Peach Sorbet and Watermelon Granita On many roads around the country, summer travel means encountering a succession of rough, hand-painted signs, designed to persuade travelers off the road and into the bountiful...

Travel and tourism industry heads in Alaska may be worried about how the downturn in the nation's economy and the events of Sept. 11 will affect the travel and tourism industry this year, but area business owners haven't let doomsayers take away their optimism for a booming summer tourism season.

...said. Domestic airline capacity will actually be down a little but the flights are planned from cities that will make summer travel more convenient, so this shouldn't affect travel from the U.S. John Binkley, president of the Alaska Cruise...

...the American Automobile Association said. Overall, summer travel is expected to be up 3.2 percent nationwide, which...to the air, a return to higher spending; in fact, summer travel spending is expected to be up 4.5 percent over last...