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By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires — or just people dressed as them — to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel’s release. Located in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, the ruins at Whitby Abbey consist of a monastery built in

Story by Reuters The famous “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting, which hung in the White House from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20 million. The 1851 oil painting is one of three versions painted by Emanuel Leutze of the man who was

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN The US mask mandate for planes and public transportation has been struck down, Venice is introducing an entry fee for tourists, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport is getting an $8.5 billion makeover. Here are the big stories in travel this week. Masks and mayhem Canceled flights. Understaffed airports. Soaring car rental

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Contributors: Eliza Mackintosh, Jacqui Palumbo, Max Burnell, Angelica Pursley On the evening of February 24, just hours after Russia launched its full-blown attack on Ukraine, art curator Maria Lanko got into her car and left her home in Kyiv. Unsure of her exact plan, and with a potentially dangerous journey ahead,

By Terry Ward, CNN Jessie Festa was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport waiting to take off for Pasco, Washington, when a flight attendant announced wearing masks during the flight was no longer required. “The reaction around me was jubilation,” Festa, a travel blogger who lives in New York City, wrote

Julia Buckley, CNN As the poster child for overtourism, Venice has long been a city of mounting lines, uncomfortable crowding and mushrooming Airbnbs which are blamed for pricing locals out of the city. The authorities have long been looking for a way to control things — with UNESCO’s recent threat to remove its World Heritage

Stephy Chung, CNN For the last three months, Hong Kong’s art galleries have been closed to the public as part of failed efforts to curtail the Omicron variant’s charge through the city. But as restrictions eased Thursday, visitors returned to one museum to find some works from its contemporary Chinese art collection conspicuously absent. Among

By Elissa Garay After two years of navigating relentlessly choppy seas, the cruise industry — one of the sectors of tourism hardest hit by the pandemic — is forecasting significantly smoother sailing ahead. Facing persistent pandemic pressures and increasingly urgent demands around climate action, industry innovation and adaptation has been the name of the game.

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN The city of Chicago has long had one of the world’s busiest airport systems. Before the Jet Age and until the late 1950s, Chicago Midway Airport, in the southwest of the city, was the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic. Its runways, however, were too short for early jet aircraft, and

Samantha Tse It almost felt like a pre-pandemic fashion event. The cool kids gathered inside Los Angeles’ Chinatown Central Plaza, without masks, on Tuesday to check out Fortune City, an event and runway show pegged as a celebration of Asian American food, culture and music, hosted by Alexander Wang. The designer was making his return

Amarachi Orie, CNN Switzerland is set to become home to the world’s tallest timber residential building. The project, named Rocket&Tigerli, will consist of four buildings including one that boasts a 100-meter-tall (328-foot) tower. The development will be built in the Swiss city of Winterthur, which is located near Zurich. The design will offer modern, high-quality

By Karla Cripps, CNN Panama’s Bocas Bali resort seemingly had it all. Sixteen luxurious overwater villas on a private island in the Caribbean Sea. A 70-foot freshwater pool and spa. An enviable commitment to sustainability thanks to the exclusive use of solar energy. Fine dining in a restaurant set inside a 100-year-old house. Sounds perfect,

Oscar Holland, CNN Abercrombie & Fitch’s website is, today, awash with Gen-Z-friendly nods to diversity and inclusion. There are people of color, sizes up to 3XL and even a Pride-themed collection featuring “gender inclusive” rainbow tees. The brand’s Instagram account, meanwhile, proudly promotes models in wheelchairs, stories of body-positivity and statements of LGBTQ solidarity. Yet,

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN On an early morning in 2008, before the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened for the day, the artist Yuki Kihara sat down across from two paintings by the French artist Paul Gauguin and inspected them in the hushed, empty gallery. The Japanese and Samoan artist, who was exhibiting at the New York

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN In the late 1970s, the US government deregulated the airline industry, removing federal control over fares, routes and the entry of new airlines into the market. As a result, a flurry of new airlines appeared from the 1980s onward, and some of them were particularly unusual. Let’s take a look. Pet

Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN Search the #vanlife hashtag on Instagram and you’ll find millions of posts from travelers on the road in tiny homes on wheels. While some van lifers will have opted to buy readymade campervans, more and more are choosing to buy a van or bus and convert it themselves. Of course, this is

Julia Buckley, Pete Muntean and Barry Neild, CNN Temperatures are rising, Covid cases are falling, restrictions are dropping away in the blink of an eye and summer vacations are so close you can smell the sunscreen. But getting away this year won’t be easy or relaxing. Experts are warning that the chaos travelers endured during