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  • Nolte: ‘Burglary Tourists’ Fly in from South America to Rob Dem-Run Los Angeles

    03/18/2024 9:26:44 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 7 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/18/2024 | JOHN NOLTE
    Tourism is up in Democrat-run Los Angeles — “burglary tourism”: from South America. Well, at least someone wants to visit that *&*&^&^&. LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told the far-left and slowly dying Los Angeles Times that “South American theft groups are not new in L.A., but they have become more active in recent months.” The Times adds: “He cautioned that it’s difficult to know for certain how many robberies can be attributed to foreign burglars, but said evidence indicates they are behind scores of break-ins.” In one area, north of the 118 freeway, he estimates there “were 94 burglaries,...
  • LA battles spate of 'burglary tourists' as marauding gangs from Chile, Ecuador Colombia and Peru jet in on 90-day visas and ransack millionaire mansions before fleeing back to South America

    03/18/2024 1:16:31 AM PDT · by Libloather · 36 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/18/24 | Stephen M. Lepore
    The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a task force to try to crack down on 'burglary tourists' who use the US tourism visa system to commit crimes. Cunning criminals from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru target wealthy neighborhoods in places with relaxed criminal justice laws to conduct home burglaries - before returning home with the loot while out on bail. The troubling trend of 'lanzas internacionales' - translated to 'international thieves' - dates back at least two years across America, while the problem has also reared its ugly head in the United Kingdom. Authorities in Los Angeles announced the...
  • Hawaii poised to slap tourists with $25 climate tax: ‘Small price to pay to preserve paradise’

    02/19/2024 1:21:30 PM PST · by lowbridge · 57 replies
    nypost.com ^ | February 19, 2024 | Ariel Zilber
    Lawmakers in Hawaii are poised to approve a $25 climate tax on tourists who visit the Aloha State in an effort to combat what they claim is an assault on the area’s natural resources. The state, which saw 9.5 million people visit last year, is recovering from the devastating wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, which killed at least 100 people and caused damages worth around $6 billion. The proposed tax will pay to protect beaches and prevent wildfires, state officials said. “It’s a very small price to pay to preserve paradise,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, told The Wall Street...
  • Hawaii governor proposes $25 'climate tax' on tourists to protect the state's beaches and prevent wildfires

    02/19/2024 1:24:58 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 51 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 2/19/24 | Keith Griffin
    Hawaii's governor wants to impose a $25 'climate fee' on tourists, saying the funds collected would be used to protect the state's beaches and prevent wildfires. Governor Josh Green, a Democrat, last month introduced a bill that would impose the flat fee upon check-in at hotels or vacation rentals, projecting it will raise about $68 million annually. 'It's a very small price to pay to preserve paradise,' Green told the Wall Street Journal, saying the new tax would fund a state fire marshal, new fire breaks to protect vulnerable communities, and disaster insurance.
  • City of Strikes: Eiffel Tower Shut to Tourists as Workers Walk Off Job

    12/27/2023 8:42:04 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/27/2023 | BREITBART LONDON
    PARIS (AP) – The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. One of the world’s most-visited sites, the Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year – though it is occasionally affected by strikes – and is expected to play a central role in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Some tourists were visibly dismayed upon seeing a big sign beneath its iron façade announcing the closure in multiple languages, and apologizing for the inconvenience. Others took photos anyway,...
  • Video shows San Francisco tourists being thrown from vehicle during brazen theft

    09/21/2023 5:04:45 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 09/21/2023 | Marjorie Hernandez
    A shocking video showed tourists being thrown off a vehicle while trying to stop brazen thieves from speeding off with their belongings during a violent robbery in a popular San Francisco area. Dmitry Koval, a victim who posted the video to Instagram, told The Post that he and his friends were hoping to take in the scenery and get something to eat at the Fort Mason Center lot in the Marian District on September 13. The group was already across the parking lot at about 4 p.m. when they saw a black SUV park pull up next to their two...
  • NYC’s disgusting pot stench is keeping tourists away

    09/02/2023 2:19:33 AM PDT · by Libloather · 39 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/01/23 | Johnny Oleksinski
    It’s not just prissy European tennis players who can’t stand it. Every single person who visits New York City is disgusted by our unofficial new scent: marijuana. And the truth is, so are most sane New Yorkers. As The Post reported on Friday’s front page, everywhere you go in the five boroughs now reeks of pot. Expense-account restaurants such as Nobu 57 and ritzy stores like Saks Fifth Avenue have the musty whiff of a college dorm room. Puffing stoners are turning the subway’s 123 into CBD. Even the US Open in Flushing Meadows is practically an open-air drug market....
  • Tourists deface 460-year-old Vasari Corridor in latest vandalism against Italian landmarks

    08/24/2023 11:51:38 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 28 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/24/2023 | Ronny Reyes
    The vandals have sacked Italy again this year. Two German tourists spray painted slogans for a Munich soccer team onto the side of a 460-year-old landmark in Florence cops said — in the latest incident in which foreign troublemakers defaced an Italian cultural treasure. The exterior of the stunning riverside Vasari Corridor — which connects to the city’s famous Uffizi Galleries — suffered $10,800 in damages from the graffiti attack, Italy’s Carabinieri military police said. Police soon IDed the perpetrators as being among a group of 11 students staying at a local Airbnb — and took the vandalism so seriously...
  • US sees biggest EVER spike in homelessness as country sees a record 11% increase in a year to nearly 600,000 rough sleepers: San Francisco and Oakland are 'hotbeds' with 'drug tourists' flocking to the cities

    08/15/2023 12:44:10 AM PDT · by Libloather · 22 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 8/14/23 | Claudia Aoraha
    The United States has seen the biggest ever spike in homeless people living on the streets - as preliminary figures showed a record 11 percent increase in one year. There are nearly 600,000 rough sleepers across cities and towns in America, and the jump from 2022 to 2023 so far is the highest since the government started tracking the data in 2007, according to the WSJ. Places like Oakland and San Francisco in California have become hotbeds for homelessness, as people living on the streets are like 'drug tourists' who arrive to have easy access to narcotics. The numbers keep...
  • What popular tourist destinations could look like in 2050 due to climate change - with much of London plunged underwater and roads melting in California (only 7.54 years left)

    07/16/2023 1:59:05 PM PDT · by Libloather · 63 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/16/23 | Jonathan Chadwick
    From flooded cities to hellish wildfires and deadly droughts, gloomy climate reports constantly describe a world ruined by climate change. But what would this actually look like? Environmental specialist Marish Cuenca has partnered with DiscoverCars.com to create artistic depictions of tourist spots in just a quarter of a century from now. London's Big Ben looks straight out of a disaster movie, straddled by a mass of murky floodwater, while the Pyramids of Giza are home to a toxic urban landscape. Palm trees of Hawaii have been ravaged by fire, while California's Death Valley is so hot that the roads are...
  • ‘Car to car’ shooting near Pier 39 in San Francisco injures 6, including 4 bystanders

    06/19/2023 9:52:20 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 31 replies
    SF Chronicle ^ | 6-18-23 | Nora Mishanec
    Gunfire erupted between two vehicles careening through San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf area near Pier 39 Sunday evening, resulting in injury to six people, including four bystanders in the popular tourist destination, Police Chief William Scott said. The bystanders injured in what Scott called a “car to car” shooting included a 10-year-old girl who was struck by one of the recklessly driven cars as she walked her bike across the street with a 16-year-old companion, the chief told reporters at the scene. Three others were hit by shards of glass that shattered in the gunfire exchange. None of the bystanders had...
  • Submarine on trip to explore Titanic wreck goes missing, "search and rescue operation" underway (tourists aboard)

    06/19/2023 7:21:58 AM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 155 replies
    CBS ^ | 19 JUN 23 | BY EMMET LYONS
    A search and rescue mission was underway Monday morning for a submarine that went missing off the coast of southeast Canada on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic. Lt. Jordan Hart of the U.S. Coast Guard in Boston told CBS News that personnel were "currently undergoing a search and rescue operation" when asked about the rescue efforts off the coast of Newfoundland. It is not clear how many people are on board the missing vessel. OceanGate Expeditions, a company that deploys manned submersibles for deep sea expeditions, recently said on its website and social media feeds that...
  • Virgin Galactic will launch its first commercial space flight this MONTH - but keen tourists will have to splash out $450,000 for a ticket

    06/16/2023 4:19:04 AM PDT · by Libloather · 14 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 6/16/23 | Jonathan Chadwick
    Virgin Galactic customers who have splashed out hundreds of thousands of dollars on a trip to space are finally set to be rewarded. The firm, founded by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has confirmed it will perform its first commercial flight, 'Galactic 01', at the end of June. It has a three-day window from June 27 to launch a crew of six aboard the VSS Unity spaceplane from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Galactic 01 will be followed by a second commercial spaceflight, 'Galactic 02,' in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter. Virgin Galactic completed its final test...
  • Amsterdam tells party-loving British tourists to stay away

    03/30/2023 12:25:34 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 03/30/2023 | Ronny Reyes
    Keep calm and stay away. Amsterdam has launched a new ad campaign targeting party-loving British tourists — telling them to think again. The campaign, aimed at British men aged between 18 and 35, wants to curb these “nuisance” travelers, who overindulge in the Netherlands capital where marijuana and prostitution are legal. The new ads are featured prominently whenever someone in Britain searches for terms like “stag party Amsterdam,” “cheap hotel Amsterdam” or “pub crawl Amsterdam.” The accompanying videos show the repercussions British men can face when coming to the city to get “messy.”
  • Fewer tourists and less spending in Las Vegas as inflation takes its toll

    12/04/2022 4:18:15 PM PST · by dynachrome · 34 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 12-4-22 | Anders Hagstrom
    Inflation is taking its toll on Sin City as fewer tourists are visiting the gambling Mecca, and those who do spend less than usual, according to a new report. The University of Las Vegas business school released a report forecasting the city's economic outlook between 2022 and 2024 and noted that its economy turned grim in June of this year, according to Fox 5. "Interest rates have gone up. And we know that we know that prices are going up as well. And that’s what the Fed is trying to get their hands around and solve. So it may be...
  • 5 tourists trapped underground at Grand Canyon Caverns after elevator breaks

    10/25/2022 7:06:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 48 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/25/2022 | Allie Griffin
    Five people have been trapped 200 feet underground for more than 24 hours at the Grand Canyon Caverns in Arizona after an elevator at the tourist attraction malfunctioned, authorities said Monday. The five tourists became stranded inside the country’s largest dry caverns — where there is an underground hotel suite and restaurant — at sundown Sunday, Coconino Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jon Paxton told NBC News. The individuals have medical conditions that prevented them from climbing 20 flights of stairs to reach above ground in Peach Springs, Paxton told Fox News. The stairwell is similar to an old fire escape, compounding...
  • This is how Israelis are being kidnapped in Turkey

    06/17/2022 5:20:16 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 17 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 17/6/22
    Security bodies in Israel and Turkey have warned of Turkish locals who have recently been enlisted by Iranian sources for the purpose of trying to woo Israelis with travel, guides, or tours in the city. One Israeli told Channel 12 News of how the system works: "We swapped phone numbers, and then he said, 'On the way back also, I'll take you. I can help you get back.' He contacted me some four times, 'Come, let's drink something together this evening.'" In an unusual step, the National Security Council this week published a detailed list of safety guidelines for Israelis...
  • THE SPACEX TOURISTS CAN’T LEAVE THE SPACE STATION QUITE YET, NASA SAYS

    04/17/2022 6:50:14 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 40 replies
    Earlier this month NASA posted a schedule for Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the first all-private space flight crew. The four were originally set to spend around 10 days at the ISS, according to that previous release, but yesterday plans changed. NASA said instead the crew will undock from the ISS Tuesday morning and splashdown Wednesday morning off the coast of Florida. The crew will now be spending closer to 12 days in orbit, but they don’t seem to mind the layover. It’s nice to daydream, but for now, space remains out of reach for everyone on Earth minus fewer than...
  • Cape Cod great white shark survey: Few tourists stopping beach visits because of sharks

    04/12/2022 12:26:00 PM PDT · by Capt. Tom · 14 replies
    Sentinel and Enterprise ^ | Apr 12, 2022 | Rick Sobey
    While many are frightened of great white sharks, a majority of people believe they have control over whether they encounter the apex predators along Cape Cod. Tourists especially are taking actions to avoid shark encounters, but only a few Cape visitors have cut back on their beach trips because of sharks since a person was killed by a great white in Wellfleet four years ago. That’s according to a new survey released Monday about humans coexisting with sharks and seals along the Cape. Representative samples of Cape visitors, residents and commercial fishers — about 2,000 people in total — responded...
  • “Criminal Tourists” Target Wealthy American Neighborhoods

    03/20/2022 8:09:24 PM PDT · by blam · 17 replies
    Zubu Brothers ^ | 3-20-2022
    A starling new development reveals South American criminal tourists are on home invasion sprees targeting wealthy neighborhoods across the US, according to Daily Mail. South American thieves exploit the US’ immigration system for travel as they target multi-million dollar homes in liberal-controlled areas with relaxed criminal justice laws. Police from around the country report some of these criminal tourists are from Colombia and elsewhere in South America. They have ransacked mansions in California, New York, Virginia, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Law enforcement experts say these professional burglars exploit a 2014 visa waiver program intended to promote tourism....