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Survey: Tourists, travelers spent $17.2B in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A newly released survey has found that tourists and travelers spent an estimated $17.2 billion in Michigan last year. That's up 14 percent from $15.1 billion in 2009. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. on Wednesday...Tags: Travel, Michigan
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Airport travel: Stressful, but safer?
SOUTH BEND — The hype over the Transportation Security Administration's new full-body scans has travelers speaking out.
Wednesday was supposed to be a national "Opt-Out Day." A website movement encouraged travelers to say “no” to a...Tags: Transportation Security Administration, Transportation Industry, Travel
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Beatles' Abbey Road crossing now is heritage site
LONDON (AP) — A London zebra-crossing made famous by a Beatles album cover has been listed as a heritage site. Heritage minister John Penrose says Wednesday the crossing at Abbey Road in north London was listed as a testimony to the...Tags: Entertainment, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Travel, Music
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Obama, Christie again teaming up for post-Sandy Jersey Shore tour
TRENTON, N.J. — President Barack Obama will tour the Jersey Shore with Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday, capping an extended Memorial Day weekend that already had the governor opening a new Atlantic City casino and featured live network coverage of...Tags: Today (tv program), Holidays, Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, Memorial Day
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Greencastle Lions Club gives $180,000 to town library and park
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comThe Greencastle Lions Club has contributed $180,000 to two hometown organizations. The Lilian S. Besore Memorial Library at 305 E. Baltimore St. received $108,000, and the Jerome R. King Playground at 240 N. Carlisle St. got $72,000 from the Lions Club...Tags: Finance, Human Interest, Travel, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Michael Stershic: Tourism vital to Lehigh Valley
As warmer weather approaches and we get ready for summer visitors, it's time to look at the power that travel has on Lehigh Valley. Whether they are coming to spend a day on the coasters at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, catch a show at the State...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, Arts and Culture, Travel, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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SeaWorld Orlando's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin opens
The hottest attraction in Central Florida theme parks this week is also the coldest. SeaWorld Orlando's Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, which includes a room with below-freezing temperatures and hundreds of birds, drew thousands of nonfeathered guests...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Travel, Theme Park Vacations
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Sandy who? Jersey shore opens for summer after storm
ReutersSEASIDE HEIGHTS, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey shore ushered in the unofficial start of summer on Friday, with businesses making last-minute preparations and officials declaring the resort towns ready for visitors seven months after Superstorm...Tags: Today (tv program), Trips and Vacations, Chris Christie, Memorial Day, Dining and Drinking
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Jersey shore hopes for a record-setting summer after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy
Associated PressSEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie...Tags: Today (tv program), Chris Christie, Republican Party, Memorial Day, Politics
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Beaches Make Comeback Seven Months After Sandy
The Hartford CourantBy the time storm Sandy wound down last fall, it was clear that some of the most popular coastal state park beaches in southern New England were all but destroyed. In Connecticut and Rhode Island, the storm sent a surge of water so powerful that in...Tags: State Parks, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Manufacturing and Engineering, Memorial Day, Rocky Neck State Park
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Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout
NEW YORK (AP) — This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds. The good news: At some U.S. campgrounds these days you get live bands, air...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Transportation, Automotive Equipment, Economy, Business and Finance, Robin Williams
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Q&A: Questions and answers about restrictions proposed on alcohol sales and ads in Turkey
Associated PressANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in...Tags: Diageo Plc, Abdullah Gul, Separation of Church and State, Saudi Arabia, Politics
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