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On Sunday October 27th, around 1,000 people left the city’s Alderdi Eder gardens at 12 noon and marched through several streets in the Old Town chanting and shouting demands for a decrease in the number of tourists who visit the Gipuzkoan capital. The main requests were a ban on tourist apartments and stopping the promotion of […]
Inside Italy is our weekly look at some of the news, talking points and gossip from Italy that you might not have heard about. It’s published each Saturday and members can receive it directly to their inbox by going to their newsletter preferences or adding their email to the sign-up box in this article. ‘Short-term […]
2024 has been the year when Spaniards have spoken out against their mass tourism model and the impact it’s having on their lives, in particular how it’s contributing to the country’s housing crisis. The country’s overtourism problems are not actually new, but a surge in visitors since the end of the pandemic, the acute proliferation […]