touristattractions

The sluggish economy and high unemployment rate mean that many of us won't be splurging on exotic vacations this year. But a staycation doesn't have to mean a boring bout with cabin fever. The key to being a successful local tourist lies in looking at your region the way an outsider would.

Amusement parks, museums, and other tourist attractions often cut senior citizens and students a break on admission fees, but you don't necessarily need to be a cash-conserving retiree or a scrappy college undergraduate to take advantage of those deals. That's because the elderly threshold is...

Summer's nearly here, and Americans are planning their big blowout vacations. For many people, that planning includes mapping out their travels in big tourist cities.Too many people just buy a tourist pass for a lump sum and forget about it. They mistakenly think that simply flashing that card at...

It's interesting to think about how cities compete for tourists. Apart from spending billions of dollars on advertising, fighting to host World's Fairs and the Olympics, and desperately organizing major events, almost every aspect of a city's infrastructure could be seen as part of a bid for the...