Christine Chung

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ceylan Yeginsu |Christine Chung

Muchas aerolíneas, hoteles y analistas prevén una temporada turística poco alentadora en Estados Unidos, a medida que las amenazas de aranceles y las impopulares decisiones políticas pasan factura. Se suponía que iba a ser un gran año para los viajes en Estados Unidos. Las compañías aéreas y hoteleras proyectaban un fuerte crecimiento. Pero en su lugar, ya con la temporada de viajes de verano a punto de comenzar, este se ha convertido en un año de incertidumbre.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ceylan Yeginsu |Christine Chung

Many airlines, hotels and analysts are forecasting a downbeat tourism season in America, as threats of tariffs and unpopular policy decisions take their toll. It was supposed to be a big year for travel in the United States, with airlines and hotel companies projecting strong growth. But with the summer travel season about to start, it has instead become a year of uncertainty.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christine Chung

Staffing shortages at an air traffic control center have added to the effects of a runway closure, prompting United Airlines to cut flights at the hub. Flying into or out of Newark Liberty International Airport has brought plenty of misery in the last week, with cancellations, delays stretching well past five hours and flight diversions that have stranded travelers far from their destinations.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christine Chung

Authorities say the industry contributes $50 million a year to the city’s tourism economy, but the number of tourist helicopter flights has halved since 2016.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christine Chung

Every year, tens of thousands of tourist helicopter flights depart from heliports in and around New York City. These tours, which generally cost several hundred dollars, advertise seeing many of the city's iconic sights from above - Central Park, One World Trade Center, the Statue of Liberty - in as little as 15 minutes. The helicopter crash on Thursday was the tourism sector's third fatal one in the past two decades.