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This week in travel news: The world’s best, busiest airports, European capitals ban new hotels, Hawaii attractions removed due to bad tourist behavior, and real-life animal crossings being built on California highways.
There’s almost nothing that can stop Japan’s bullet trains, but this snake did it (well, it just slithered) as it rampaged across a passenger car. The train originally scheduled to depart from Tokyo to Osaka was suspended, causing delays for more than 600 passengers.
However, snakes will be very welcome at the world’s largest wildlife crossing being built on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. The Wallis Annenberg interchange will span 10 lanes, providing safe passage for mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, toads and even ants. It hopes it will become a global model for urban wildlife conservation.
Alyssa Kopp and her mother, Marie Gomez Kopp, rescue stray animals on the Mediterranean island of Crete. They were heartbroken when their beloved pet cat Rodri, who had low vision, disappeared on March 8 on an Aegean Airlines flight to Europe.
The world’s best and busiest airports
Annual rankings released Monday revealed the world’s busiest airports, with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport firmly in the No. 1 spot, where it has been for much of the past two decades.
The biggest change is that Dubai takes second place for the first time. But before the airport could celebrate its achievement, record-breaking storms swept through the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, leaving runways at the Middle East hub flooded, crowded and chaotic.
Neighboring Qatar was also hit by heavy rain, but a more moderate performance at Doha’s Hamad International Airport meant the airport scored a big win this week, being named the world’s best in 2024, according to a Skytrax poll of global travelers. Airport.
Amsterdam has taken drastic measures to ban new hotels in a bid to stem the tide of overtourism in the Dutch capital, which is popular with tourists. It has been actively trying to stop partygoers who flock to the city for sex and drugs.
Last week, locals in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of Africa, called for a hunger strike to protest against excessive tourism that they say has led to their exorbitant prices. Over the past decade, visitor numbers have surged by nearly 5 million a year.
In Italy, Florence’s famous Ponte Vecchio has been heavily used by tourists for years, including last year when a California man drove a rental car over the pedestrian bridge. However, it will now be restored to its former glory through a two-year transformation, the first time the medieval crossroads has undergone such a restoration.
Video captures moment unruly tourists destroy ancient rock formations
Shocking footage captured two tourists destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead, America’s first and largest national recreation area. The damage to these plates, formed from 140 million-year-old sand dunes, is irreversible.
In Hawaii, the picturesque Haiku Staircase Mountain Trail is to be demolished due to inappropriate tourist behavior. The decision was prompted by rampant trespassing by YouTubers, TikTokers and thrill-seekers.
National Park Week begins on April 20, with free admission to all NPS attractions on Saturday. If you’re visiting any of these national treasures in the next few days, please be nice.
This World War II dictator’s bunker has just been opened to the public.
The rooms are located nearly 20 feet underground and covered with 4 feet of reinforced concrete.
She began searching for a husband within a year.
She then matched with a man on the other side of the world on a dating app.
A cruise line is offering luxury suites for $1.7 million.
Departing in 2027, it will be a 140-day circumnavigation.
Flightless fashion.
Why revealing clothing can get people in trouble on planes.
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