Travel

Alaska Airlines adds ‘touch-free travel’ options

The airline said on Tuesday that it’s rolling out new features to its mobile app that will allow passengers to perform various tasks from their phones and avoid contact with public surfaces or employees.

Global tourism lost $320B from coronavirus in 5 months, UN says

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a policy briefing, noted that tourism is one of the world’s most important economic sectors and the third-largest export sector of the global economy, behind fuels and chemicals. In 2019, it accounted for 7% of global trade.