Should countries or cities charge exorbitant access fees to tourists? Could you charge day-trippers something much more significant – say, £100 – for access to Venice, or £50 to visit Santorini…
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Japan wants to charge tourist visitors more than locals
Amid Record Visitation Japanese Leaders Discuss Charging Tourists Higher Costs Than Locals | TravelPulse in some cases, charging tourists up to 4x more than Japanese citizens.
Continue readingBarcelona tourism to drop “Visit Barcelona” slogan
Barcelona’s tourism promotion will change slogans, seeks to have fewer visitors spending more money.
Continue readingClick-bait Media: 18 countries that don’t want American tourists (it’s not true)
100% Fiction, fake travel news
Continue readingAre we tilting in favor of immigrants in the U.S.?
Having global skills, or being an immigrant, or having multiple citizenships – is becoming class distinction.
Continue reading14% of Congressional Members are immigrants or children of immigrants
Many members of Congress were born abroad, or are the children of immigrants. In most cases, they have or can qualify for dual citizenship. The % is actually less than the overall population, however.
Continue readingEurope may eventually limit travelers to wealthy tourists
Growing anti-tourist movement would like to limit tourism to wealthier visitors spending more money. Restrictions have already been put in place in many global travel locations.
Continue readingIs “travel writing” exploitive?
Has the surge in “travel writers” turned into exploitation of local peoples and their communities?
Continue readingMore: Spainards tell tourists “Go Home”
And it worked! We’ve canceled our plans to eventually visit Spain.
Continue readingSomething I shared on Facebook regarding “moving abroad”
On Facebook I have begun getting ads from a vendor that wants to sell you a book explaining how you can easily move abroad – and even get a foreign…
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