BOSTON (SHNS) – Tourism has long been a bedrock sector in Massachusetts and the latest industry snapshot shows a bump in visitors and an even larger increase in visitor spending. Visitor expenditures ...

Around 10,000 people joined demonstrations against mass tourism on the Canary Islands, according to police estimates, the Spanish news agency Europapress reported on Sunday. The protests on the resort ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, cities that usually accommodated thousands of tourists per day got a taste of life without mass tourism – and some of them don’t want all of those people back.

Residents of Barcelona took out their frustrations against the increased mass tourism by visiting popular spots around the city this weekend and spraying people with water guns, demanding they go home ...

Reenactors dump tea into the Boston Harbor to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in 2023. Credit: STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Last month’s Boston Tea Party anniversary celebration ...

If you have visited Barcelona recently, you might have noticed something unusual going on. Since the early summer, central hotspots such as La Rambla and neighbourhoods such as Gracia and Parc Guell ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The state has awarded $5.9 million in grants to 61 cultural and tourism projects statewide, including nineteen in western Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Office of Travel and ...

PARIS — Invented in Hawaii, surfing gained popularity in the United States and Australia in the 1950s before becoming a global phenomenon. Now practiced in more than 150 countries, its spread has been ...

Massachusetts tourism industry leaders and workers are seeing positive signs ahead of this year's busy summer season following two years of pandemic-related blows. But, while there's more optimism for ...

From Berkshire theater programs to economic development in the North Quabbin region, Massachusetts House lawmakers approved millions more in tourism spending in the fiscal 2022 budget in hopes of ...

MEXICO CITY — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people ...