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Parks preserving internment camps

A concrete slab is all that remains of a mess hall at Camp Amache on Nov. 8, 2007, near Granada, Colo. Camp Amache held as many as 7,000 Japanese-Americans from 1942-1945. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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AP - Thu Dec 13, 9:39 AM ET

GRANADA, Colo. - Bob Fuchigami was 12 years old when he and his family were told to leave their 20-acre farm in northern California. The peach trees that his immigrant parents had planted were about to yield their first big crop.

2008 OLYMPICS

Expensive lodging

Hotel room prices in Beijing during the Aug. 8-24 games have skyrocketed.

AIR TRAVEL

Travel manners

Delta Airlines offers air etiquette tips through a series of animated videos.

Ecotourism

Cancun, Mexico

See the spectacular yearly migration of monarch butterflies.

DESTINATIONS

New wonders

A global poll will select the seven natural wonders of the world.

AP Travel News

  • A concrete slab is all that remains of a mess hall at Camp Amache on Nov. 8, 2007, near Granada, Colo. Camp Amache held as many as 7,000 Japanese-Americans from 1942-1945. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
    Parks preserving internment camps AP - Thu Dec 13, 9:39 AM ET

    GRANADA, Colo. - Bob Fuchigami was 12 years old when he and his family were told to leave their 20-acre farm in northern California. The peach trees that his immigrant parents had planted were about to yield their first big crop.

  • Man sickened chugging vodka at airport AP - Wed Dec 12, 1:04 PM ET

    BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

  • Flap Over Bikini Air Hostess Calendar AP - Wed Dec 12, 1:01 PM ET

    MADRID, Spain - Spain's government-run Women's Institute has labeled a 2008 calendar for low-cost airline Ryanair featuring bikini-wearing air hostesses as sexist and said it would be sending letters of complaint to Irish and EU authorities.

  • Deal opens U.S. to more Chinese tourists AP - Wed Dec 12, 10:18 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Chinese citizens flush with cash from their booming economy will find it easier to vacation in the U.S. following a long-awaited agreement that the American travel industry hopes will bring in billions of dollars.

  • More Christmas visitors in Bethlehem AP - Tue Dec 11, 5:23 PM ET

    BETHLEHEM, West Bank - There's a reason for Christmas cheer in biblical Bethlehem this year — more tourists are on their way now than in any holiday season since Israeli-Palestinian fighting broke out seven years ago, the town's mayor said Tuesday.

AP Travel Features

  • This undated photo provided by Virgin Atlantic Airways, Ltd. shows an upper-class seat in a lie-flat position. An increasing number of airlines are offering flat-bed seats to business and/or first class international passengers. (AP Photo/Virgin Atlantic)
    More airlines introducing beds AP - Wed Dec 12, 3:22 PM ET

    NEW YORK - In some ways, Andy Abramson's morning routine is typical: He shaves, brushes his teeth and combs his hair before slipping on some nice slacks and a shirt for a meeting with a client.

  • Miles of empty beach and billions of sea shells await a lone beachcomber at St. George Island State Park near Apalachicola in the Florida Panhandle on Feb. 5, 2007. Its called the Forgotten Coast because Floridas winter tourists tend to prefer the warmer beaches of south Florida, but for tourists from the far north, sunny days in the 50's and 60's can seem like spring, and without any crowds. (AP Photo/William Kronholm)
    Apalachicola, Fla.: Quiet winter beach AP - Tue Dec 11, 3:27 PM ET

    APALACHICOLA, Fla. - They call this part of the Florida Panhandle the Forgotten Coast, and on a cool winter day, it's easy to see why.

  • This undated video frame grab provided by Delta Air Lines shows a scene from a short made-for-Internet video in which passengers fight over an arm rest. Delta Air Lines Inc. is trying to raise awareness of behavior in the air by creating an animated series of videos showing passengers confronted with delicate social situations. The Atlanta-based company is rolling out 'Planeguage: The language of traveling by plane,' a series of 25 humorous videos the airline has posted online and introduced on flights this month. (AP Photo/Delta Airlines)
    Delta offers air etiquette tips AP - Mon Dec 10, 3:38 PM ET

    ATLANTA - Volumes have been written about how to properly behave at weddings or which fork to use at fancy dinners.

  • This undated photo provided by European Focus, Inc. shows an overview of the medieval German town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. (AP Photo/James Derheim)
    Tour and shop in medieval German town AP - Mon Dec 10, 2:56 PM ET

    ROTHENBURG OB DER TAUBER, Germany - Cloaked in black and brandishing a deadly medieval weapon, Hans-Georg Baumgartner strides purposefully into Market Square at dusk. The crowd parts — not out of fear, but fascination. Cameras flash.

  • This undated photo provided by the Naples Marco Island Everglades CVB shows two people kayaking in the Gulf Coast Everglades. (AP Photo/Naples Marco Island Everglades CVB)
    Winter kayaking in the Everglades AP - Mon Dec 10, 2:55 PM ET

    EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. - The Everglades are among America's most famous swamps, with a reputation for mosquitos to match.

AP Travel Columns

  • New Year's Eve: Midnight happenings AP - Tue Dec 11, 2:41 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A glittering ball in Times Square is not the only thing that drops at midnight on New Year's Eve.

  • Skiing in Whistler, British Columbia AP - Mon Dec 10, 2:53 PM ET

    You haven't made your ski reservations yet? Whistler's Web site boasted that it already had a 47-inch base in the first week of December. And it's just one of the ski areas piling up snow in the mountains of British Columbia.

  • Use Web to plan ski trip to Lake Tahoe AP - Mon Dec 3, 2:31 PM ET

    Slopes are opening and lifts are cranking up at ski areas all over. But if you're looking for variety, a broad selection of things to see and do when you've taken your skis off, consider the Lake Tahoe area.

  • Glimpse magazine: Study abroad advice AP - Mon Dec 3, 2:26 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - If you're planning on traveling or studying abroad, check out Glimpse magazine - http://www.glimpse.org - which is geared to college students and young adults interested in international issues.

  • Literary, theater themes in travel books AP - Mon Dec 3, 2:23 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Three new travel books offer interesting perspectives on destinations and their connections to theater and literature.