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Great golf starts in the Caribbean, where 132 professionals swung into The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay, hosted January 15-18. This year’s PGA TOUR-sanctioned event marked the sixth year Sandals Resorts has hosted the Korn Ferry Tour Season Opener, the first stop for players competing for one of 30 coveted cards on “The Path to the PGA TOUR” in 2023.

Uber drivers and their clients were targeted by disgruntled taxi drivers Monday in in Cancun and Mexico’s surrounding resort-studded Caribbean coast, prompting the US State Department to issue a travel advisory for the region.

Through the end of April, G Adventures’ annual “G-Normous” incentive program will continue to give agents the chance to win with every trip they book. In addition to the $10,000 grand prize, trip giveaways, bonus commission, plus monthly and even weekly cash prizes totalling $75,000 will be awarded and all agents need to do is make bookings.

Travel is flying the flag for LGBT+ causes but more needs to be done, said an expert panel at the recent WTM London trade show, with participants urging the industry to take a stand.

Over 400 visitors were stranded in Machu Picchu on Saturday when Peru’s government shut the famed ancient ruins indefinitely in the wake of anti-government protests that are increasingly engulfing the South American country.

The Walt Disney Co. is turning 100 years old this year and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Ca., which will be at the heart of celebrations, begins festivities this week (Jan. 27) across both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, featuring new décor, shows, and a much-anticipated new Mickey-themed attraction.

The newly opened airport in Nepal where a Yeti Airlines plane was attempting to land when it crashed Jan. 15 killing all 72 on board, did not have a functioning instrument landing system that guides planes to the runway, according to an official. Aviation safety experts said it reflects the Himalayan country’s poor air safety record, although the cause of the accident has not been determined.

Consumers should help fund Ontario’s Compensation Fund, says the Canadian Association of Tour Operators, echoing long-held views by the retail industry that its members should not be solely responsible for mandatory consumer protection against supplier failure in the province, and equally that the Fund is insufficient to meet current needs.

The magic of Hong Kong was on display, literally, at an industry gala in Toronto late last week as the city’s tourist board, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, celebrated Chinese New Year with food, music, traditional dragon dancers, prizes, and, uniquely, a performance by an actual magician flown in from Hong Kong.

Canadian and US border agencies say they have a plan to reduce the backlog for the beleaguered NEXUS trusted-traveller program, although significant improvements are not expected until spring. Here’s what you need to know:

In last week’s news, the WHO urged a return to masks; Mexico told tourists to butt out; an Icelandic airline made moves in Canada; the UN predicted that tourism is back – nearly; and the next year’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace will be held in Barbados in May. NEWS The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging

At least 1.1 million people protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age. The events affected travel across the country and closed tourist attractions in Paris, with fears that the disruptions will continue.

Far from Bali’s beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has long relied on for food and income. “It is no longer possible to work in the fields as a farmer,” he says.