Tag: tourism
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“Destination Stewardship” — the plan to save Tahoe from itself has arrived
Photo: Tahoe community leaders are determined to dampen the negative impacts of the estimated 15 million people who visit the lake each year. Jessica Christian/The Chronicle The long-awaited plan to save Lake Tahoe has arrived. On Tuesday, community leaders unveiled a 126-page document, two years in the making, that seeks to course-correct Tahoe from an economy increasingly dependent on tourism and…
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Revamped State Park On Kauai Is A Case Study For Beating Overtourism, Officials Say
Photo: Haena State Park offers swimming at Kee Beach, as well as views of restored taro fields, ancient sea caves and access to the 11-mile Kalalau Trail. Newer access rules aim to prevent environmental and cultural degradation and ease the impact of overtourism. (Courtesy: DLNR/2019) New crowd control and parking enforcement measures at Haena could…
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Meet the sargassum belt: 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida
Photo: People remove Sargassum in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in April, 2022. Researchers expect this year will bring another massive bloom, choking local ecosystems and tourism economies. Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images It stretches over 5,000 miles. It weighs over 10 million tons. And it’s circling around the Gulf of Mexico and the mid-Atlantic, where…
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Weeki Wachee Mermaids Tackle Water Pollution Education
This long, long-running roadside attraction is also educating visitors about pollutants’ effects, focusing on Florida issues that also are relevant to any agricultural regions. The mermaid show at Weeki Wachee Springs has been a delightfully kitschy, (very) family friendly, tourist staple for decades. These days, its shows are also relevant and topical, in a way…
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Wichita’s new Pracht Wetlands Park is open to the public
Wichita’s newest public park is open and ready for visitors — sort of. Pracht Wetlands Park, on 29th Street just east of Maize Road, had its official ribbon-cutting in late May, though the park is still technically a work in progress. It hasn’t even been listed on the city’s Park and Recreation website yet, but…
