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Tue
31
Jul '07

Caribbean frets over drop in U.S. tourists

A couple of foreign tourists walk at Isla Verde Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico in this June 11, 2007 file photo. The turquoise waters and white-sand beaches of the Caribbean appear to be losing some of their allure for U.S. tourists. Americans who flocked to the islands in record numbers until recently are finding new destinations or staying home, leading to declines of more than 10 percent this year in islands including Jamaica, St. Lucia and Grenada. The turquoise waters and white-sand beaches of the Caribbean appear to be losing some of their allure for U.S. tourists.


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Tue
31
Jul '07

Historic Annapolis lighthouse open for tours

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, shown in a June 6, 2007 photo, opened for tourist visits in July for the first time in its history. The lighthouse was built in 1875.  (AP Photo/Brian Witte)The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay has opened for tours for the first time in its history. The 1875 Maryland landmark has been undergoing renovation and has long been a beacon to mark shallow shoal for fishermen and recreational boaters.


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Mon
30
Jul '07

Cowboy museum honors ‘The Duke’ with statue

This file photo from United Artists shows actor John Wayne as the Ringo Kid in John Ford's 1939 film, "Stagecoach." Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison, has been honored on the 100th anniversary of the year of his birth with a larger-than-life bronze statue at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. John Wayne has been honored on the 100th anniversary of the year of his birth with a larger-than-life bronze statue at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.


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Mon
30
Jul '07

Discover the grand-daddy of scenic road trips

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--FILE  ** Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic home, sits amid the fall foliage of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Va., in this Nov. 18, 2002, file photo.  (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta/FILE)Before you head off on a vacation trip to Washington D.C., take a few minutes to see how easy it would be to extend your travels outside the city for a road trip to Virginia’s Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains and through the rural countryside of the Shenandoah Valley.


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