World Travel & Tourism Council proposes six-step plan for smarter tourism management to address destination overcrowdingA new report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) highlights the growing strain on popular tourist destinations due to increased tr...
14 Jul, 2025, 02.28 PM IST
Surging travel in Europe spikes concerns over tourism's drawbacksEurope faces challenges due to a surge in tourism. Popular destinations like Barcelona and Venice are struggling with overcrowding. This st...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
Italian prison opens its first sex room for inmatesItaly has inaugurated its first sex room for prisoners, following a Constitutional Court ruling that recognized inmates' right to intimate ...
18 Apr, 2025, 10.02 PM IST
Travelling to Europe this year? Keep these 4 big changes in mindIn 2025, key changes include Rome’s Jubilee, drawing 39 million pilgrims, Venice’s new entry fee for day-trippers, and Paris Metro fare inc...
12 Mar, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Falling fares and an AI arms race: What travelers can expect in 2024Airfares in the US will decrease while international airfares will increase in 2024 due to increased airplane capacity and a drop in jet fu...
19 Jan, 2024, 11.48 AM IST
Travel in 2023: 12 months that 'took chaos to a new level'This year "took chaos to a new level," said Henry Harteveldt, a travel industry analyst for Atmosphere Research. "It seems that the world i...
25 Dec, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
Going to Europe this summer? You're not alone.Sicily isn't the only European destination bustling with tourists ahead of the peak summer season in July and August. After three years of ...
29 Jun, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Dollar firm as economic, pandemic gloom damp risk appetiteThe dollar index stood at 90.247, flat on the day but off last week's low of 90.043 set on Thursday.
25 Jan, 2021, 08.43 AM IST
Lesson not learned: Europe unprepared as second virus wave hitsTensions are rising in cities where new restrictions have been re-imposed, with hundreds of Romanian hospitality workers protesting this we...
10 Oct, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
Rescue boat funded by street artist Banksy evacuated after distress call, 200 migrants moved offThree people had died at sea before the arrival of the Louise Michel.
31 Aug, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
Lockdowns ease across Europe, Asia with new tourism rulesGreece lifted lockdown measures Monday for hotels, campsites, open-air cinemas, golf courses and public swimming pools, while beaches and m...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.28 PM IST
Virus deaths top 100,000 ahead of locked-down EasterMore than 1.6 million people have been infected globally and the death toll hit 100,859 on Friday -- with nearly 70 percent of fatal cases ...
11 Apr, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
Coronavirus mars Easter holidays as death toll nears 100,000Governments have forced businesses to close and limited the movement of half the world's population, halting economic activity and promptin...
10 Apr, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Recalling history's 10 deadliest diseases that came before the coronavirusBefore the coronavirus, the human race has had to deal with various epidemics and pandemics across the centuries. Many of them have claimed...
01 Mar, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Over-enthusiasm versus under-tourismIf even half a billion Indians decide to see their country, no spot will be uncrowded.
31 Aug, 2019, 09.00 AM IST
What the distinguished Bengalureans wish for in 2016As we enter 2016, Ipsita Basu and Divya J Shekhar speak to distinguished Bengalureans to know what they wish for the city in 2016
01 Jan, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
- Telecom industry has to correct itself to sustain: Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel
Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, Bharti Airtel, said industry has to correct itself to sustain and cater to customers with newer technologies and better...
15 Jun, 2011, 01.33 PM IST