Lakewood officers responded to a shooting near the McChord Field Visitor Center Monday night. Police said they went to reports of shots fired in the 5100 block of Chicago Avenue Southwest. Shortly after, dispatch got a call from a woman saying another woman in her car had been shot. The man who was driving the […]
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First-time visitor at diamond park finds 7.46-carat gem. It was the size of a gumdrop
After several hours of digging at an Arkansas diamond park, first-time visitor Julien Navas decided to call it a day. Navas, of Paris, France, trekked over to the Crater of Diamonds State Park’s Diamond Discovery Center to see if any of his finds on Jan. 11 were of value, Arkansas State Parks officials said in […]
Eiffel Tower topped pre-Covid visitor numbers in 2023
The Eiffel Tower in Paris welcomed 6.3 million visitors last year, its management company said Friday, more than came in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year’s visitor numbers — up eight percent year-on-year — were juiced by events to honour its designer Gustave Eiffel 100 years after his death, the SETE operating company said […]
Derry’s Halloween festival inspires tourism plan to grow visitor numbers
The success of Derry’s Halloween festival has inspired a new plan by tourism chiefs to expand visitor numbers across the year in Northern Ireland. Tourism Ireland aims to increase the value of overseas tourism in Northern Ireland by a 6.5 per cent average year-on-year to 2030. Alice Mansergh, chief executive designate, of the all-island body […]
Guinness Storehouse hoping global award will deliver visitor boom in 2024
A leading Dublin tourist attraction freshly crowned the world’s best visitor experience is hoping the global accolade, assisted by a David Beckham boost, can drive it to new heights in 2024. The Guinness Storehouse, which took away the top prize at the World Travel Awards earlier in December, is set to welcome more than 1.4 […]