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Tourists can finally visit the Oval Office. A replica is opening near the White House on Monday
A new tourist stop in Washington is offering visitors the next best thing to being in the Oval Office. It’s a life-sized replica decorated just like President Joe Biden’s Oval Office, right down to the weathered family Bible on a side table.
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Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism' in the summer of 2024
Wandering is surging, rather than leveling off, driven by lingering revenge travel, digital nomad campaigns and so-called golden visas blamed in part for skyrocketing housing prices.
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Venice nets $2.2 million in day-tripper tax pilot. Opponents say it failed to deter visitors
Venice is wrapping up a pilot program charging day-trippers a 5-euro entrance fee. It is more than 2 million euros richer and determined to continue, but opponents called the experiment that ends Sunday a failure.
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American woman reported missing in Bahamas amid US-issued travel advisory for island
A Chicago woman was reported missing during a trip to The Bahamas, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
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Machu Picchu tourism suffers as Peru's government announces new ticketing system
Peru’s government has backtracked on plans to outsource the sale of entry tickets to Machu Picchu to a private company.
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‘They just come, take a nice selfie … and leave.' Overtourism returns, but cities are fighting back
Cities and tourist sites are trying different tactics to combat overtourism. Two researchers discuss what’s working and the need for “regenerative travel.”
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Manslaughter charges possible after US book publishing exec killed in motorboat crash in Italy
A prosecutor in southern Italy says the boat crash that killed a U.S. tourist off the Amalfi Coast is being investigated as a case of possible manslaughter.
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Not again: Another tourist caught defacing the Colosseum
For the second time in less than a month, a tourist has been caught carving their name into the wall of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
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WATCH: Tourist defaces nearly 2,000-year-old Colosseum
Italian ministers are searching for the man who carved “Ivan+Haley 23” into the wall of the Colosseum in Rome.
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American Tourist Shot in the Leg at Mexican Resort Town on Caribbean Coast
Prosecutors said the American was approached by several suspects near midnight Monday and they shot him in the leg.