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Loss of 'snowbirds' amid pandemic another hit to US tourism by Terry Tang And Terry Spencer, The Associated Press Posted Dec 12, 2020 1:12 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 12, 2020 at 1:26 pm EDT Kathy and Bud Scott walk past their fifth wheel travel trailer at their home Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in West Valley, Utah. Many snowbirds who live part time in warmer climates to escape cold weather won't be flocking south this winter. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) PHOENIX — This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven’t driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Sas...

Terry Tang And Terry Spencer FILE. December 12, 2020 - 11:00 AM PHOENIX - This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven’t driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They typically leave Canada to hunker down in warmer climates for six months. They could fly, skirting travel restrictions at the border, but they’d rather “freeze their buns off” than go to the U.S., where COVID-19 infections and deaths are surging. “It’s not worth taking a chance. It’s not nearly as bad in this country as it ...

Loss of 'snowbirds' in places like Palm Springs amid pandemic another hit to US tourism © Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun Travelers come and go through Palm Springs International Airport, November 24, 2020. This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven't driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.  They typically leave Canada to hunker down in warmer climates for six months. They could fly, skirting travel restrictions at the border, but they'd rather "freeze their buns off" than go to the U.S., where COVID-19 infections and deaths are...