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With Europe's first total eclipse since 1999 arriving August 12, flight bookings into the path of totality are up 25% year over year — Bilbao by 366%, Asturias by 292%, Valencia by 137%. Reykjavik is the priciest place to stand in the shadow: hotel rooms are averaging $1,012 a night, roughly double last summer and 212% above the city's own 2026 baseline.
The city plans to phase out every remaining short-term rental license by the 2028 deadline, aiming to return the units to the long-term housing market after a decade in which rents climbed roughly 68% and home prices rose about 38%.
Travel agency Iglu Cruise ranked 240 attractions across the six most-visited US cities by their share of five-star Tripadvisor reviews. Speed Vegas, a motorsports park where visitors drive supercars, go-karts, and off-road trucks, took first at 94.4% — comfortably ahead of the Chicago Architecture Center (89.5%) and Miami's Zoological Wildlife Foundation (86.1%). Half the top 10 went to New York, including the Met and the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
Hungarian water authorities say the Danube is just over three inches above the record low set eight years ago, leaving stretches impassable. Cruise lines like AmaWaterways and Avalon are rerouting itineraries, swapping embarkation ports, and busing passengers around the worst sections as one operator reports an 18% drop in July bookings.
ACI World's final 2025 traffic dataset shows Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta retained the No. 1 spot (106.3M passengers) as Dubai and Tokyo Haneda close the gap in 2nd and 3rd. The bigger mover: Shanghai Pudong posted the year's second-largest jump, climbing from 10th to 5th on a 10.7% surge in international traffic.
Venice Beach, California isn't just a boardwalk — it's the birthplace of skateboarding, bodybuilding culture, and punk rock. Here's how a failed resort became one of the most iconic destinations on Earth.
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor put this Mexican port city on the map. Decades later, Puerto Vallarta's beaches, boardwalks, and colonial charm make it one of Mexico's top getaways.
Tourists flock to Manhattan, but they're missing out on one of the best boroughs. Queens offers unmatched diversity, affordable lodging, and world-class parks.