Tourism
The train shutdown could derail the weekend. This is how one business is coping
Ahead of the looming rail shutdown, Rose Valente has hired a private bus to get her patrons to and from major football matches. Others are less optimistic.
- by Alyssa Talakovski and Anthony Segaert
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‘The less you spend, the more you enjoy’: Travel tycoon Arthur Frommer dies aged 95
The former US Army soldier, whose book empire began with “The GI’s Guide to Travelling in Europe” in the 1950s, became a household name for budget-conscious travellers. They made him a multi-millionaire.
- by David Henry
Tourists will dress up and ‘fight’ at the Colosseum – and Romans are furious
Critics say the deal between Airbnb and the Colosseum will trivialise the arena, transforming the Roman icon into a theme park.
- by Nick Squires
Donna Nelson finally to face trial in Japan
The 58-year-old was on the trip of a lifetime in January 2023, about to meet her love interest after chatting online via the dating site AfroIntroductions when she was arrested.
- by Jamie Freestone
Unwelcome in Europe, here’s where Russian tourists are going instead
Previously seen in large numbers in France, Britain and the US, Russian tourists are now having to find new places to holiday.
- by Adrian Bridge
Opinion
USA
I don’t care who leads a country when I travel, but the US is different
Unlike most tourism destinations, this leadership change matters. Because the US is not a normal country, and Donald Trump is not a normal leader.
- by Ben Groundwater
Opinion
Vietnam
With Perth-Vietnam direct flights, exciting new vistas are opening up
No-one embraces a budget getaway like West Australians, so maybe that’s why we are heading to the Land of the Blue Dragon in record numbers. Here’s the lowdown.
- by Brendan Foster
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City life
The billion-dollar sign: Australian Open puts Melbourne on the map as sponsors flood in
The Australian Open is raking in money from sponsors and drawing tourists to the city with the Melbourne sign on the court estimated to be worth $1 billion.
- by Cara Waters
Controversial Gold Coast cableway plan dredged up for ecotourism push
With a view to Olympic legacy projects, the Crisafulli government hopes to dodge the roadblocks that have already seen the project quashed three times.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Opinion
Animals
I took a Perth kid to the Queensland rainforest. Was I doing something wrong?
We’d looked forward to this spectacular trip so much, and yet at the start I could not quieten the sense of wrongness that had been troubling me for so long.
- by Emma Young
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City life
Purple Rain and Yackandandah: The winners of the Herald’s jacaranda poetry contest
Nearly 300 people entered the Herald purple prize for poetry, sending odes of love or hate about the invasive species that has turned the city’s horizon into a flowering haze.
- by Julie Power
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