Tourism

Maremma, set up closed number for Cala Violina's jewel-beach

In order to preserve the natural ecosystem of a prized beach in Tuscany, a closed number has been instituted: the municipality of Scarlino, in Maremma, for the summer months allows entry to the beach of Cala Violina only with prior reservation and in...
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Barcelona, stop short rentals to curb tourism excesses

Barcelona says stop to B&Bs: in fact, the city's mayor Jaume Collboni has announced that the more than 10,000 short-term rental licenses will not be renewed when they expire to curb the effects of excess tourism. A drastic measure but far off in ...
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Flying tourists: the Italian flight market grows. Here are the airports that do best

By now June begins the season devoted to travel: let's see what trends are emerging from attendance in art cities and airline bookings with data provided by "The Data Appeal Company" to the Ministry of Tourism and processed by it. In April, the numbe...
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Tourism, Rimini is the most overcrowded city, followed by Venice

64 tourists per resident in Bolzano, 14 thousand tourists per square kilometer in Venice, 71.65 kilograms of waste per tourist in Rimini. Sonno some of the numbers that emerge from the survey by the Demoskopika research institute, published exclusive...
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Balearic Islands, tourism causes a flood of problems. Residents' protests and draconian measures

After Barcelona and the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands are also taking measures to curb tourism: on May 25 in Plaça d'Espanya in Palma de Mallorca there was a large demonstration organized by residents (there are just under a million on ...
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How is the access ticket in Venice doing? Better than expected

Venice likes it, and is attracting tourists despite the introduction of the 5-euro ticket, surpassing the City Council's forecasts: after 8 of the 29 days on which daily visitors were charged admission fees, the 700,000 euros that had been estimated ...
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Japan, too many tourists: closed number on Fuji and no entry to geisha quarter

Even in Japan, too many tourists are annoying. In fact, two measures have been introduced to restrict the influx of tourists to two top destinations in the Japanese archipelago: from April, those who want to climb Mount Fuji (the 3.776 meters listed ...
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Giro d'Italia, Autostrade unveils key cycling stages in Tuscany

For the 13th consecutive year, Autostrade per l'Italia is an official sponsor of the Giro d'Italia to promote the beauty of our country. The project "W onders. Discover the Italy of Wonders" is Aspi's multichannel platform that accompanies the trave...
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Lots of tourists coming for spring bridges. Italy favorite country for slow tourism

Analyzing bookings between April 21 and May 5, 293,000 airport travelers are expected in Italy: more than 235,000 international passengers, or 80.3 percent of the total, plus about 58,000 Italians (19.7 percent). This was noted by theENIT Studies Off...
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Too many tourists, one-way in the Cinque Terre trail goes into effect

On the day that marks the beginning of the travel season by taking advantage of bridges and good weather, those interested in visiting Liguria should note down the dates when in the Cinque Terre one of the most beaten paths becomes passable in one di...
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Venice, ticket starts today: 5 euros to enter the city. But only 7,000 pay

It kicks off today the entrance fee in Venice, which thus officially becomes the first Italian city to have an entrance fee to access the historic center. It will continue to be paid on April 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, and then again on May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
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Peccioli wins Village of Villages 2024

The town of Peccioli won the Borgo dei Borghi 2024: the village, located in the province of Pisa, got the better of Badolato (Catanzaro) and Grazie (Mantova) in this year's edition of the challenge that each year puts twenty villages, one per region,...
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Cultural tourism in Italy, here are the places most reviewed and loved by the public

Italian cultural tourism between trends and strengths, between novelties and the influence of social media. At the tenth edition of TourismA - Archaeology and Cultural Tourism Exhibition, held in Florence at the end of February, a review was made of ...
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The 18th-century Palazzo Marchi in Parma joins the Castelli del Ducato circuit. Open with guided tours

The 18th-century Palazzo Marchi, in the heart of Parma, joined the interregional Castelli del Ducato circuit in March. Designed by Giovanni Isidoro Furlani and entirely decorated in stucco by Giocondo Albertolli, the palace on Strada della Repubblica...
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Rome concentrates 90 percent of Lazio's tourists: 35 million overnight stays in 2023

35 million and counting. These are the numbers of tourism in Rome recorded in the year just ended where the capital breaks the record by surpassing the 35 million mark by now giving a big hello to the Covid as a distant memory. While one can only rej...
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Naples, 2,100 investigated for Covid vacation bonus scam

Nearly 2,100 people are under investigation for a scam against the state through the illicit and fictitious use of the "vacation bonus" that during the years of the Covid pandemic was established by the government to help the tourism sector. The plet...
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