With the slogan ‘make sure we don’t become like Venice‘, they do not mean that they sink into the water, but drown under mass tourism. With a tourist tax the city of Doges hopes to avert the disaster. Will that work and, if so, who will follow the Venetian example, Knack magazine inquires, rising issue…
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Champagne sales decline
Penalised by a further decline in France and the United Kingdom, champagne sales fell in 2018 to their lowest level since 2004 in the number of bottles shipped from the cellars. For the first time in a hundred years, volumes sold in France were lower than those sold for export outside the EU. “The decline…
Rescue on Nanga Parbat delayed
A group of Russian mountaineers willing to search for two missing climbers, an Italian and a Briton, on Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat have decided to cancel the mission because of the high risk of avalanche. Previously four Russian mountaineers led by Vassily Pivtsov volunteered to start a rescue operation, but weather conditions have changed drastically. If…
Italy tourist “high tight”
The Colosseum stays the Italy’s most visited art site through 2018 followed by Pompeii and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the culture ministry announced. Colosseum, Pompeii, Uffizi most visited. Number of visitors to art sites up 5 mn last yr https://t.co/WJTtZ22yBN — Ansa English News (@ansa_english) February 15, 2019 State museums and archaeological sites were visited…
La BRAFA: Art Without Frontiers
“Art Without Frontiers” – because never before has Brafa hosted so many foreign galleries. Numbering 84, these now represent 63% of the total number of exhibitors. And this is to be applauded, as it confirms both the stability of the national market, where the myth of the Belgian collector is clearly still seductive, and the…
‘Mad Meg’ is back to Antwerp Museum
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Mad Meg is back home at the Mayer van den Bergh Museum in Antwerp after a two-year absence. The painting will be back on show as one of Mayer van den Bergh’s star attractions from 22 January onward. Having undergone thorough restoration at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels, the…
Italy hosts six million tourists for Christmas
More than six million foreign tourists will visit Italy during the Christmas and New year holidays, according to a new survey. The Centro Studi Turistici poll said foreign tourists would mostly vacation in mountain resorts. https://twitter.com/I__Love__Italy/status/1074261647735304192 Tourists flows will especially rise from Switzerland, the Middle East and Australia and New Zealand, said the poll of 1,613…
Colosseum Superstar!
The Colosseum in Rome has been visited by 7.4 million tourists this year, an increase of 5.7% with respect to 2017, Alfonsina Russo, the director of the archaeological park that the monument is part of, said. Russo was speaking at the presentation of the new logo and website of the Colosseum archaeological park. 🔵 #Colosseo,…
Leonardo da Vinci 500 anniversary
Loire Valley is preparing to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci. Marcel Duchamp coined a legendary art historical pun with 1919's 'L.H.O.O.Q, Mona Lisa With Moustache.' pic.twitter.com/fIXHwwJh65 — Saatchi Gallery (@saatchi_gallery) April 28, 2017 From January to December 2019, over 500 cultural events have been scheduled, including exhibits, performances, concerts…
Tourists caught in Yellow Vests protests
Yellow Vests movement causes the whole spectrum of reactions from the tourists: it fascinates, and even enchants some of them, coming as usual from all over the world to admire French capital, it scares the other, making them flee. Although an element of fear is strongly present, it is also a keen interest in life of…
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