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Financial discipline: FTI wants to pay hoteliers more punctually again: Following the announced takeover by the US investor Certares, the FTI Group has ...
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Financial discipline: FTI wants to pay hoteliers more punctually again
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Overcrowded Venice introduces first payment charge for tourists: VENICE, April 25 (Reuters) - Venice becomes the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce ...
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Overcrowded Venice introduces first payment charge for tourists
Quick Glance: Venice pioneers payment system for managing tourism influx
  • Venice will become the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for tourists in an attempt to reduce the crowds during peak seasons.

  • Visitors not staying overnight must pay a 5 euro entry fee online before entering the city on April 25, with random checks and fines for those who fail to register.

  • The city may consider charging higher fees at certain times of the year to discourage arrivals in the future.

  • Measures include banning large cruise ships, limiting tourist group sizes, and addressing the impact of mass tourism on Venice's fragile ecosystem.
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Russia, US clash at UN Security Council meeting over nuclear weapons in space: Russia on Wednesday vetoed a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution ...
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Russia, US clash at UN Security Council meeting over nuclear weapons in ...
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Israel fumes as UN secretary-general leaves Hamas off sexual violence blacklist: Foreign Ministry denounces UN chief as 'standing shoulder to shoulder with ...
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Israel fumes as UN secretary-general leaves Hamas off sexual violence ...
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Mass graves in the Gaza Strip what we know: Palestinians report that hundreds of dead have been discovered in mass graves in the Gaza Strip. Who are the dead ...
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Mass graves in the Gaza Strip what we know
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Israel 'moving ahead' with Rafah offensive to target Hamas: Israel says aid has begun moving into Gaza more quickly after international pressure to increase ...
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Israel 'moving ahead' with Rafah offensive to target Hamas
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Venice begins charging day-trippers to enter city: Venice has begun to charge day-trippers looking to enter the historic Italian city, a world-first intended to ...
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Venice begins charging day-trippers to enter city
Quick Glance: Venice: Protests Over New 5 Euro Fee for Day-Trippers
  • Hundreds of locals protest against the new entry fee

  • City aims to reduce overcrowding and restore balance

  • Introduces tickets required on specific days and times

  • City plans further measures to combat mass tourism
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Russia, US clash at UN Security Council meeting over nuclear weapons in space: Russia on Wednesday vetoed a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution ...
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Russia, US clash at UN Security Council meeting over nuclear weapons in ...
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Israel Yet to Offer Proof UN Staff in Gaza Have Ties to Hamas: (Bloomberg) -- Israel has yet to provide evidence that workers for the United Nations relief ...
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Israel Yet to Offer Proof UN Staff in Gaza Have Ties to Hamas
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Venice to make day trippers buy entry tickets from Thursday, a world first: Venice will this week begin requiring day trippers to pay for entry ...
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Venice to make day trippers buy entry tickets from Thursday, a world first
Quick Glance: New Entry System in Venice
  • Venice's city government initiates an experiment to manage visitor influx.

  • A 5 Euro entry fee required on 29 days a year, QR code and ticket necessary.

  • Exceptions for locals, children under 14, and specific groups.

  • Debates on the plans, criticism of the measures, and approval from hoteliers.
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Children among 16 dead after asylum-seeker boat capsizes off Djibouti: UN: At least 28 others are missing after a boat carrying 77 asylum seekers sinks ...
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Children among 16 dead after asylum-seeker boat capsizes off Djibouti: UN
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Maduro announces return of UN rights office to Venezuela: President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that a United Nations human rights office would begin ...
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Maduro announces return of UN rights office to Venezuela
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Portugal has to “pay costs” for its colonial past - President | Africanews: Portugal’s president said late on Tuesday (Apr. 23) that his country was responsible ...
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Portugal has to “pay costs” for its colonial past - President | Africanews
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Dertour Group Manager: Laura Steden joins the Futouris Board: The board of the Futouris initiative has a new member, Laura Steden, Director of Corporate ...
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Dertour Group Manager: Laura Steden joins the Futouris Board
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UN Watchdog to Travel to Tehran Over Concerns Iran Could Build a Nuclear Weapon: The United Nations’ atomic watchdog expects to meet senior Iranian officials ...
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UN Watchdog to Travel to Tehran Over Concerns Iran Could Build a Nuclear ...
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Iran, Pakistan urge UN Security Council to take action against Israel: Iran and Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council in a joint statement ...
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Iran, Pakistan urge UN Security Council to take action against Israel
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Fines for Bremen's tourism magnets: The ships at the Schlachte are part of the maritime flair of the strolling mile. Accordingly, they are not missing from any ...
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Fines for Bremen's tourism magnets
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The West has lost its judgment: Some 200 humanitarian workers, almost all Palestinians, have died in Gaza due to attacks by the Israeli army ...
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The West has lost its judgment
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UN officials urge UK to reconsider plan to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda: GENEVA: Two United Nations top officials on Tuesday called on the UK to reconsider ...
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UN officials urge UK to reconsider plan to transfer asylum seekers to ...
Quick Glance: British Parliament Approves Deportations to Rwanda
  • The controversial plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has been approved by the British Parliament.

  • Despite resistance in the upper house and multiple votes, the law was passed.

  • Prime Minister Sunak is pushing for deportations to deter refugees from dangerous crossings.

  • Experts question the effectiveness of the measure, while concerns about costs and legal implications persist.
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UN Calls For Independent Investigation Into Gaza Mass Graves : The United Nations called for an independent investigation into mass graves found around Gaza ...
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UN Calls For Independent Investigation Into Gaza Mass Graves 
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UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals: Palestinian officials say more than 300 bodies have been found at Nasser and al-Shifa ...
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UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
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Taliban government joins climate change talks for first time : The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and ...
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Taliban government joins climate change talks for first time 
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Security plan for Gaza aid workers still unclear with military pier to open soon: The U.N. wants its security forces to protect aid workers, one official says.
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Security plan for Gaza aid workers still unclear with military pier to ...
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In numbers: 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza: More than 34,000 Palestinians killed and vast swathes of the enclave are in ruins as Israel continues its assault.
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In numbers: 200 days of Israel’s war on Gaza
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UN calls for investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals: United Nations leaders demanded a “clear, transparent and credible” investigation Tuesday ...
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UN calls for investigation into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals
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Global talks to tackle plastic pollution hit critical stage: Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the ...
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Global talks to tackle plastic pollution hit critical stage
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U.S. Refuses to Back U.N. Calls for Probe into Mass Graves at Gaza Hospitals: The Senate approved sending more money to Israel on the same day that the United ...
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U.S. Refuses to Back U.N. Calls for Probe into Mass Graves at Gaza ...
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Asia hit hardest by climate and weather disasters last year, says UN: Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023 ...
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Asia hit hardest by climate and weather disasters last year, says UN
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Annual conference in Turkey (with gallery): This is how TLTU wants to advance mobile advice
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Annual conference in Turkey (with gallery): This is how TLTU wants to ...
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Sexual violence in conflict increased by 50% in 2023, says UN | Africanews: The UN's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict presented the annual ...
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Sexual violence in conflict increased by 50% in 2023, says UN | Africanews
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PA’s Abbas threatens to reconsider ties with US after veto of UN membership bid: Palestinian leader rails at Washington which he says 'continues to support the ...
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PA’s Abbas threatens to reconsider ties with US after veto of UN ...
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U.N. Finds Palestinian Refugee Agency Suffers From Political Bias: An investigation uncovered social-media posts and textbooks that allegedly violate U.N ...
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U.N. Finds Palestinian Refugee Agency Suffers From Political Bias
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US-Russia faceoff at UNSC over nukes in space : The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space at the United Nations Security ...
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US-Russia faceoff at UNSC over nukes in space
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Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years, says WHO: Infants accounted for 101 million of the lives saved through immunisation over the five decades.
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Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years, says WHO
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US veto sinks latest Palestinian bid for full UN membership: The United States on Thursday spoiled a long-shot Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership ...
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US veto sinks latest Palestinian bid for full UN membership
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Cooperation with E-Confirm: My travel agency 24 introduces smart search: The stationary online platform Mein Reisebüro 24 announces the introduction of the ...
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Cooperation with E-Confirm: My travel agency 24 introduces smart search
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As reality and perception clash, how is the economy really doing?: The Human Development Report considers why there is a gap between data showing improving ...
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As reality and perception clash, how is the economy really doing?
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Iran downplays reported Israeli attack; US 'not involved,' Blinken says: Live updates
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Iran downplays reported Israeli attack; US 'not involved,' Blinken says: ...
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Jimmy Davis-Goff: Death of an adventurer with an ‘all-encompassing sense of life’
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Jimmy Davis-Goff: Death of an adventurer with an ‘all-encompassing sense ...
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Tourism with rationed water and jerricans: “The tourism sector has to adapt to the situation we are experiencing, which is absolutely abnormal ...
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Tourism with rationed water and jerricans
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Turkic Week begins in Geneva: Exhibition presents diverse array of cultural artifacts, photos, handicrafts and paintings
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Turkic Week begins in Geneva
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Türkiye (with pictures): Side reinvents itself as a cultural holiday destination: The historic core of the holiday resort on the Turkish Riviera ...
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Türkiye (with pictures): Side reinvents itself as a cultural holiday ...
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Due to staff shortages: Holiday Land wants to hire “counter seniors”: Tourism companies have been looking for solutions to stem the shortage of skilled workers ...
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Due to staff shortages: Holiday Land wants to hire “counter seniors”
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Tánaiste visits refugee camp during Middle East visit: Tánaiste Micheál Martin has visited a UNRWA Palestinian refugee camp south of the Jordanian capital Amman ...
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Tánaiste visits refugee camp during Middle East visit
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Timo Kohlenberg: USA tourism - what if Trump becomes president?: Timo Kohlenberg, USA expert and managing director of America Unlimited, says that after Donald ...
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Timo Kohlenberg: USA tourism - what if Trump becomes president?
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Dr. Fried & Partner: Study examines German travel sales: The management consultancy Dr. Fried & Partner is launching a large-scale study on travel sales in ...
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Dr. Fried & Partner: Study examines German travel sales
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UN in Libya urges probe into death of detained activist: The United Nations Libya mission (UNSMIL) urged authorities in the eastern-ruled part of the country to ...
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UN in Libya urges probe into death of detained activist
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Tourism players fault Mutua over hotel classification: Stakeholders in the tourism industry have hit out at Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua ...
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Tourism players fault Mutua over hotel classification
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Haiti: UN says deaths rising sharply as gangs vie for power: A quarterly UN report on the situation in Haiti has logged a 50% increase in deaths in the country ...
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Haiti: UN says deaths rising sharply as gangs vie for power
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Meet The Billionaire Betting Big On An Idyllic Island Retreat In The Philippines: Inside Andrew Tan's $720 million eco-tourism project in the country’s pristine ...
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Meet The Billionaire Betting Big On An Idyllic Island Retreat In The ...
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Too Many Tourists? Barcelona Is Throwing Them Under the Bus: No one likes overcrowding, but cities should be careful not to make things too difficult for ...
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Too Many Tourists? Barcelona Is Throwing Them Under the Bus
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USAID, UN’s World Food Program to help US distribute aid in Gaza via sea route: America working on temporary pier for aid transfer after strike that killed WCK ...
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USAID, UN’s World Food Program to help US distribute aid in Gaza via sea ...
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Here are 3 key sectors for growth with deepening China-Gulf relations: As China-Gulf ties tighten, focusing on renewable energy, financial markets ...
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Here are 3 key sectors for growth with deepening China-Gulf relations
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May 7th | Counter Place Live Talk: How do you attract future tourism professionals from Gen Z?
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Thanks to the UN's bias against Israel, Islamic extremism reached Europe - opinion
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