is to be added to a much larger network of trails that will eventually connect it to Northampton, Massachusetts, and potentially beyond. In an effort to keep track of all facets of the trail, a member of a non-profit group approached City Council …

DARIEN – As the town celebrates its 200th anniversary, a historic heritage trail is being prepared for Darien. The project, made possible by a grant of $ 35,500 from the Darien Foundation, will feature nine markers that tell the story of the city. The Darien Bicentennial Committee and the city …

DEERFIELD – Historic Deerfield and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) have received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop new programs as the museum industry navigates the enduring COVID-19 pandemic. Of a total of $ 87.8 million awarded to nearly 300 institutions across the United States, …

Just nine months after 2021, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming has already had its busiest year on record. The park joins nearby Yellowstone to set visitation records this year. Grand Teton received nearly 3.5 million recreational visits between January and September. The official tally of 3,493,937 surpassed the 2018 …

Heritage Winds, a chamber band of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, will perform six free concerts in Maine and New Hampshire next week. The first concert will be on Friday October 22 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, followed by a performance on Saturday October 23 …

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) – Tourists passed through Traverse City at a steady pace during the 2021 holiday season. But the hospitality industry still faced a bumpy road as the COVID-19 pandemic lingered . “Towards the end of the summer, we were starting to see occupancy figures similar to 2019, …

LENOX – Tourism, the mainstay of the city’s economy, continues a supercharged expansion that began at the end of last winter, despite the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow the money Here is the tax revenue for “head-to-bed” accommodation for the period May to July over the past three …

(WFSB) – Hispanic Heritage Month is well under way and has been recognized by some Connecticut leaders. Two women on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic are among those being celebrated. Whether it’s COVID or mosquitoes, when it’s time to make health decisions in two of the state’s largest …

Press Releases 09/10/2021 Governor Lamont Announces Launch of “Full Color Connecticut” Campaign Promoting Fall Travel Season Download the image in high quality (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Tourism Board is launching a new fall marketing campaign to promote safe travel and fuel the continued …

Lisa Grassi-Blais, a former prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, and her husband Jake Rupert, a former journalist, started their Italian tourism business Amazing Abruzzo Tours in 2016 after aspiring to a new life in the central region of the Italy. Here Grassi-Blais talks about what prompted the …

History links CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State University women’s football team continues their game series by traveling to Connecticut to face Yale on September 3 at 4 p.m. PST in New Haven, CT, before meeting Central Connecticut State on the 5th. September at 9 a.m. (TP). This will be …

People mark their hometown on a large map during the 2017 Eclipse Festival in downtown Casper. A new program will provide start-up capital to businesses with the aim of strengthening the city’s reputation as a travel destination. Dossier Josh Galemore, Star-Tribune Outside of energy, tourism is one of Wyoming’s main …

(The Center Square) – Domestic travel to Florida between April and June is expected to increase significantly from the same quarter in 2020, when a “non-essential business” lockdown from mid-March to May devastated the Sunshine’s $ 90 State billions of tourism and hospitality industries. But more than doubling national visits …