A travel association has urged the U.S. Congress in a letter on Monday to reopen the federal government ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, as the shutdown stretches into its 34th day. The prolonged shutdown has led to a spike in airline delays,

US airports have descended into chaos with the government shutdown leading to major delays and cancellations. It comes following an uptick in absences from air traffic controllers, who are under “immense stress and fatigue” from the ongoing, record-breaking US government shutdown, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The State Department has raised Tanzania's warning citing unrest, violent crime, terrorism, and targeting of LGBTQ+ individuals.

The U.S. Travel Association is celebrating the new initiative towards biometric entry/exit, due to its effectiveness at verifying identities, its faster processing time and the potential for increasing the number of visa-free partner countries by changing the metric for Visa Waiver Program eligibility.

The US government shutdown enters Day 34, triggering massive flight delays and TSA shortages as unpaid air traffic controllers raise serious safety and staffing concerns nationwide.

Nearly 500 tourism businesses, including 12 based in Nevada, have signed on to a letter to congressional leaders from the U.S. Travel Association pleading for an end to the government shutdown stalemate.