Increased interest in the Quality of Life offered by cities and other places has focussed more attention on the role played by the...

A number of widely publicised cases of tourists defacing ancient monuments in Italy has shed light on the continuing debate around the...

I have always enjoyed reading Jim Butcher’s analyses of the relationship between tourism and culture. So of course I was eager to read...

In 2023 Amsterdam made waves as the first city to embrace the Doughnut economy model developed by British economist Kate Raworth. Time...

Smaller places are often in the shadow of global cities such as London, Paris and New York. Big cities have big marketing budgets,...

Residents and visitors in Amsterdam are used to seeing long queues for leading attractions in the city, such as the Anne Frank House or...

The Tate Modern art museum in London is one of the world’s most popular cultural tourism attractions, with 5.5 million visits a year. The...

Street art seems to be everywhere these days. Not just in the grimy back streets of major cities the world over, but increasingly in...

Amsterdam has always prided itself on being an open, tolerant, welcoming city. It has long attracted talent from elsewhere to develop the...

A recent article in the Guardian describes how residents of São Paulo turned an elevated roadway into a spot for sunbathing and other...

Festivals and the cities that host them have close and dynamic relationships. In many cases the festival becomes the city, and vice...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has just announced a ‘first and last’ exhibition of all the paintings by the Dutch master Vermeer for 2023....

The city of Amsterdam recently reported that measures taken to reduce the number of Airbnb properties have been successful, with a...