Tourism is a huge moneymaker for lots of places. How huge? Well, according to USTravel.org, tourism in 2019 alone accounted for: $1.1 trillion in total domestic and international inbound traveler…
China
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Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
The Amusement Park In China That’s A Total Disney Ripoff
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThey say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But when a theme park in China has obvious copies of a WHOLE LOT of Disney parks, I’d say it…
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Travel
It’s Now Easier To Go To Thailand & A Change In Entry To China
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThailand Thailand was one of the Asian countries to reopen relatively early after COVID. They started allowing visitors to Phuket last summer. However, when Omicron hit last winter, the country…
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation and ANTA Sports Products Co., Ltd. (ANTA Group) have announced a partnership for a new hotel brand under the Hyatt umbrella. Shanghai will be the home of…
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Airports
Uganda’s Only International Airport May Be Controlled By China
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegThere’s a good chance that Uganda will lose ownership of its only international airport, the Entebbe Airport, to China. This unfortunate event allegedly may happen due to the mishandling of…
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Airlines
The Punishment Fit The Crime For These 8 Cruel Airline Executives
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegWhen I was a little kid, I got into trouble a lot. It was never for big stuff – usually more along the lines of not cleaning my room. My…
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Travel
Japan Asks China To Stop Doing Anal Swabs On Japanese Visitors
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegY’know, when Joe and I started Your Mileage May Vary, I honestly didn’t think I would ever use the words “anal swab” in a travel blog post. And yet here,…
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Travel
While The US Ponders COVID Tests For Domestic Flights, China Is Using Anal Swab Testing
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegIn recent days, multiple media outlets have reported that the U.S. is considering the possibility of requiring COVID testing before domestic flights. “These are conversations that are ongoing,” CDC Director…
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Travel
Flight Cancelled When 200 Passengers Had Identical COVID Test Results
by SharonKurhegby SharonKurhegA flight was recently canceled when it was discovered that the COVID-19 test results of almost 200 passengers were identical. The Moscow Times reports that Russian airline Pegas Fly had…
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Right around the time that the World Health Organization declared coronavirus to be a worldwide pandemic, many people in the United States looked to China quite a bit to get…