Mass tourism has turned the Italian city of Florence into a “prostitute,” the director of Galleria dell’Accademia has said, sparking anger and calls for her to step down. Although Cecilie Hollberg has ...
The recent abuse of some young Belgian tourists who jumped off the San Marco bridge in the lower canal has exacerbated the patience of the local authorities who are seriously studying a plan to ...
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FLORENCE — Anyone visiting the Florence Sports Complex on Saturday would have had trouble finding a place to park. Dozens of young tennis players tested their mettle at the tennis center Feb. 24 while ...
ROME (AP) — The city of Florence took new measures Tuesday to crack down on overtourism, just as the Italian government hosts the Group of Seven tourism ministers in the Renaissance city and seeks to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florence is stepping up its fight against mass tourism by ordering vacation rental owners to remove self check-in keyboxes by ...
A tourist has caused thousands of dollars in damage to a 16th-century monument in Florence, Italy, after climbing on it during a bachelorette party, according to authorities.