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Yes, you can still visit Barcelona. Here’s how to do it more responsibly.

Groups across Europe are calling for a day of anti-tourism protests in June, foreshadowing another summer of unrest.

For many locals, this isn’t about banning tourists. It’s about finding a sustainable balance

mediafaro.org/article/20250505

A street in Barcelona with the Sagrada Familia in the background. | Copyright Denise Jans/Unsplash
Euronews · Yes, you can still visit Barcelona. Here’s how to do it more responsibly.By Craig Saueurs

The civil engineer who stopped a port from being built in Tenerife.

Spaniard Carlos Mallo received the Goldman Prize this week, considered the Nobel Prize of environmentalism: ‘Tourism is the main factor damaging the islands’

The award comes at a turbulent time in the Canary Islands. A year ago, thousands of people took to the streets to protest the effects of mass tourism.

mediafaro.org/article/20250427

El País · The civil engineer who stopped a port from being built in Tenerife.By Guillermo Vega

North Wales is a dystopian tourist hell today.

All very sad: everybody causing traffic chaos, parking nightmares, just to take an 'Insta' shot and then leave, often dumping their rubbish on the ground behind them.

Three more years, and I'm out of here. It's become a very, very sick joke.

Der neuer, breiter, geschotterter Weg entlang der Fjaðrárgljúfur-Schlucht soll die empfindliche Landschaft schützen. Er kanalisiert die Besucherströme und verhindert Trittschäden an der Vegetation. Gleichzeitig verändert er aber auch das Naturerlebnis und ist ein deutlich sichtbares Zeichen für die Herausforderungen des Overtourism in Island.
14.05.2025, #iceland #Fjadrargljufur #overtourism