Tag: overtourism
In Venice, the Pope warns against the dangers of overtourism
A new call for “attention for our common home”: Pope Francis, 87, warned on Sunday in Venice against the impact of overtourism on the environment during a mass in front…
Overtourism: 5 euros to enter Venice, residents protest
This is a world first. Venice, a UNESCO heritage city, launched its 5-euro entry ticket for day tourists this Thursday. A device intended to stem overtourism. The Serenissima has sold…
Venice is experimenting with a 5-euro entry ticket to combat overtourism
For its detractors, the measure embodies the risk of a definitive transformation of Venice into an amusement park. On busy days, such as this Thursday, April 25, a public holiday…
In Japan, a city will hide a view of Mount Fuji to avoid overtourism
View of Mount Fuji, Japan, from the small town of Fujikawaguchiko. PHILIP FONG / AFP A small Japanese town near Mount Fuji has decided to erect a fence to stop…
Venice launches its 5-euro entry ticket to combat overtourism
Tourism must ” to change » and city tours “dilute”, said the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro. On the morning of Thursday April 25, the city launched its 5-euro entry…
Overtourism: Venice launches its entry ticket for day visitors at the end of April
From April 25, day tourists will have to pay five euros to access the City of the Doges, which hopes to stem overtourism (AFP/Archives/GABRIEL BOUYS) World premiere in Venice on…
In Venice, overtourism, a reality difficult to circumvent
In September, Unesco will decide whether or not to place the Serenissima on the list of World Heritage sites in danger. But the economic stakes are such that a drastic…
“The evocation of overtourism feeds the historic trial of popular class 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…
“Venice of the North”, Bruges seeks the parade against overtourism
Bruges tourist authorities are encouraging tourists to see beyond the center of the city, and visit at offpeak times (AFP/Archives/EMMANUEL DUNAND) Congested terraces along the canals, crowds thronging the cobbled…
In Étretat, overtourism becomes a headache for the inhabitants
Onlookers pass in front of the famous “hollow needle” of Etretat, in Seine-Maritime, on June 11, 2023 (AFP/Archives/Lou BENOIST) “We would like it to no longer be Disneyland”: the inhabitants…
Government unveils plan against overtourism
The government unveiled its plan on Sunday evening to regulate tourist flows and in particular the peaks in attendance which overwhelm French tourist sites at certain times of the year.…
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…