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The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the travel industry, as hotels, restaurants and airlines in destinations around the world find themselves going broke or dramatically cutting back costs as they try to survive.

New Italy restrictions, which see restaurants and bars closed at 6pm, and entails a night-time curfew across the country, have left its iconic spaces empty

Santa behind plexiglas. Socially distanced elves wearing surgical masks. It's a very 2020 take on festive cheer, but with a holiday season like no other fast approaching, Lapland's tourism operators believe it's the best way to save Christmas and save themselves after a brutal year.

Berlin's weary Tegel Airport should've closed years ago, but despite being cramped and outdated, it survived repeated attempts to kill it off. Now, as the end finally nears, the city prepares to bid an affectionate farewell.

It took two years to build, but the entire construction process for this incredible new ship from P&O Cruises can be viewed in just over a minute.

A box of 100 highly prized mikan satsumas sells for one million Japanese yen at an auction to mark the start of one of the country's most significant fruit seasons.

After three horrific fire seasons out of the past four, California's Napa and Sonoma counties are scrambling to sustain tourism. Locals are confident Wine Country can meet the challenge.

Two whale watchers had a close encounter while kayaking off the coast of Avila Beach, California, that they will likely never forget.

Thai Airways is offering a one-off flight over some of Thailand's holiest Buddhist religious sites, with passengers reciting mantras along the way.

With its eerie empty streets, dark history, colonial architecture and stunning seaside location, remote Cossak is an offbeat tourist attraction. And now, this entire Australian ghost town could soon be available for purchase.

Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, a successful 2020-21 ski season demands a flexible schedule, Type A-planning sensibilities and the financial means to do it all.

A high-tech sensor to detect bombs and biological hazards will be trialed in airports from December.

Archaeologists unearthed a slave quarters site at Newtowne Neck State Park, which was once the site of a Jesuit plantation in southern Maryland. The slave quarters may date back to the 1700s. The site may also have a connection to Georgetown University's history of slave trading.

A subway train in the Netherlands was saved from a spectacular crash when it burst through buffers and landed on an artwork in the shape of a whale tail.

Six Lufthansa Boeing 747-400s landed at Twente Airport, a small Dutch air hub in the northeast of the country, back in the summer -- but then were stranded for months.

Saqqara, a dusty necropolis south of Cairo, has become instrumental in Egypt's fightback against a tourist slump during the coronavirus pandemic.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden's plans for the travel industry could mean big changes for aviation and the transportation industry. CNN Travel looks at what the US election results might mean for travel.

The landscape of pop culture is littered with people trying to escape the suburbs.

This Halloween, Japan closed popular landmarks and party spots due to Covid-19, but the country's tourism bureau offered citizens exciting virtual alternatives.

It's nearly a decade behind schedule, 4 billion Euros over budget, and there's a global pandemic crippling the aviation industry. But Germany's much-delayed Berlin-Brandenburg Willie Brandt Airport is finally open.