Restaurants are starting to recognize a growing dining trend that might not be good for business. Folks sit down at the table and immediately pick up their cell phones. Many never put them down. “I don’t get it.” Said Raoul Villa, a manager at Flagstaff’s Dara Thai restaurant. “People are so taken by their phones, there’s…
Arizona is one of the best places in the world to see the stars but its stargazing nights might be numbered. Light pollution primarily from Phoenix is degrading the night skies, diminishing the visibility of the heavens that has fueled a multimillion-dollar astronomy industry. Arizona’s clear weather, dry climate and high mountains make the…
Visitor spending reached an all-time high for Arizona last year, and is expected to be even higher by the end of 2014. Last year, 39.1 million visitors spent a record $19.8 billion in counties across the state, said Sherry Henry, executive director of the Arizona Office of Tourism. This surge in tourism generated local, state…
