National Alaska Lures Tourists With Its Stunning Landscapes — And Free COVID-19 Vaccines Officials hope the added incentive of the vaccine will attract visitors. It's part of an effort to jump start a floundering summer tourism industry that's been devastated by the pandemic. Vanessa Romo
World 'It Was Like Magic': Iraqis Visit Babylon And Other Heritage Sites For 1st Time Domestic tourism has been strong in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, but sites in more impoverished, insecure areas tend to be visited less. A few Iraqi tourism companies are trying to change that. Alice Fordham
World Ireland Finds U.S. Tourists During Pandemic May Be Trouble. But So Is Their Absence There's a perception that Americans are resistant to wearing masks and are refusing to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival. Still, one hotel workers says, "We are missing the Americans greatly." Teri Schultz
Rural Skamania County is cautious about reopening to visitors amid few confirmed Covid-19 cases While having more business activity sounds like good news, many Skamania County residents are worried about what lies ahead. Philip Watness, the editor of the Skamania County Pioneer newspaper, spoke to KUOW about those concerns. Kim Malcolm John O'Brien
How are tourist towns doing during the stay at home order? During the brief period of sunny weather that Seattle offers, people flood to small Washington tourist towns like Langley. How will these towns survive during a pandemic? Bill Radke Sarah Leibovitz
World Animals Roam Free In Petra Heritage Site Under Jordan's COVID-19 Lockdown Tourists' absence from the ancient city has made way for the cats, dogs, birds and other creatures to take over. Jane Arraf
Fun in the sun plans? Not this weekend. Stay home. Don’t travel. Stay healthy Paige Browning brings us the latest coronavirus updates Kim Malcolm Paige Browning
World The Coronavirus Is Hurting Travel, So Greece Has Begun Offering Virtual Tourism Greece is looking at enormous losses in a main industry due to COVID-19. Authorities have launched a website for virtual visits "until we can all be together in person again," a tourism official says. Joanna Kakissis
World Why Pakistanis In The Otherworldly Highlands Aren't Happy To See Pakistani Tourists In the far northern region of snow-capped peaks, glaciers, rivers and orchards, domestic visitors are earning a bad reputation. Diaa Hadid Abdul Sattar
World Colombia's Former Prison Island Gorgona Is Open For Tourists — And Snakes Nature has taken over this onetime penal colony turned national park, surrounded by waters popular with divers for their sharks, rays and whales. A resort manager calls it a "mini-Galápagos." John Otis