Tourism

The bucket and spade jaunt gave way in the 80s to cheap package holidays in the Med. But now southern Europe’s just too hot, it’s time to hit the UK riviera

You can’t walk up the Spanish Steps, there’s nowhere to park and most sacreligiously of all, pre-cooked pasta dishes are now on display to lure tourists. Is the Eternal City on the verge of falling to the visiting hordes?

The country held out for years against the violence and the gangs. And then along came cocaine

As visitors soak up high art and cheap beer, a billionaire populist chameleon and his far right outriders cronies are ready to turn the Czech Republic upside down

Everyone wants to visit the historic city. But without intervention, Dubrovnik could soon face collapse

Italy’s one-euro homes are becoming a nightmare for local authorities – so they’re selling them off

Extreme summer heat, driven by climate change, is putting off tourists and having a devastating effect on the Eternal City’s economy

According to a recent ranking, Cala Goloritzé in Sardinia beat beach locations in Greece, the Seychelles, Mexico and the Maldives for the title

As the holiday season approaches, will tourists be welcome all over Europe – or will anti-tourism activists once again be targeting visitors?

Expats must learn that smaller rural Italian communities run on gossip

Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists

Gorizia and Nova Gorica share a history of division but are now united as the first transnational European Capital of Culture

As the industry says visitor spend has slipped behind our European rivals, an insider’s view of why some EU tourists have dropped Britain from their travel plans

While many cities in Spain struggle to cope with the effects of mass tourism, Benidorm’s sustainable model allows it to flourish

The city is a prime example of why Pedro Sánchez has cracked down on people from outside the EU buying property in Spain

The Marolles, the city’s popular cultural heart, has been changed by tourism

Campaigners in the Canary Islands are striving for a more sustainable tourism model

Leaving the EU has caused huge tensions on Gibraltar. Now the creators of the mess are campaigning against its solution

Valencia’s shores are paying the price of booming seasonal tourism

More Belgian in its culture than French, the north has nothing on the western coast

Thanks to affluent tourists, the city’s heart and soul is being auctioned off

The vast number of tourists make our home town unliveable

In Mallorca, native islanders are turning against tourists

Banning cruise ships may reduce pollution on the water, but it also creates its own set of issues

Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name

This tourist charge will not address the city's declining population, rising prices and lack of housing

A seven-week, million-step pilgrimage through Spain brings solitude, extreme heat – and some unexpected hospitality

The mayor of Naples has decided to cap the number of sunbathers on Posillipo’s beaches. But, Neapolitans are good at finding loopholes

Post-Brexit travel rules are killing any hopes of la dolce vita

The story of Odysseus’s Italian origins are surprisingly popular and Sicilian tourism companies know how to capitalise on this

The city wants to change its image. But this rebranding will be no mean feat

Ada Colau is the city’s mayor and she would prefer you to stay away