An acrimonious trade war between the United States and Canada is threatening to reinforce the resolve of Canadians who stopped visiting the U.S. last year. The number of Canadians traveling to the U.S. plunged after President Donald Trump returned to office with remarks about making Canada the 51st state. Tentative signs the informal travel boycott might be easing emerged this summer. But relations between the U.S. and Canadian governments have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks. The rift hasn't stopped state and local tourism officials and travel-related businesses from trying to win Canadian visitors back. Some Canadians say no special offers or advertising campaigns will work until someone else occupies the White House.

Tourists are scrambling to find lodging elsewhere after deadly flash flooding in the Grand Canyon. A damaged water line shut down all lodging at the canyon’s South Rim. As of Tuesday it's unclear when lodging might reopen. The park remains open to daytime visitors but the natural disaster threatens the area’s economy. South Rim restaurants are open, but experts warn that lost room bookings could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in local revenue. The Grand Canyon drew almost $1 billion a year in spending by nearly 5 million tourists in 2024. Last summer, a wildfire destroyed a lodge and eliminated lodging options at the canyon’s North Rim.

A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts. Twenty-seven-year-old Mukti Patel said Friday she would like to bring her father, sister and two other relatives back home. They were part of a tour group that got caught up in the floods that struck Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and leaving more than 2,000 missing. Patel said in a phone interview from her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home that her family was staying at a hotel that was swept away. She would like more countries to help the rescue and recovery efforts.

U.S. officials report about 90 U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods hit a border area of China and Nepal. Wednesday's flooding killed hundreds of people. The U.S. State Department says it is not aware of any U.S. deaths, but three Americans have been rescued. Many of the missing were on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus and Buddhists. Indian spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, says 77 people from his Isha Foundation were at an immigration center in Tibet when the floods struck. The foundation said that 22 were Americans.