Venice is rolling out new measures to try to regulate overtourism. 293414266/Ekaterina Belova – stock.adobe.com Venice is the first city in the world to implement this toll system. What exactly…
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Venice saved from downgrading but not from overtourism
By Valerie Segond Published 2 hours ago, Update 1 minute ago Tourists gather along the Grand Canal during the Venice Carnival in February. MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP The establishment of a visitor…
Faced with overtourism, the Acropolis of Athens limits its number of daily visitors
Tickets and tour times, please. Since this Monday, the tourists who throng to visit the Acropolis of Athens must book a visit time and no longer hold a simple ticket…
“The evocation of overtourism feeds the historic trial of popular cl tourism”
Ihe government plan for the regulation of tourist flows, mid-June, rightly raises the stakes and the effects of frequentation suffered and not regulated at the origin of dysfunctions, in time…
tourist wanted by Italian police for vandalizing the Colosseum
A viral video showing a traveler carving his name on the walls of the Roman amphitheater has sparked outcry in Italy, as the Eternal City sees a spike in tourist…
Influencers against overtourism? How the government plans to do it
Mont-Saint-Michel black with people, long queues in front of shops in Étretat or paths strewn with waste in the creeks… To put an end to these images, which are repeated…
The executive is mobilizing to contain overtourism in France
Like Mont-Saint-Michel, some French sites are threatened by an excessive influx of tourists. Antoine LORGNIER/Onlyfrance INTERVIEW – Olivia Grégoire, Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts and Tourism, announces…
Return of the storms, Macron at Le Bourget and plan against overtourism: the information to remember this afternoon
The info not to miss Watch out for the weather. This Monday, fifteen departments from the south-west to the north-east of France are clified as orange vigilance. Violent thunderstorms and…
The government unveils a plan to reduce overtourism in France
How to make tourism enjoyable for everyone, residents and visitors alike? The government unveiled a plan on Sunday evening to regulate tourist flows, in particular the peaks in attendance which…
Overtourism, a challenge for France
On the ramparts of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine), May 28, 2023. MATHIEU PATTIER / WEST FRANCE / MAXPPP Create a national observatory of major tourist sites, measure the acceptability of flows with…
Water shortages even in Cornwall, with overtourism and waste
During a protest organized by environmental advocacy group Surfers Against Sewage, on Gyllyngvase beach in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, May 20, 2023. EMILY WHITFIELD-WICKS / PRESS OCIATION IMAGES/MAXPPP Stuart Parkin’s tiny…
Overtourism is already back in France
Tourists head for Mont-Saint-Michel on March 19, 2023. A month later, the site welcomed 60,000 visitors in four days, peaking on May 19. Mathieu Pattier / West France/PHOTOPQR/WEST FRANCE/MAXPPP DECRYPTION…
faced with overtourism, France is entering the era of quotas
“To reserve is to preserve”. The slogan, against a backdrop of turquoise blue sea, is displayed in Marseille and around its famous Calanque de Sugiton, but Nathan and Louis (who…