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Alliance for Pioneer Square has hired a sports economy coordinator to help prepare neighborhood businesses for the 2026 World Cup, which starts next June.

With the Toronto Blue Jays in town, businesses offered a significant discount to Canadians in an effort to lure more of them to the region following a sharp decline in visits.

The National Park Service is seeking public comments on the pilot program until Sept. 15.

Long-simmering tensions over the Alaskan capital's tourism boom are coming to a head over a new voter initiative aimed at giving residents a respite from the influx.

A record number of cruise passengers are expected this year in Alaska's capital, drawn by wonders such as the long-retreating Mendenhall Glacier. But the glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it might no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside.

From vendors to visitors, to musical performers and a divisive gum wall, KNKX's All Things Considered team explores all Pike Place Market has to offer.

Two years ago, UNESCO gave Venice and Italy a deadline to figure out a way to manage the harmful effects of tourism or risk being placed on a World Heritage in Danger list. The deadline has passed.

One of the biggest Nazi relics, a massive beachfront indoctrination camp on the Baltic Sea, has been transformed into condominiums and a luxury tourist resort. It's causing a stir.

"Syria: Always Beautiful," declares the video, which shows swimmers on sandy beaches and jet skis on blue waters. Not pictured, mentioned or acknowledged: the bloody civil war in the country.

One of the casualties of the global economic crisis late last decade was Iceland's economy. Unemployment soared, banks toppled and protests ensued.And…