Eye on Travel

Eye on Travel — Dubrovnik, Croatia — October 31, 2020

Locations in this article:  Dubrovnik, Croatia

This week, Eye on Travel celebrates Halloween from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Peter is shooting a segment on the UNESCO World Heritage city for “The Travel Detective,” and also has an update on how the COVID-19 pandemic has reset travel around the world, and the impact on this magical Croatian city. The Mayor of Dubrovnik, a destination still open to Americans, talks about how it is managing visitors and the necessity for responsible behavior — and its rules about cruise ships. Then, Peter talks with the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Timothy Harris, whose small island nation reopens to U.S. travelers this weekend. He details how the island nation was able to keep its COVID-19 cases to just 19 overall, with no deaths and currently no hospitalizations. Mark Thomas, Editor of The Dubrovnik Times, reports on some sobering numbers — how Dubrovnik is down to 20% of the tourists from one year ago and the real silver lining — how you may never get to see the city like this again. Plus, we check in with Billy Mag Fhloinn, a master of Irish Folklore, on the true origins of Halloween and the spooky holiday that the Irish brought to America. There’s all this and more on this week’s Eye on Travel.

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