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Hong Kong attracted around 56 million visitors a year before the pandemic, and now the popular destination is taking significant steps to win tourists back after over two years of some of the world's toughest travel restrictions. Just days after dropping its longstanding mandatory hotel quarantine requirement, Hong Kong has confirmed plans to give away half a million airline tickets in a bid to boost tourism. The move, first announced two years ago, was confirmed to CNN by a spokesperson from the Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), which said that the 500,000 tickets, worth around $254.8 million, would go to...

NOTE: for those from the left who visit FR, this is being posted for you as a public service. BWAHAHAHAHA! This is not a clickbait site. The photos and descriptions of the bridges are on one page. Just scroll down. Not surprisingly, the people in San Fran can be proudly chanting: WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! Number two is in the UK, and Seattle wins bronze.

One college football tradition in Georgia will soon disappear: Letting politicians into the stadium for free. A new law taking effect next year bans lobbyists from giving Georgia’s politicians free college football tickets, a rite as well-established as Game Day beer and barbecue in the football-obsessed South. … Disclosure reports show that lobbyists have given Georgia politicians nearly $1,400 in college football tickets and related entertainment since the start of the season in late August. That’s just the beginning. … Many lawmakers get tickets in Georgia because the Legislature controls the $6.4 billion higher education budget, including the roughly $1.9...

SAN DIEGO, July 29, 2005 – More than 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., Naval Medical Center San Diego and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego occupied the stands at Angels Stadium to watch the L.A. Angels play the Oakland Athletics July 19. The Marines received free tickets to the game from a few military associations and the Taco Bell Corporation. Civilians as well as Marines benefited from these organizations. The 9/11 Foundation gave tickets to Marine families as well. According to Marvin Winters, the 9/11 Foundation gives aid to spouses who lose their loved ones in the military. "More...

Although the Defense Department provides a travel entitlement for service members and their families in serious medical emergencies, the Fisher House Foundation is hoping to help those service members and families not covered under the rule. Through a program the foundation joined in December called Operation Hero Miles, the Fisher House hopes to give away hundreds of free airline tickets to help reunite service members hospitalized due to their service in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, and their family members. The Fisher House Foundation is best known for its network of 32 comfort homes that provide a place to...