OVERTOURISM
‘We need to eliminate references to it online’: Barcelona bus route taken off maps to deter tourists
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21.04.2024
‘We need to eliminate references to it online’: Barcelona bus route taken off maps to deter tourists
For years, residents of Barcelona’s La Salut neighbourhood have had to share their bus route with crowds of tourists. The…
‘We need to eliminate references to it online’: Barcelona bus route taken off maps to deter tourists
Travel
19.04.2024
‘We need to eliminate references to it online’: Barcelona bus route taken off maps to deter tourists
For years, residents of Barcelona’s La Salut neighbourhood have had to share their bus route with crowds of tourists. The…
‘We can’t put a fence around Amsterdam’: Dutch capital bans new hotels to curb mass tourism
Travel
19.04.2024
‘We can’t put a fence around Amsterdam’: Dutch capital bans new hotels to curb mass tourism
Amsterdam is banning the construction of new hotel buildings in its latest move to curb overtourism. The Dutch city is…
‘An excess of tourism’: Lake Como to introduce daytripper fee to curb visitor numbers
Travel
19.04.2024
‘An excess of tourism’: Lake Como to introduce daytripper fee to curb visitor numbers
Lake Como is glitzy, glamorous and engulfed by tourism. The third largest lake in Italy, it sees as many as…
‘An excess of tourism’: Lake Como to introduce daytripper fee to curb visitor numbers
Travel
16.04.2024
‘An excess of tourism’: Lake Como to introduce daytripper fee to curb visitor numbers
Lake Como is glitzy, glamorous and engulfed by tourism. The third largest lake in Italy, it sees as many as…
‘My misery, your paradise’: Canary Island residents say mass tourism is at breaking point
Travel
16.04.2024
‘My misery, your paradise’: Canary Island residents say mass tourism is at breaking point
Residents in the Canary Islands are planning protests and strikes in a backlash against overtourism. Campaigners say the unsustainable influx…
Ditch Paris and the Amalfi coast for these under the radar honeymoon destinations
Travel
14.04.2024
Ditch Paris and the Amalfi coast for these under the radar honeymoon destinations
If you think of honeymoon destinations in Europe, chances are you’ll have the likes of the Amalfi Coast, Paris, Santorini…
‘It was ours but now it’s gone’: Residents in Europe’s tourist hotspots slam second home ownership
Travel
13.04.2024
‘It was ours but now it’s gone’: Residents in Europe’s tourist hotspots slam second home ownership
In 2022, the flower-bedecked, lakeside town of Gérardmer in the Vosges mountains was rattled by a spate of vandalism attacks.…
‘We want a vision that does not have tourism at its centre’: Venice residents protest new entry fee
Travel
13.04.2024
‘We want a vision that does not have tourism at its centre’: Venice residents protest new entry fee
Activists in Venice have staged a protest against the new day-tripper entry fee which will come into force on 25…
‘My misery, your paradise’: Canary Island residents say mass tourism is at breaking point
Travel
13.04.2024
‘My misery, your paradise’: Canary Island residents say mass tourism is at breaking point
Residents in the Canary Islands are planning protests and strikes in a backlash against overtourism. Campaigners say the unsustainable influx…