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In Europe, New Trains and a Streamlined Booking App

Also in the works: streamlined digital booking and Eurostar competition.

Travel 2025: A New Emphasis on Local Communities in Travel

Travelers are interested in how their presence affects the residents of the places they are visiting. The travel industry is responding.

Golf Carts, Loudspeaker, Lockboxes: Florence Bans Tourism Headaches

The popular Tuscan destination is the most recent European city to consider measures aimed at making life in a tourism hot spot more bearable.

Zita Cobb on Community Tourism and Her Newfoundland Inn

The innkeeper at this luxury hotel on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island hopes other places might draw inspiration from an economic model in which tourism is in...

Global Hot Spots Take Aim at Overtourism

From Barcelona to Bali, higher fees and new rules are targeting overtourism and unruly behavior. Some locals are worried the changes will keep tourists away.

A New Gondola Takes Visitors to a Vanishing Alpine Glacier. Is That a Good Thing?

“Last-chance tourists” are visiting the melting Mer de Glace in Chamonix, France, in droves. A just-opened lift should make that easier. But some worry tourism...

Will My Next Trip Be by Train Instead of Plane?

In Europe, Asia and the U.S., new and expanded train service is making rail a viable alternative to flying.

In Europe, a Rail Renaissance is Underway

Amid concerns about climate change, demand for rail service is strong, and both governments and private investors are trying to keep up. Even Eurostar may...

How to Navigate the Unpredictability of Travel in the Age of Climate Change

Climate change upheavals brought on a season of extremes for travelers in the U.S., Europe and beyond. One thing is clear: Travel is changing.

Going to Europe? Be Prepared for New Visitor Taxes.

Driven by the climate crisis, the post-pandemic surge in visitors and a growing interest in making tourism work for local communities, European cities are finding...