Mass Tourism

Dilemmas over summer holidays may sound like a very first-world problem, but for Europe this year, it’s now become an existential question. Europe's tourism sector employs 22.6 million people, equivalent to 11.2 percent of total EU employment, and accounts for 9.5 percent of the bloc’s economy, according to the World…

Editor's Note Joe Cummings created the very first Lonely Planet Thailand guide, which was published in the early 1980s. As the famous travel brand begins shuttering its offices, Cummings reflects on his decades-spanning career as a guidebook writer. (CNN) T… Read More

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubIT IS THE dream of every exile to die…

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubIT IS THE dream of every exile to die…

In the hospitality world, Bill Bensley needs no introduction: He's designed 200+ boundary-pushing, jaw-dropping hotels in 40 countries; he's completely redefined and "rewilded" luxury hospitality in Asia; and he's a true sustainability pioneer. And no one does it all with more humor and honesty… Interview by Beth McGroarty, VP, Research…

As millions of travel and tourism workers now find themselves out of jobs, furloughed or, as in the case of some cruise ship employees, stuck indefinitely at sea, the industries involved seem to be gearing up for some future "recovery," insinuating a return to the baseline of pre-coronavirus. That simply…

Send us a picture or Instagram one of Good Weekend in your life, using the hashtag #goodweekendmag. We choose one each week to publish here and in print.Daisy loving self-isolation with her humans, and showing interest in the story “Working like a dog” .Credit:Maria Irminger LettersComputers are all right, but…

While we're all isolating, we want to keep showing you our great country. Stuff Travel's Back Your Backyard project offers Kiwis a chance to see their country from the safety of home, and hopes to give you some ideas once we're allowed to travel again. Join us as we showcase the best…

Rome (AFP) - Tourists from across the world flock daily to Italy to marvel at its art-filled cathedrals and Roman ruins.But the rolling hills of Tuscany and the ancient city of Pompeii have looked almost abandoned since the coronavirus pandemic turned the Mediterranean country into a strict no-go zone.The resulting…

There are places in the world that are as fascinating as they are remote and difficult to reach. Will the difficulties in visiting them really make them so full of charm? These are mainly distant islands but also dense forests, rugged mountainous areas, places where mass tourism has not yet…