Future visitors to the stunning lakeside city of Como, northern Italy, may be asked to pay a tourist tax. This 14.34 square miles city nestled between the beautiful Lake Como and the Alps has increasingly become an attractive destination for tourists. While
British artist Lincoln Townley has celebrated ten years of the successful Bankers Collection with a special show at the world-renowned La Biennale in Venice. The collection of 24 abstract figurative oil paintings explores the controversial obsession with money, power and greed focusing
A beautiful European city, among the top holiday destinations for British tourists, is fighting back against the tourism tax. Venice is poised to impose a fee on day-trippers hoping to enter its historic center. Starting April 25, tourists will be required to
MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month will face fines starting at 10 times the
The Vatican on Monday unveiled its groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: A multimedia installation located inside Venice’s women’s prison, created with the active participation of inmates and artists and open to the public under strict security conditions. Pope
Tourism can be both a blessing and a curse for people living in popular holiday destinations. Some holiday hotspots beloved by foreign tourists have started listening to complaints made by locals who struggle to live comfortably in their cities due to rising prices,
Venice has announced it is banning two major things in a bid to prevent tourists running the historic powerhouse into the ground. The landmark ruling will kick into place from June next year. The iconic city has said groups of more than
A small group of tourists fell into a murky and cold canal in Venice, northern Italy, reportedly after ignoring the orders of their gondolier. A video widely circulating online shows tourists looking distressed and soaking wet while swimming and holding on for
A gondola in Venice, Italy, capsized after tourists didn’t listen to warnings to sit down and stop taking selfies. According to The Guardian, a group of tourists from China were taking selfies and moving around the gondola when orders were given to
ROME (AP) — Venice authorities on Thursday unveiled a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year in an effort to reduce crowds, encourage longer visits and improve the quality