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Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez has an unusual request for the guests ahead of their high-profile weddingTech billionaire and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez are set to tie the knot in Venice in Italy. But the couple has a...25 Jun, 2025, 04.03 PM IST- Venice fly-in trap for Bezos ShaadiVenice is witnessing growing protests against Jeff Bezos' extravagant wedding, symbolizing the city's struggle with overtourism. Residents ...16 Jun, 2025, 11.18 PM IST
- Pay to play: Venice expands day-tripper tax in bid to combat overtourismVenice is implementing a day-tripper tax for the second year to combat overtourism, charging €5-€10 depending on advance booking. Implement...19 Apr, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
- This historic Italian city has announced bold new measures to tackle overtourismFlorence is taking steps to combat overtourism with a new 10-point plan aimed at reducing the city's tourist influx, which has become a sou...14 Nov, 2024, 04.16 PM IST
- Venice to continue tourist entry fee in 2025Venice will extend its day-tripper tax into next year, increasing fees for last-minute bookings to address overtourism. Tourists without ad...25 Oct, 2024, 04.23 PM IST
- Climbers face ordeal at eastern China’s Yandang Mountain. Here’s what happenedA holiday season has led to overcrowding of the climbing route along the Yandang mountain in China. This led to many climbers experiencing ...08 May, 2024, 01.44 AM IST
- Venice introduces day-trip tickets in effort to manage tourism surgeStarting April 25, visitors will need a 5-euro ($5.45) one-day ticket, valid from 0830 to 1600 local time. The initiative aims to balance t...17 Jan, 2024, 10.30 AM IST
- Venice will limit tourist groups to 25 people starting in JuneThis announcement follows the city's previous disclosure of plans to trial a new day-tripper fee this year. Set at 5 euros ($5.45) per pers...31 Dec, 2023, 11.57 AM IST
- Venice to start charging €5 to enter the cityVenice will introduce a €5 fee for foreign visitors entering the city from spring 2024. The move aims to control tourism and will be a 30-d...12 Sep, 2023, 03.24 PM IST
- This European country has hit 'red line' with tourist crowdThe Belgian city of Bruges is struggling with excessive summer tourism, with eight million visitors each year, most on day trips. Locals sa...06 Aug, 2023, 12.57 PM IST
- Flooding in Venice worsens off-season amid climate changeVenice's unique topography, built on log piles among canals, has made it particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising sea levels are i...20 Oct, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
- From Australia's bleached corals to over-tourism in Venice, the World Heritage sites are in dangerSeveral spots risk losing their UN World Heritage status because of environmental damage.24 Jun, 2021, 06.03 PM IST
- Australia hits out at threatened UN downgrade of Great Barrier ReefThe UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef's World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral dec...22 Jun, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
- World Heritage sites threatened by climate change: StudyThe study, published in the journal Nature, presents a risk index that ranks the sites according to the threat they face from today until t...17 Oct, 2018, 02.26 PM IST
- Climate change threatens cultural heritage: UNThe Statue of Liberty, Uganda's gorilla forest, Stonehenge and Venice - the United Nations listed 31 protected sites threatened by sea leve...26 May, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
- Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico, this OctoberET-Travel offers you events in Luxury, Entertainment, Food, Sports, Music and Nightlife to experience around the world.15 Oct, 2015, 07.55 AM IST
- All art aficionados now can plan vacations to places rich in cultureIf fine arts is your forte, why not make vacation appreciating visual arts, dedicate to visiting art galleries, or fortnight in museum-frie...04 Sep, 2014, 09.59 AM IST
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