Tourism
Travelers ready to set sail on cruises at record levels next year
Cruise bookings for 2024 are surpassing pre-pandemic levels, despite rising prices and capacity constraints.
An entry fee may not be enough to save Venice from 20 million tourists
Venice’s history, art and architecture attract an estimated 20 million visitors every year. The city, a Unesco World Heritage site , is…
Italy welcomes tourism boost from hosting Ryder Cup for first time
By Angelo Amante ROME, (Reuters) - The Ryder Cup is giving tourism in Rome a big boost, Italian government officials said, with…
Photo Story: Bali to implement 10 USD tourist tax in 2024
Foreign tourists sit at Kuta beach in Bali, Indonesia, 23 September 2023. Starting February 2024, the Provincial Government of Bali will implement…
Japan says swarms of tourists defiling sacred Mt Fuji
By Mariko Katsumura FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan (Reuters) - On a grey, rainy Saturday a steady stream of tour buses arrive at a base…
Venice to start charging visitors €5 entry fee next year
VENICE, Italy, (Reuters) - Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of 5 euros($5.35) for day trippers next year to try…
P&O Cruise passengers injured after ‘weather-related’ incident in Mallorca
A small number of people were injured on Sunday during a "weather-related incident" involving P&O Cruises Britannia ship moored in the Spanish…
Italian tourists flock to Albania in key boost for economy
By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga SARANDA, Albania (Reuters) - A waiter in an Albanian restaurant in the coastal resort town of…
Tourist boom fuels inflation – FT
The holiday boom across the EU’s hotspots this summer — with hotel room rates surging nearly 20 per cent and air flights…
Sunak dampens hopes of reversal over axed UK tourist tax break
LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said nearly all of the benefit of a now-abolished tax break for…
Greece offers free holiday to tourists who fled Rhodes fires
ATHENS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Greece said on Wednesday it will offer a week-long free stay on Rhodes in 2024 to tourists…
Call to restrict public access to Trevi Fountain
Access to the Trevi Fountain should be limited and controlled, Rome's tourism pointman said in the wake of a social media video…