The Irish Times • 9/21/2026
These European cities want fewer tourists, but its airports have other ideas
Airport expansions in Venice, Barcelona and Mallorca can undermine local efforts to restrain overtourism and enable more tourists to come
Outside the Santa Lucia train station in Venice this summer, officers equipped with QR scanners stopped visitors to make sure they had paid the day-tripper fee intended to curb overtourism. Yet just kilometres away, construction was under way on an e... [5962 chars]
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