tourism
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Airbnb Announces Ban on Slave Cabin Rentals
The concern over slave cabins listings dates back to 2019.
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Airbnb Says Find Someplace Else to Have Your Party
The company announced a permanent ban on parties at their properties. But will it just give more Karens a reason to call the police?
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Paradise, Privilege and the Mysterious Death of Kenny Mitchell
“He tried to say something but the white man squeeze his neck. And then … he was dead.” — Eyewitness to the death of Kenny Mitchell text Those words reflect one of the few things we know about the death of 27-year-old Kenny Richie Marty Mitchell, who was known as “Mylez” to his friends and…
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Curves Ahead: All-Female, NOLA-Based Motorcycle Club Caramel Curves Are Unexpected Tour Guides in New IGTV Show
It’d be no small statement to say the travel industry has been booming the last few years, especially among black women, who are making major moves as not only tourists, but travel entrepreneurs and influencers. Now, a group of women are blazing new trails in travel—in a puff of pink smoke. New Orleans, La.-based motorcycle…
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Eat, Pray, Love Your Way Through the US Virgin Islands
The history of the U.S. Virgin Islands is filled with stories of survival, perseverance and pride. And when you visit St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, that history is contained within every step you take. It’s been 100 years since the islands became a U.S. territory, and tourism is a huge part of the…
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The Love Affair Between Fidel Castro and You Is a Lie
Don’t romanticize the death of Fidel Castro, or the tales of his revolution, or the political asylum granted to Assata Shakur. Castro was a tyrannical dictator who kept the people of Cuba under his heel or at the end of his gun. From the time he took office in 1959 until his death Nov. 25,…
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Study: African-American Tourism in SC on the Rise Since Removal of Confederate Flag
A recent study from the University of South Carolina’s Richardson Family SmartState Center of Economic Excellence in Tourism and Economic Development has found that South Carolina’s tourism industry has been booming since the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds in Columbia, according to the Columbia Regional Business Report. African-American tourists generate $2.4…