FX Excursions

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Tag: Tourism
Mar 9, 2021

Welcome to Indiana

On the way back from visiting my father in northwest Indiana, I stopped at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond, Indiana. Run by South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority, Indiana Welcome Center is a unique building, also housing the W.F. Wellman Exhibit Hall.

Royal Air Maroc Relaunches Direct Casablanca–Beijing Route, Debuts Toronto Flight

As part of its international network expansion, Royal Air Maroc will reinstate the direct Casablanca–Beijing route initially launched in January 2020 and suspended just a few weeks later due to the health crisis.

Oct 6, 2020

Virtual Seoul

Travel is picking up month by month, especially leisure travel, which is leading the way. But business-centric cities are getting creative in the ways they promote the destinations for when international travel widely opens; technology is helping them do it. Last week I was invited to a virtual familiarization (FAM) tour by Seoul Tourism Organization to visit its new virtual platforms that showcase the city's amazing duality of heritage and modern destinations for the business traveler.

Sep 27, 2020

World Tourism Day

Happy World Tourism Day! Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first World Tourism Day.

Remarkable Medellín

Visiting Medellín in Colombia: The Country of Beauty is like stepping into a fantastic story — literally, as the city in the Western Colombian Andes region inspired Disney’s Encanto. Here, valleys, the world’s tallest palms, vibrant communities, colorful houses, garden-like balconies and more prove reality is more picturesque than anything on film. And it’s especially more tempting following Medellín’s remarkable transformation, shedding its troubled past and reawakening as a city of innovation, art, cultural richness, modern infrastructure, thriving tourism and resiliency.

Jun 18, 2020

Tennessee Encourages Safe Travel

As I mentioned in my last blog, Nashville is working toward new safety measures in preparation for reopening. The rest of the state joins in on this with its campaign about safe travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.