Venice’s tourist problem: Are day trippers we...

If you’re living thousands of miles from home, how do you keep in touch, especially when your loved ones don’t have reliable internet? There’s a growing market across Africa and beyond for apps helping to cut the costs of international calls to older phones. And some operators ha ...  Show more

Germany is in the throes of a demographic crisis, in which there are not enough young people entering the labour market to replace those who are retiring. There is an annual net loss of 400,000 to the workforce and the shortage is particularly acute in many of the traditional cra ...  Show more

Day trippers will have to pay €5 to visit the famous Italian city. The local government wants to discourage low-budget tourists who don't stay overnight in Venice. We get the latest. Mining giant BHP has proposed a buyout of Anglo American. The $39bn deal would forge the world's ...  Show more

Travel companies have recently had to weather the storms of recession for their customers and major upheaval at popular holiday destinations around the world.Evan Davis finds out how airlines and tour companies plan for their seasonal business in light of economic crisis in Greec ...  Show more

Located at the northernmost end of the Adriatic Sea lies the city of Venice.  Venice is truly unlike any other city in the world. It is a collection of 118 small islands connected by bridges and ferries. Its unique geography allowed Venice to become one of the most powerful citie ...  Show more

Le secteur du tourisme, c'est plus de 1 400 milliards de dollars en 2023 et 1,3 milliard de touristes l'année dernière. Après le coup d'arrêt de la pandémie, les niveaux pré-Covid-19 qui battaient des records devraient être de nouveau atteints cette année. - La ville de Kyoto, l' ...  Show more