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From catching Covid-19 to getting caught in a blizzard, traveling can be risky business these days.But just how risky often depends on the destination — and how you define the risks.Safest cities: people's perceptionsA report published by…

A new report indicates the travel industry in Asia-Pacific may be the only one in the world to recover by 2023.This year's "Travel & Tourism Economic Impact" report — an annual publication by the London-based World Travel & Tourism…

A Joby Aviation Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company's initial public offering in New York, U.S., on Aug. 11, 2021.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty…

The Block Island Wind Farm, photographed in 2016, is located in waters off the east coast of the United States.DON EMMERT | AFP | Getty ImagesThe White House said Thursday it was targeting 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind capacity by…

From waiting tables to living in a basement apartment, three travel hosts tell CNBC about how they got to where they are.Here are their stories.Samantha BrownJob: Emmy-award winning TV host of "Samantha Brown's Places to Love"Started in:…

Ernestas Tyminas felt "stuck" in his role as a marketing manager at a newspaper in Colorado Springs, Colorado.So he requested two months off to backpack through Asia, he said, landing in Beijing in January 2019."On the first day … I meet…

People photographed in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. According to the UN, India is home to over 1.4 billion people.Peter Adams | Stone | Getty ImagesIndia is on track to overtake China as the planet's most populous country next year,…

Retail businesses in Singapore are grappling with higher costs as rents rise and energy prices soar, the Singapore Retailers Association said. Cost pressure is a big concern for many Singapore retailers which have not completely passed on…

After more than two years of closed border policies, Japan is set to welcome back international travelers this week.Come June 10, foreign tourists traveling via packaged tours can enter Japan.However, the government's priority still lies in…

International air travel has been making a strong recovery this year, with the exception of the Asia-Pacific region, which is "lagging significantly behind," according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA)."Last year,…