spring break

Florida’s tourism industry is on pace to surpass 2019 pre-pandemic numbers, with spring break set to break records in the greater Tampa Bay region.

The new curfew in Miami Beach will last a few weeks from Thursday evenings to Monday mornings to keep people out of what’s called the entertainment district. Officials say it helps boost public safety, but businesses say they’re grappling with financial losses.

The city has been steadily upping the ante with new rules and regulations, such as banning scooter rentals after 7 p.m.

For the second year, undergraduates in New York City are mostly sticking to campus. But there is plenty of gossip about classmates exploiting loopholes to get vaccinated in order to travel or party.

The curfew will be in effect Thursdays through Sundays from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. through April 12th.

After weeks of uninhibited partying on South Beach by spring breakers, Miami Beach police turned away throngs of people — many of them Black and brown — from world-famous Ocean Drive Saturday night using a SWAT truck, pepper balls and sound cannons.

A majority of U.S. colleges have canceled spring break, in an attempt to curb student travel. But the rise of online classes means students can now attend college from anywhere, including beachside.

Businesses on and near Pinellas County beaches are bracing for crowds all while attempting to follow safety regulations to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Here are the Thanksgiving and spring semester plans of private universities and colleges around the Tampa Bay region.

USF’s spring break, which was originally scheduled for March 15-21, is being moved to April 12-18.

The university, following the lead of other schools, is skipping spring break to limit the risk that student travel would lead to a spike in COVID-19 transmission.

The University of Tampa reports that six students, including five who traveled together for Spring Break, have tested positive for COVID-19.One student…