Tourism

The popular Hill Country landmark is growing. The new area will increase the overall biodiversity of the park with a creek and some small ponds.

The cloudy weather did cause some people to change their plans for the eclipse. But the moderate traffic could also have been a result of months-long preparation for the event, Travis County officials said.

Tourists will open their wallets as they flood the Hill Country to view the eclipse. But how cities will handle the crowds depends a lot on the size and planning that has taken place until now.

The plan, which would allow certain hotels to impose a 2% fee on nightly stays, could generate millions of dollars over 10 years. The city would get a cut.

Preliminary data from the National Park Service show Big Bend National Park saw an 11% drop in visitors last year, a slowdown from a record-high year in 2021.

At least four conferences were canceled in Austin because of the lack of a statewide mask mandate. The cancellations have caused the Austin Hilton hotel to lose out on $350,000 of revenue, according to Austin Convention Enterprises.

U.S. tourists aren't welcome in most countries because of the surging coronavirus. But Mexico lets them in, with no quarantine or test requirements.

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