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The Alpine border towns making capital out of culture
Gorizia and Nova Gorica share a history of division but are now united as the first transnational European Capital of Culture
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How Brexit damaged UK tourism
As the industry says visitor spend has slipped behind our European rivals, an insider’s view of why some EU tourists have dropped Britain from their travel plans
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The case for Benidorm
While many cities in Spain struggle to cope with the effects of mass tourism, Benidorm’s sustainable model allows it to flourish
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Who can afford to live in Barcelona now?
The city is a prime example of why Pedro Sánchez has cracked down on people from outside the EU buying property in Spain
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A walk through Brussels’s vanishing neighbourhood
The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism
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How to rid the Canary Islands of an eyesore
Campaigners in the Canary Islands are striving for a more sustainable tourism model
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Brexit on the rocks
Leaving the EU has caused huge tensions on Gibraltar. Now the creators of the mess are campaigning against its solution
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Tourism can ill afford oil spills on the beach
Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism
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Visiting the other half of France
More Belgian in its culture than French, the north has nothing on the western coast
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A fight to preserve the essence of Paris
Thanks to affluent tourists, the city’s heart and soul is being auctioned off
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Barcelona’s water pistol revolution
The vast number of tourists make our home town unliveable
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There's trouble in paradise for Mallorcans
In Mallorca, native islanders are turning against tourists
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Norway’s fjords take a bruising from cruising
Banning cruise ships may reduce pollution on the water, but it also creates its own set of issues
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A tourist tax would help save our crumbling creative sector
Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name
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Venice’s visitor charge will not avert disaster
This tourist charge will not address the city's declining population, rising prices and lack of housing
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The other Camino: Our epic trek to Santiago de Compostela
A seven-week, million-step pilgrimage through Spain brings solitude, extreme
heat – and some unexpected hospitality
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Naples declares war on sunbathers, just in time for summer
The mayor of Naples has decided to cap the number of sunbathers on Posillipo’s beaches. But, Neapolitans are good at finding loopholes
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How Brexit killed the expat dream
Post-Brexit travel rules are killing any hopes of la dolce vita
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In search of Homer’s inspiration
The story of Odysseus’s Italian origins are surprisingly popular and Sicilian tourism companies know how to capitalise on this
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Amsterdam’s red light for rowdy tourists
The city wants to change its image. But this rebranding will be no mean feat
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Barcelona’s war on tourism
Ada Colau is the city’s mayor and she would prefer you to stay away