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Giampietro Vianello - giampietro.vianello@thelocal.it Published: 13 Sep, 2025 CET. Updated: Sat 13 Sep 2025 10:05 CET People walk down a traditional Venice 'calle'. Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP In this week's Inside Italy review, we look at why mass tourism isn't solely responsible for Venice’s population decline, as resident…

Scorching Summers, Raging Wildfires, and Heatwaves: How Vacation Habits Might Be Transformed - Image Credit Unsplash    Climate change and rising costs are reshaping the travel industry, potentially marking the end of the era of mass tourism.  Industry experts suggest that worsening weather and economic pressures will make traditional travel models…

As protestors have taken to the streets across Spain, disrupted a billionaire’s wedding in Venice, and even caused a shutdown of the Louvre in the shape of a staff mutiny about overcrowding, Noel Josephides has been watching with one phrase on his mind: I told you so. “I could have…

Slightly up north of Madrid and Barcelona, nestling at the foothills of the Pyrenees, lies the region of Aragon, rich in history and natural beauty. Here, green hills hug the soaring mountains and dense forests open up to flowering meadows. Down in the valleys, ancient castles hide among the olive…

International holidaymakers are keeping Spaniards off their own sun-kissed beaches due to ever-rising hotel and rental prices during an unprecedented tourism boom. Spain's top 25 Mediterranean and Atlantic coast destinations saw local tourism drop by 800,000 people last year, whereas foreign visitors rose 1.94 million, according to previously unreported official…

By  MARTÍN SILVA REY and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Updated : , ,   MEXICO CITY (AP) — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people began smashing storefronts and harassing foreigners.…

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Nice, Venice, Barcelona and Amsterdam are other European cities that have also imposed limits on cruise ships. The French Riviera resort of Cannes has become the latest famous European destination to join the growing global backlash against overtourism by imposing what its city council calls “drastic regulation” on cruise ships.…

Mass protests in Venice have overshadowed the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez amid anger over mass tourism, rising living costs, and inequality, turning the event into a symbol of wider global frustrations. read more Mass tourism, soaring rents, worker exploitation, inequality, and elitism — protests in Venice…