BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — Nearly a year after Hurricane Helene devastated Swannanoa, North Carolina, residents like Jess Fager continue to face an influx of disaster tourists drawn to the area. Despite ...

Businesses reliant on tourism and hospitality in Buncombe County are projected to post Helene-related revenue losses up to 70% in the final quarter of 2024, leaders said Thursday. Tourism Development ...

During a trip to Nicaragua in September of 2019, I saw the words “Pray for Surfers” graffitied across a boarded-up restaurant like a desperate plea. The year before that, I’d shared the waves with ...

(TNS) — About half of the United States’ $1.2 trillion outdoor recreation economy is at risk from wildfire and flooding, Megan Lawson, an economist at Headwaters Economics, told a gathering in ...

Clearly the best way to recover from a marketing disaster is to avoid the disaster, but unfortunately, disasters do happen and when they do occur than a recovery plan is needed. Clearly the best way ...

Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were closed to the public for months after a January firestorm devastated the community, but since its recent reopening, there have been sightings of a new, disturbing ...

ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME: While no local would ever voluntarily step foot in another portable toilet, some local businesses have discovered a high demand among tourists to relive the Helene experience, ...

(HONG KONG) — Some believe she foretold the devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan that killed more than 15,000 people and urban legend goes she also predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, another ...