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Articles tagged “overtourism”

News Blog

Sedona Tourism Finds Promotion Funding Path

The Sedona Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau has formed a business improvement district with nine local hotels to fund its tourism promotion efforts, Skift has learned. Earlier this year, the tourism bureau severed its partnership with the City of Sedona because its local government wouldn't allow it to spend lodging tax funds on tourism…

Dawit Habtemariam | 5 months ago

Tourism

America’s Favorite Flight Destinations in 2023? Cancun and London

Flight booking data reveals Americans' top worldwide and domestic destinations so far this year. Tourism marketers take note, especially of changes from the 2019 rankings.

Sean O'Neill | 5 months ago

America’s Favorite Flight Destinations in 2023? Cancun and London

Tourism

Summer Travel Boom Hurts Domestic Tourism and Prices Out Locals

A summer in Capri or Sicily? What drugery! As European spots burst at the seams in peak seasons, local residents are opting to escape as fast as they can.

Josh Corder | 7 months ago

Summer Travel Boom Hurts Domestic Tourism and Prices Out Locals

Overtourism

Venice Avoids Being Added to UNESCO List of Endangered Sites

Sorry, Italian officials. We side with UNESCO on this one. Venice faces long-standing but urgent issues, such as overtourism and climate change. This global gem needs a coordinated, strategic vision for its preservation.

Angelo Amante and John Irish, Reuters | 7 months ago

Venice Avoids Being Added to UNESCO List of Endangered Sites

Tourism

Venice Plans to Start Charging Visitors Entry Fee Next Year

Authorities in Venice believe that the admission fee will help it better manage the large number of travelers to looking to visit, but it will take a lot more than a miniscule charge to discourage tourists.

Reuters | 8 months ago

Venice Plans to Start Charging Visitors Entry Fee Next Year

Tourism

Greece’s ‘Towel Movement’ Protests Surge of Pricey Sunbeds Along Popular Beaches

Greeks are concerned that the simplicity of their local beach experience is threatened by sunbed overtourism.

Reuters | 8 months ago

Greece’s ‘Towel Movement’ Protests Surge of Pricey Sunbeds Along Popular Beaches

Cruises

Amsterdam Looks to Ban Cruise Ships to Reduce Mass Tourism

Amsterdam banning large cruise liners would be a major step in curbing overtourism, an issue that has increasingly plagued the Dutch capital in recent years.

Reuters | 9 months ago

Amsterdam Looks to Ban Cruise Ships to Reduce Mass Tourism

Tour Operators

Tackling Tourism’s Living Wage Issue

Tourism has never been a silver bullet for alleviating poverty and it often has adverse consequences. So just how far a push for living wage standards will go remains to be seen.

Selene Brophy | 11 months ago

Tackling Tourism’s Living Wage Issue

Tourism

Tourism Is on the Ballot in Spain’s Local Elections

Tourists love Spain, but the feeling isn't necessarily mutual with locals, as growing anti-tourism sentiment and the impact of mass tourism on their lifestyle becomes a hot topic for political candidates.

Joan Faus, Reuters | 11 months ago

Tourism Is on the Ballot in Spain’s Local Elections

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Middle East Exceeded Its Pre-Pandemic Tourism Level in Early 2023: UNWTO

The Middle East welcomed 15 percent more international tourists in the first three months of 2023 than it did for the same period in 2019, according to the UN World Tourism Organization’s latest data.  Over 230 million people traveled internationally in the first quarter of 2023, more than double for the same period of 2022…

Dawit Habtemariam | 12 months ago