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The World Has Become Too Popular – Crowds Are Ruining Everything From The Louvre To Everest

“This phenomenon is known as overtourism, and like breakfast margaritas on an all-inclusive cruise, it is suddenly everywhere. A confluence of macroeconomic factors and changing business trends have led more tourists crowding to popular destinations. That has led to environmental degradation, dangerous conditions, and the immiseration and pricing-out of locals in many places. And it … Continue reading “The World Has Become Too Popular – Crowds Are Ruining Everything From The Louvre To Everest”

First-Ever Biennale Of Australian Art Has Collapsed Into Insolvency

“It seemed like a good idea at the time. Bringing hundreds of Australian artists together in [an inland, non-state-capital] city for a large arts festival could turbo-charge Ballarat’s creative industries, and bring thousands of tourists to the city.” The event did take place, ending in November, but many artists and vendors haven’t been paid, and … Continue reading “First-Ever Biennale Of Australian Art Has Collapsed Into Insolvency”

Live-Streaming Broadway Makes Sense. But It’s Been REALLY Hard To Get There

In reality, much of Broadway’s success comes from a handful of breakout hits, while the majority of shows never turn a profit. Long-running favorites like The Lion King or Wicked may consistently attract tourists, but that doesn’t help the houses that either struggle to fill seats or aren’t reaching their full potential. Of the 32 … Continue reading “Live-Streaming Broadway Makes Sense. But It’s Been REALLY Hard To Get There”

Rowdy Children Smash Glass Sculpture In Museum As Parents Capture It All On Video

“Just when you’d thought you’d seen it all when it comes to art-breaking mishaps (selfie seekers, I’m looking at you), along comes this incredible footage from China of two boys fracturing a sculpture in the Shanghai Museum of Glass.”

New $300 Million Movie Museum – Battling For The Soul Of A Story

“Even as the museum hurtles toward ground-breaking later this year, what remains unresolved is exactly what it will be: an elevated backlot tour designed to celebrate Hollywood and pack in tourists, an important institution devoted to telling the real and not-always-laudatory history of film, or a potentially awkward hybrid?”

Pompeii Restorers Arrested For Corruption

“They are also accused of breaking the terms of the state of emergency by overspending on various restoration projects and agreeing to non-essential work on the site, which draws some 2.5 million tourists each year.”

Broadway Box Office Bulging

“Spring has clearly sprung on Broadway, with a rising tide of spring-break tourists helping to fuel a strong week that saw every single show in the top 10 break the $1 million mark.”

Stonehenge Rescue Plan Stalls

“Once painted by Constable, who praised it as standing “remote on a bare and boundless heath”, Stonehenge has declined into a place mostly tourists visit, and then only once, a break on a trip from Oxford to Bath.”

It Was A Very Good Year

“Broadway has had a record-breaking year for attendance and box office earnings, thanks to the success of plays such as Julia Roberts’ Three Days of Rain. Theatregoers on Broadway topped the 12 million mark for the first time, with a strong attendance by tourists. Ticket sales increased 12 per cent to $861.6m during the 2005-2006 … Continue reading “It Was A Very Good Year”

Making The Sand Safe From Artists

Groups of artists creating elaborate sand sculptures on the beaches of Durbin, South Africa have become an attraction. “Foreign tourists, in particular, have been blown away by the beachfront artists who earn a humble living from the tips they get for shaping everything from sharks and mermaids to lounging lions.” But the artists say some … Continue reading “Making The Sand Safe From Artists”