Paris shops, restaurants say Olympics hammering business
Paris (AFP) - Paris shops, restaurants, bars and clubs are facing an "unprecedented slump in business and footfall", trade groups ...
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Japan sees 1 mn more tourists post-pandemic, new half-year record
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan welcomed a million more foreign visitors in the first half of 2024 compared to pre-pandemic levels, ...
Barcelona residents protest against mass tourism
Barcelona (AFP) - Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain's most ...
Greece hands out 350,000 euros in fines over sunbed wars
Athens (AFP) - Greece issued more than 350,000 euros ($379,000) in fines in just five days in a crackdown on ...
Tourist numbers in Portugal hit record in 2023
Lisbon (AFP) - Foreign tourists flocked to Portugal in record numbers in 2023 with 26. 5 million visitors -- a ...
Barcelona residents protest against mass tourism
Barcelona (AFP) - Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain's most ...
Switzerland tries to flatten out peaks of Alpine visitors
Zurich (AFP) - Switzerland's tourism agency said Thursday that it was trying to even out the flow of holidaymakers throughout ...
Athens Acropolis introduces private visits for 5,000 euros
Athens (AFP) - The Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited ancient monuments, has begun offering private visits ...
Sunbed wars: Greece tries to rein in beach chaos
Pefkochori (Greece) (AFP) - The waves of the Aegean Sea lap gently at the tables and chairs of two beach ...
Sunbed wars: Greece tries to rein in beach chaos
Pefkochori (Greece) (AFP) - The waves of the Aegean Sea lap gently at the tables and chairs of two beach ...
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