The latest EasyJet in-flight magazine has an article about Lisbon as “Capital of Cool”. It praises the “friendly neighbourhoods where fado fills the streets and independent shops and bars thrive.” It is certainly true that there is plenty of fado music these days. A recent article by Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros , Daniel Malet Calvo , Daniel Paiva & Jordi Nofre in Tourism Geographies shows that in the central neighbourhood of Alfama, fado venues increased 9-fold between 2012 and 20

In their efforts to stem the tide of tourists, cities often forget that they have usually been at the forefront of tourism development and promotion. One of the effects of this legacy is that many cities are trying to cut down the numbers of visitors while the number of hotels is growing. This is because it takes years for new hotels to get a licence, so there is usually a reservoir of new hotels waiting to open, even when a city tries to implement a ‘hotel stop’, as Amsterda