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A tourist counting system is ready in Venice. It consists of 34 devices that will be set up in the main points of the city. They will be included during the Carnival on the Grand Canal starting on Saturday, where, as every year, thousands of people are expected.more

Polish policemen are patrolling the slopes in the Italian Alps, where they help Polish tourists resting in the area - the Polish police and the Polish embassy in Italy have informed.more

The aircraft of the national carrier PLL LOT from the airport in Jasionka will fly to Gdańsk and Croatian Zadar. The connections will be launched in April this year. more

Almost two-thirds of adult Poles plan to spend at least two days this year, according to research conducted by CBOS. Last year, 55 percent of the Polish population went on such vacation.more

This year, Poles almost three times more willingly than a year ago decide to go to a foreign ski resort, according to Kayak.pl. more

Travel firms are insisting that "everything will remain the same" for holidaymakers after Brexit.more

Paid booking of visits to St. Mark's Basilica in Venice on a selected date and free admission tickets - these are changes announced from spring. The money from the reservation will be used for the conservation of the temple, which suffered as a result of the flood.more

The number of foreign tourists visiting Poland is growing. In the first three quarters of 2019, there were 8.2% more than in the same period of 2018. The highest growth dynamics was recorded on the South Korean market - 67.3%.more

Rome's city council assembly has backed plans to install a barrier around the famed Trevi Fountain to protect the Baroque monument from hordes of tourists.more

Spain hit a record of tourist arrivals for the seventh year in a row, Industry and Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Monday, adding that she was optimistic about 2020, but without providing any specific forecast.more

Spain's Balearic Islands banned pub crawl tours and happy hours in three holiday hotspots on Friday in a string of new measures to crack down on binge-drinking tourists. The new regulations also outlawed "balconing", where revellers jump off balconies, often into hotel swimming pools - a practice that has killed dozens of drunken visitors over the years.more

Photographs of a foreigner selling bracelets in Sri Lanka cause a debate among internet users and journalists about the begging of Western tourists. Some of the participants express outrage at this phenomenon in social media.more

The Spanish Supreme Court ruled in favor of apartment owners renting private premises to tourists in the center of Madrid. more

More and more tourists from the United Arab Emirates report near Giewont. They feast, visit, spend money ... sometimes they will even buy real estatemore

A day after rumbling to life, the Taal Volcano in the central Philippines began to spew lava on Monday - and officials warn that eruptions could last months or even years. The volcano is located in the Batangas province and is the country's second most active volcano.more

The small medieval village of Corenno Plinio, a hidden gem overlooking Italy's Lake Como, is set to charge visitors a daily entrance fee in a bid to make it a tourist hub, dividing opinion among the tiny local population. more

A motorist drove into a large tour group in the Italian city of Luttach, killing at least six people and injuring others. It was unclear what caused the incident, but authorities believe it was not intentional.more

The Polish consulate in Milan informed Polish tourists staying in Italy about the high avalanche risk in the Italian Alps. In recent days, four people died in avalanches in this country.more

Workers at Portway, which provides ground handling to airport passengers, began a three-day strike today in protest at what they say is a freeze on career progression and other rights. more

Tickets for the Colosseum will also include a swathe of sites in the Roman forum from January 1, the culture ministry recalled on Tuesday.more

The drowning of a man and his two children in a resort swimming pool on the Costa del Sol was a "tragic accident", the hotel owners have said.more

During the Christmas and New Year period, Poles are most likely to go to Egypt, which has 40% market share - the Polish Chamber of Tourism reports.more

Long ago there were not so many free places for New Year's Eve in the Polish mountains. The number of reservations has dropped by as much as a quarter.more

The Empire State Building was been named by the ride-hail app service as the number one tourist attraction in the world that its users traveled to in 2019.more

Come to Venice, the city is alive - mayor Luigi Brugnaro encourages tourists after the recent flood in response to the cancellation of hotel reservations. The city is visited by 20 million people every year.more