sustainabletourism
Destinations across Europe are battling overtourism - visit Venice and you’ll have to pay an entry fee, book for Amsterdam and you’ll be asked to take a quiz about your holiday activities, head to the Canary Islands and you might see graffiti telling tourists to go home. It’s no surprise then that many travellers are seeking out lesser-trod alternatives away from the crowds. You might not get to see iconic landmarks or eat in raved-about restaurants, but you’ll find space, peace, lower prices and a few surprises. Here are the best places for escaping the crowds, according to users of Reddit’s ...
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Eurostar has promised to power its trains with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. The plan was laid out in the company’s first sustainability report, released on Tuesday. It details plans to reduce energy use, source renewable power, minimise waste and promote train travel as a greener alternative to flying. How will Eurostar run on 100% renewables?Eurostar CEO Gwendoline Cazenave says the goal to switch to renewables by the end of the decade is “a deliberately ambitious target” aimed at “[accelerating] change across the sector”. It is seeking regulatory support for the rapid deployment of...
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What do we know about travel? And by that, I don’t just mean the joy of discovering new places, experiencing foreign cultures, and learning about the world. What I’d like to explore is the impact of tourism and travel on humankind, especially now that it has transformed from a choice pursuit of the eccentric few to a favourite pastime for millions. Going on eight years in the industry, I can say one thing with confidence: at its core, travel is a force for good in the world, and for policymakers, tourism offers one of the rare opportunities to stimulate local employment, generate revenue, and ...
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Visitors to Venice who fail to pay the entry fee to the historic city centre will face fines starting at 10 times the €5 ticket price. Starting this year, tourists will have to pay to enter the lagoon city, a move authorities have introduced to clamp down on overtourism. The charge will be in place on 29 days between April and mid-July. “We need to find a balance, a new balance between the tourists and residents,” said the municipal councillor for tourism, Simone Venturini. “We need to safeguard the spaces of the resident, of course, and we need to discourage the arrival of day trippers on par...
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Spain has topped a new list celebrating Europe’s hidden gems - coming in first and second place with the towns of Villajoyosa and Ares del Maestrat. European Best Destinations has just published its annual ranking of the ‘best hidden gems in Europe’ for 2024, a list that acknowledges places off the beaten track. This year’s selection includes 18 places across Europe, from Spain to Georgia, and focuses on spots far from the crowds that few tourists will ever have visited. The top 10 are particularly noteworthy. Here’s why you should add each of them to your travel bucket list. Enjoy the best of...
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For years, residents of Barcelona’s La Salut neighbourhood have had to share their bus route with crowds of tourists. The number 116 stops at Antoni Gaudí’s Park Güell, Barcelona’s second most popular attraction after the Sagrada Familia church. In other hotspot places around Europe, locals have tried to combat overcrowding with protests or ‘tourists go home’ stickers. But the Spanish city’s council has employed a novel tactic to give La Salut’s residents their bus back - the number 116 route has been wiped from Google and Apple maps Barcelona residents celebrate removal of bus route from onli...
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Activists in Venice have staged a protest against the new day-tripper entry fee which will come into force on 25 April. A social housing group occupied a council building on Tuesday morning, displaying banners with slogans criticising the €5 tourist charge. The organisation also announced plans for a demonstration on the day the ticket will be launched. The protesters say they want a different vision for the city which doesn’t put tourism front and centre. Venice activists slam council spending on entry feeActivists from Venice’s Social Assembly for Housing and the Solidarity Network for Housi...
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For those with a close eye on Europe’s best cities, it will come as little surprise that Zurich has come out on top on the latest ranking of the continent’s most liveable places. Switzerland’s largest city beat out everywhere else in Europe in the recently-released quality of life report from the European Commission. The body’s survey took in answers from some 71,153 residents from 83 cities across the EU, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, the United Kingdom, the Western Balkans and Turkey. While the findings, which used data from 2023, discovered that, on average, about 9 in 1...
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Forget Google and guidebooks: the best secret spots are those that come recommended by the people who really holiday there. With destinations across France accessible by train, staff at Rail Europe’s Paris office share where they love to travel. Get salty in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île“Noirmoutier-en-l'Île. There’s nothing like it,” says Rail Europe’s Caroline of this charming coastal gem, not far from Nantes. The island is famed for its ancient salt marshes - built by Benedictine monks in the fifth century - and offers tours of the salt harvest from June to September. Try the ‘white gold’ alongside ...
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For many of us, safaris conjure up ideas of luxury, exclusivity and owners paying no mind to sustainability. While that is sometimes the case, Lepogo Lodges operate in a very different manner. In South Africa's Lapalala Wilderness Reserve, this particular safari destination certainly offers a luxury experience, but it also gives back, too. At the forefront of sustainable tourism, the brains behind Lepogo set it up with a very different kind of safari lodge in mind - one that operates off-grid, embraces sustainable technologies and contributes to the surrounding land and nearby communities. To ...
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