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From banning golf carts and cruise ships to hiking taxes for day-trippers, iconic tourist destinations are taking matters ...
Hundreds of Venetians protested Jeff Bezos' lavish wedding celebration, citing overtourism and city exploitation concerns.
Short-term rentals have pushed out longtime city residents and created not just a housing problem in the Tuscan city, but an ...
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez upcoming Venice wedding was met with protests in the city, with locals citing concerns about ...
Venice locals plan canal blockades and protests during Jeff Bezos’ wedding amid growing outrage around overtourism across ...
Venice has taken steps to counter the impacts of overtourism, including enacting a fee of about $5 for day trippers during the busy season and limiting cruise ship arrivals. But it's an ongoing ...
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through Barcelona, Lisbon, Venice and other European cities over the weekend, protesting the negative effects of overtourism.
The fee was trialed as a way to ‘deter’ visitors from arriving on overcrowded days and thus help tackle Venice’s overtourism problem. In 2023, 5.7 million people visited Venice with peak ...
Venice is doubling a last-minute tourist fee for daytrippers. The fee, first introduced in 2024, is an attempt to manage overtourism and better preserve the city.
Last week, Venice took action on overtourism, introducing a 5€ fee to day trippers who want to access the city. The aim, Venice's Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in a press conference, ...
Italy Venice day-trippers will face steep fines if they fail to pay an access fee under a pilot program Venice has 'suffered' from overtourism, 4.6 million registered visitors spent the night last ...
VENICE, Italy – Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the ...