Loss of 'snowbirds' in places like Palm Springs amid pandemic another hit to US tourism
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...