Travel Trends: Booking.com’s travel predictions for 2025 include insights such as this: 41 percent of American parents say they would rather spend money on a trip of a lifetime than leave an inheritance to their children; 46 percent say they would go, or they would encourage a man in their life to go, on a men-only trip (it jumps to 69 percent for Gen Z and 65 percent for millennials); and 52 percent of travelers would pay for a vacation with the sole purpose of extending their lifespan and well-being. The three most popular wellness activities are light therapy (47 percent), stem cell treatment (35 percent), and cryotherapy (32 percent).
Trading Partners: In October, the Keweenaw Land Association Ltd. transferred 8,392 acres of mineral rights beneath Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It’s part of mineral-for-mineral exchanges by both parties to protect the 60,000-acre Upper Peninsula park, and provide the Keweenaw Land Association with other DNR mineral rights in 9,551 acres of Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Iron, Menominee, and Ontonagon counties that are believed to contain copper, gold, and nickel.
Waterfall Viewing: A $3.275 million construction project at the Upper Falls in the day-use area of Tahquamenon Falls State Park near Paradise will provide a new, fully accessible 900-foot-long boardwalk with benches, as well as other park enhancements. The walkway will wind through the forest and replace the aging stairway structure that leads to the brink viewing platform. Access to the 200-foot-wide falls and most of the existing three viewing platforms will be open during construction, which is expected to be completed by August 2025.
— Compiled by Ron Garbinski
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