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Foreign tourists enjoying the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Photo: VCG While big cities remain popular, traveling to smaller towns by high-speed rail is becoming a popular option, and China’s visa-free policy has seen an increase in foreign tourists visiting the country this summer. Domestic travel platform Qunar found that travelers from the United States, South Korea, Russia, Vietnam and Malaysia were most interested in booking high-speed trains, preferring two-hour high-speed train journeys such as from southwest China’s Sichuan province to southwest China’s Chongqing, a report sent by Qunar to the Global Times showed. “I took the high-speed train from…
The Danish capital’s tourist board, Wonderful Copenhagen, is launching a pilot program to reward visitors for their environmentally conscious behavior. Starting July 15, participants who take part in sustainable activities will receive thank-you gifts like free kayak rentals or coffee and danishes.The new initiative, CopenPay, is simple: join in on environmentally friendly initiatives and receive rewards from 24 participating businesses and institutions. It’s open to tourists and locals alike.For example, the National Gallery of Denmark hosts a workshop where you can collect plastic waste and transform it into jellyfish art. Cycle or take public transport to the Amager Resource Centre…
Saturday’s incident was part of a large anti-tourism rally attended by around 2,800 people under the slogan “Enough is enough! Limit tourism”. Protesters are calling for a reduction in the number of foreigners visiting Catalan cities and for a sustainable tourism model to be followed. MailOnline reported that the water guns were aimed at tourists dining outdoors at a popular restaurant in Las Ramblas, although it is not clear whether the guns are capable of spraying powerful jets of water. Locals say tourist overcrowding has made life difficult in the city, with too many businesses “not catering to the needs…
Thousands of people have demonstrated in the streets of Barcelona over concerns about mass tourism. According to police statistics, around 2,800 people took part in a protest in Barcelona on July 6, chanting slogans such as “Enough is enough! Limit tourism,” “Reduce tourism now” and “Keep tourists out of our area,” Schengen News reported. I’m not against tourism, but here in Barcelona, the tourist overload has made the city unlivable. 70-year-old sociologist Jordi Guiu According to local media reports, Barcelona is on track to attract more than 12 million tourists in 2023 alone. According to local media reports, house…
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s nationalist group, Patriots for Europe, was officially established in the European Parliament today, making it the third-largest group in the European Parliament with 84 MEPs. advertisementThe new far-right coalition, which was formed just last week, replaces Identity and Democracy (ID), a previous far-right group in the European Parliament that has since been dissolved.The Patriots are rapidly gaining strength, with a number of parties announcing their participation in the project last week, and a major milestone was reached this morning when two important ex-ID parties that had not yet joined the group, France’s National Rally (RN) and…
WINDHOEK, 5 July 2024 – Africa’s vast tourism potential remains untapped due to a lack of air connectivity, with the continent currently accounting for just 1.9% of global passenger and cargo traffic. However, aviation experts believe national tourism boards have a unique opportunity to promote new air routes and drive economic growth. Speaking at a recent AviaDev Africa workshop organised in partnership with the SADC Business Council Tourism Federation, airline executives stressed that the power of tourism boards lies in using market data and industry relationships to convince sceptical airlines of the long-term viability of new routes. …
[imagesource:x/bbcnews] Thousands of protesters, including more than 150 organisations, marched through Barcelona on Saturday, protesting that “excessive tourism” is making the Spanish city “unlivable”. Locals blame thousands of tourists for soaring rents and have now taken to attacking them with water guns to make their point. Protesters held up placards reading “Barcelona is not for sale” and “Tourists go home”. Barcelona is the 20th most visited city in the world and the fifth most visited in Europe after London, Paris, Istanbul and Rome. Reaction to foreigners has been building for years, but the recent rise in the global cost of…
(MENAFN) Jordan’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that Arab nationals accounted for 53.2 percent of all visitors to Jordan in the first half of this year. The total number of international visitors to Jordan during this period was about 2.786 million, down 8 percent from 3.025 million during the same period last year.According to ministry data reviewed by Al Ghad, tourist inflows from Arab countries in the first half of this year reached approximately 1.483 million, up 7.7 percent from 1.376 million in the same period last year, an increase of 107,000. Additionally,…
A contractor hired by the Hawaii Tourism Authority is recommending a tourism governance system to replace the authority established by the state Legislature more than a quarter-century ago. The overall governance structure of the HTA has been debated in previous legislative sessions, and various bills have been introduced in recent years to address whether the HTA structure outlined in Hawaii’s Revised Code (Chapter 201B) is the best approach to managing our largest economic driver, tourism, but without progress. Last year, as legislation was looming to abolish the HTA, the agency decided to fund a third-party governance review. After a competitive…
Experts say the anti-far-right bulwark has protected the European Union from political shocks. advertisementSighs of relief were heard across Europe after exit polls revealed a surprise victory for a left-wing coalition in France’s legislative elections on Sunday.Centrists feared that a far-right government in France, the European Union’s second-largest economy, could create economic and political instability and undermine the EU’s strong support for Ukraine.But with parliament in limbo and no clear path to a coalition government, the political deadlock in Paris still casts uncertainty over France’s ability to exert influence in Brussels.Final results on Monday morning showed that the left-wing New…