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Guards stand outside of the Chinese consulate in New York, on March 28, 2022. Some of China's state media reporters are identifying as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, racking up millions of followers from around the globe. The Associated Press has identified dozens of these accounts, which are part of a network of profiles that allow China to easily peddle propaganda to unsuspecting social media users. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

China used TV, TikTok stars in discreet Olympics campaign

A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic swimmer and a self-described “brand king” were among the Instagram and TikTok influencers who were paid by Chinese officials for a discreet campaign that promoted the Beijing Winter Olympics, new Justice Department documents reveal.

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2021 file photo, a passenger inspects the departures timetable at the international airport in Split, Croatia. Airlines and holiday providers on Friday, June 25, 2021 expressed frustration with the U.K.’s plans to ease travel restrictions, saying uncertainty about how and when the new rules will be implemented make it difficult for people to book summer vacations. (AP Photo/Miroslav Lelas, File)

Airlines say new UK travel rules cause vacation uncertainty

FILE - In this Monday, May 17, 2021 file photo, a passenger of a flight arriving at Faro leaves the airport, outside Faro, in Portugal's southern Algarve region. Britain is removing Portugal from its list of COVID-safe travel destinations, meaning thousands of U.K. residents currently on vacation there will have to quarantine on return. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Thursday, June 3 the “difficult decision” was prompted by rising case rates in Portugal and worries about new strains of the virus that could prove resistant to vaccines. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida, File)

Holiday chaos as UK removes Portugal from travel green list

This image provided by Frontgate shows an inflatable for dogs. Don't forget the family pets; a nonporous, puncture-resistant floating dog bed at Frontgate comes in a bunch of colors and three sizes. (Frontgate via AP)

Right at Home: Splashy water toys for patio, pool, yard

FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo, Victoria Faughnan, right, and Evelyn Faughnan, play in the surf in Virginia Beach, Va., the day the state reopened the beachfront during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic not only upended the tourism industry, but how states, cities and attractions market themselves as summer travel destinations. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virus upends tourism marketing, sparks idea of ‘safecations’

Tourism organizations to get $5.3M in funding from Kentucky

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In this Friday, May 10, 2019, photo, foreign tourists walk on the rampart of the 17th century built Dutch fort in Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was the Lonely Planet guide’s top travel destination for 2019, but since the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and luxury hotels, foreign tourists have fled. More than 250 people, including 45 foreigners who are mostly from China, India, the U.S. and the U.K., died in the series of suicide bombings by Islamic State and its local affiliates in churches and hotels in the capital, Colombo, and across the country on April 21. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka’s hotels, beaches, eateries now empty of tourists

HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note.

China to overtake France as top travel destination by 2030

LONDON (AP) — China is set to overtake France as the world’s number one tourist destination by 2030 as a growing middle class in Asia looks to spend more on travel, according to experts at market research group Euromonitor International.

Travel podcast: Tales from a train

AP’s Tamara Lush shares what it’s like to ride a train cross-country, from sleeping and eating to watching the world go by.