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The newly designed Buffalo AKG Art Museum was a major investment of $230 million, but it is expected to attract art tourists from around the globe to help boost our local economy.

It is not that Abigail Rogado had not traveled at all since March 2020, but when the founder and chief executive officer of branding consultancy ArtTank had hit the road, she had done it with trepidation. “I lost my dad to COVID in the pandemic’s early days,” she said. “It made me more heightened about my precautions. I was really living the hermit life. I didn’t even go outside to take walks for months.” Even after COVID-19 cases had declined substantially in autumn last year, Rogad...

It is not that Abigail Rogado had not traveled at all since March 2020, but when the founder and chief executive officer of branding consultancy ArtTank had hit the road, she had done it with trepidation. “I lost my dad to COVID in the pandemic’s early days,” she said. “It made me more heightened about my precautions. I was really living the hermit life. I didn’t even go outside to take walks for months.” Even after COVID-19 cases had declined substantially in autumn last year, Rogad...

The latest variant is posing a silver lining to some.

Two years into the pandemic, American travelers are generally less concerned about getting sick than getting stuck, according to travel agents.