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MASS TOURISM PROTESTS
Maharashtra bars, permit rooms declare bandh on July 14 to protest tax hikesOver 20,000 bars and permit rooms in Maharashtra will close on July 14 due to the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association's protest against...- Europe clamps down on tourists: What Indian travellers must know before booking a ticketEurope is grappling with overtourism as record arrivals fuel protests and strain resources. Popular destinations face housing shortages, en...
- Indians avoid Spain travel amid soaring rentals, locals’ ireSpain is facing backlash from locals due to mass tourism, leading to accommodation shortages and increased prices. Consequently, Indian tra...
- Let's talk about...tourists, go home!Local residents in cities like Barcelona, Palma, and Granada took to the streets, armed not with placards, but water pistols. Their message...
- World’s most visited museum shuts down as staff strike protests on mass tourismThe Louvre Museum, grappling with overcrowding and staff concerns over working conditions, abruptly closed due to an emergency strike. Empl...
- Protesters in Europe march against over-tourism, target tourists with water gunsThousands protested across southern European cities, including Barcelona, Venice and Lisbon, against the detrimental effects of overtourism...
- Spontaneous protest by people is beginning of militancy's end: Omar AbdullahOmar Abdullah, then J&K chief minister, expressed profound sorrow and a sense of failure regarding the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 peopl...
- Ajit Pawar shown black flags at yatra in Pune; NCP demands clarification from FadnavisMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar encountered protests featuring black and BJP flags during his Jan Samman Yatra in Junnar, Pune...
- Another tourist hotspot in Europe says ‘no thanks’ to visitorsOne of Greece's beloved tourist destinations, Santorini, is now turning away visitors due to the problems caused by mass tourism. The islan...
- Barcelona residents protest against mass tourismThousands of protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to denounce mass tourism and its effect on Spain's most visited city, the latest in a...
- Venice begins charging tourists entry fee €5 as it looks to find ‘new balance’Venice has launched a pilot program to charge day-trippers a 5-euro entry fee to manage overtourism. The initiative aims to discourage visi...
- China eases 'zero-COVID' policy, scraps PCR test requirement for inbound travelersOver the last three years, China imposed an array of anti-virus controls to try to eliminate the virus from the community, including lockdo...
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe may expand Cabinet to include all partiesThe President is likely to expand the Cabinet to make it representative of all parties in Parliament, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said,...
- Massive protest in Sri Lanka mounts pressure on President Rajapaksa to quitSri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the UK in 1948.
- Sri Lanka restores social media platforms after 15 hoursThe services of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TokTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger were restored af...
- Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passes awayBahuguna, one of India's best known environmentalists, was admitted to the hospital on May 8 after testing positive for Covid. He had been ...
- Coronovirus scare hits Kerala's tourism sector, triggers wave of cancellationsThe Nipah outbreak of 2018-19, two consecutive monsoon floods in 2018, the worst in a century, and last year had hit hard the state's touri...
- Shutdown in Jammu & Kashmir ahead of SC hearingJ&K government, political parties and civil society members have appointed a battery of lawyers to defend the case in SC.
- Kashmir unites in defence of its special privilegesThe joint Hurriyat leadership has called for shutdown across the state on August 5 and 6. They have also threatened mass agitation if Artic...
- Thai airport closure a huge blow for tourism: ExpertsThe political strife that shut down Thailand's main international airport could devastate the kingdom's massive tourism industry, which is ...
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