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May 2023
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Year of Traveling Dangerously
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Saudi Arabia: Go Ahead, Say Gay
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Can EVs Compete in the Great American Roadtrip?
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Nayarit Maintains Precious Heritage as Tourism Booms
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Missing Mickeys: Disappearing Disney Rides & Attractions
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U.S. History: Top Endangered Places to See Right Now
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Year of Traveling Dangerously
In 2022, 6,542 firearms were caught at 262 out of 430 airport security checkpoints nationwide in the U.S. Eighty-eight percent of those guns were loaded. The record year marked a near 10% increase over the 5,972 firearms seized in the previous record year: 2021. It also shows a jump of some 400 percent from numbers ten years earlier. A look at what's behind, what's ahead and what it all means.
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Saudi Arabia Now Welcoming LGBTQ Travelers
A Saudi visa was never a top item to be sought by the LGBTQ community. In fact, Don’t Say Gay was a more familiar refrain in this strict kingdom of rules and religious mores. But these days that idea has been turned on its head. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is publicly welcoming gays, at least if the official website’s FAQs have anything to do with it.
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Can EVs Compete in the Great American Roadtrip?
EV roadsters may be making their way into the zeitgeist of travel but do electric vehicles make sense for those who are planning a roadtrip this summer? A recent study set gas cars against electric vehicles to see which car is truly the most economical. On five American road trips that examined the time and fuel costs along iconic trails like Route 66 and California 1, the study offered a variety of insights while investigating the central question: Is saving money on gas really worth the tradeoff in travel time?
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Nayarit Maintains Precious Heritage as Tourism Booms
Nayarit is no longer the old Nueva Nayarit of recent years but a state of tourism that is coming into its own. The small region of Mexico that is bordered by Sinaloa to the northwest, Durango to the north, Zacatecas to the northeast and Jalisco to the south, has enough magic of its own to give any tourism magnet in Mexico a run for its money.
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Latest in Disappearing Disney Rides and Attractions
Splash Mountain is closing this month -- the most recent of attractions and ride closures through the decades that have defined what Disney is and was. The Disney corporation has created an enormous legacy of theme park attractions since Disneyland originally debuted in 1955. Some of these attractions, including It’s a Small World, the Haunted Mansion, and Pirates of the Caribbean, have achieved iconic status around the world. But Disney will never be finished, as Walt Disney famously remarked, as long as there is still imagination in the world. However, the following Disney greats have failed to withstand the tales as old as time.
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U.S. History: Top Endangered Places to See Right Now
Historic places to visit in the U.S. are not few in number, but many are fast changing or disappearing. The National Trust for Historic Preservation unveiled its 2023 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places that should aid with understanding where to go, what to do and why for those travelers who are considering historic places to target in the U.S.
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