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Is climate change lighting a fuse under Iceland’s volcanoes?

October 26, 2024217 Views

Scientists are racing to find out whether the rapid retreat of glaciers could drive a surge in eruptions as magma builds under the island nation — and if so, whether the same might occur at ice-covered volcanoes around the world, putting many lives at risk. Toxic sulphurous gas, carrying the telltale reek of rotten eggs, wafted through vents in the steep walls of Iceland’s Viti crater, while carbon dioxide bubbled to the surface of the milky blue crater lake. Veils of steam wreathed the landscape of loose rock in eerie half-light. Through this forbidding terrain – “Viti” is derived from the Icelandic for “hell” – Michelle Parks, a volcanologist with the Icelandic Meteorological Office, picked her way toward the water’s edge one day last August. With a monitor strapped...

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Warsaw opens a new modern art museum leaving the communist legacy behind

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October 25, 2024257 Views

A modern art museum designed by American architect Thomas Phifer opens its doors in the Polish capital Friday — a minimalist, light-filled structure that is meant to be a symbol of openness and tolerance as the city tries to free itself from its communist legacy. The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw sits like a bright white box on a major city street. Inside, a monumental staircase with geometric lines rises to upper floors, where large windows flood the gallery rooms with light. City and museum officials say the light and open spaces are meant to attract meetings and debate — and become a symbol of the democratic era that Poland embraced when it threw off authoritarian communist rule 35 years ago. Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski said the museum’s opening is a “historic moment f...

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Ancient Pompeii site uncovers tiny house with exquisite frescoes

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October 25, 2024225 Views

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes, the site said on Thursday. The dwelling, called the House of Phaedra after the mythological queen of Athens who features in one of its wall paintings, sheds light on changing architectural styles in the first century AD, the Pompeii archaeological park said in a statement. A detail of a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes is pictured in the archaeological site in Pompeii, Italy, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 24, 2024. Parco Archeologico di Pompei/Handout via REUTERS Unlike many of the houses excavated at the site, it was not built ...

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Pay up if you want to see Notre-Dame, French minister wants to tell tourists

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October 24, 2024191 Views

France should charge visitors a small fee to see the Notre-Dame cathedral to help the country keep its world-famous churches and cathedrals in shape, the culture minister said. Rachida Dati told newspaper Le Figaro in an interview published late on Wednesday that by charging only 5 euros per visitor Notre-Dame could raise 75 million euros ($81 million) a year. View of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, as restoration works continue before its reopening, in Paris, France, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq In France, where secularism is part of the national identity, the state is in charge of maintaining the country's religious sites, including 15,000 classified as historic monuments, which are usually free of charge. Notre-Dame has ...

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Venice expands tourist entry fee system to include more days

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October 24, 2024263 Views

Venice is going to broaden its tourist entry fee system in 2025, almost doubling the number of days visitors will have to pay to see the lagoon city, and hiking the price for last-minute arrivals, officials said on Thursday. In a world first, the Italian destination introduced a 5- euro charge in April for daytrippers arriving on particularly congested days, hoping the levy would help thin the crowds. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro stressed that the tax aims to help the city and its citizens battle overtourism and avoid huge influxes of visitors during crowded holidays and weekends. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk in St Mark's Square on the day Venice municipality introduces a new fee for day trippers in a move to preserve the lagoon city often crammed with tourists in Venice, Italy, April 25, 2...

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Germany Tourism intensifies activities on the Indian market

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October 23, 2024214 Views

India's importance as a source market for international tourism is growing. According to analyses by Skift India, spending on international travel grew by 17% annually between 2008 and 2019, four times faster than global tourism as a whole. For 2027, Skift forecasts further growth of 230% compared to 2019. This puts India in the top 5 source markets for global tourism. In order to continue participating in the rapid growth of the Indian outbound market, the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) is systematically expanding its market activities on the subcontinent. At a press conference in New Delhi, Petra Hedorfer, CEO of the GNTB, explained the strategic approaches to future market development in India: “We have been working the Indian market with a sales agency for two decades.&nb...

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Thousands protest in Spain’s Canary Islands against over tourism

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October 21, 2024140 Views

Thousands of people protested in holiday resorts in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday against over tourism which they say prices local people out of the housing market. Under the slogan Canary Islands has a limit, residents demonstrated simultaneously in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and El Hierro and called for a change in the tourism model for the islands. A woman shows a sign to a tourist sitting on a bench during a demonstration for a change in the tourism model in the Canary Islands on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Borja Suarez In the Playa de las Americas in Tenerife, protesters appeared on the beach while tourists were sunbathing and chanted "This beach is ours." Activists claimed the arrival of millions of visi...

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Musical ‘The Lion King’ celebrates 25 years in London’s West End

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October 19, 2024235 Views

Hit musical "The Lion King" is celebrating its 25th anniversary in London's West End this weekend with a special gala performance on Sunday, after first opening its doors at the Lyceum Theatre on Oct. 19, 1999. Based on Disney's 1994 animation film, the stage adaptation, which has played in theatres around the world, has been seen in the British capital by over 19 million theatre goers. "I think that this piece is something that does transcend culture," director and writer Julie Taymor told Reuters, adding that the coming of age story about a lion cub called Simba who endures loss "is something every single human being has to go through." FILE PHOTO: An actor wears a costume on stage during the performance of a musical "Lion King" in London, Britain in 2023. Matt Crockett/Disney/...

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Azores create largest marine protected area in North Atlantic

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October 18, 2024220 Views

The regional assembly of Portugal's Azores Islands approved the creation of the largest protected marine area in the North Atlantic to reach international conservation goals well ahead of time. The approval late on Thursday places the archipelago at the forefront of global ocean conservation that aims to achieve the goals set by the United Nations of protecting 30% of the Earth's land and sea by 2030 under a global pact adopted last year. FILE PHOTO: Atlantic spotted dolphins leap out of the water off Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago, Portugal July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi The network will encompass almost 300,000 square kilometres (115,830 square miles) and ensures the preservation of underwater mountain ranges and vulnerable marine ecosyst...

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Helsinki named World’s Most Sustainable Travel Destination

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October 18, 2024214 Views

Helsinki has achieved its target of being the world's most sustainable destination. The Finnish capital was ranked number one in the latest Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index, which was published on 16 October 2024. The Global Destination Sustainability Index measures the sustainability of travel destinations in four different categories using more than 70 indicators. The comparison includes more than a hundred cities throughout the world that have invested in sustainability. Helsinki has performed well in the GDS Index in the past: in 2023, our ranking was fourth. "Being named the world's most sustainable travel destination is proof of the long-term work that has been done in Helsinki. We are developing and growing tourism sustainably t...