Vending machines apparently have a long history: the first was allegedly constructed by Heron of Alexandria in about 100 BC. Heron was an...

Greg Richards on academic silos, localism, overtourism, and modernity Jim Butcher November 13, 2023 https://www.goodtourismblog.com/2023...

Festivals are in the news at the moment, and not just because of the music. Following on from scenes of abandoned tents and other...

After Covid many places hoped that a new form of tourism would emerge, with more domestic visitors, more sustainable travel and less...

Research carried out by a group of researchers from BUAS analysed the economic and social impacts of the Zandvoort Grand Prix in 2022,...

Major events and festivals can have a marked influence on house prices. The question is whether your house will be worth more or less. I...

A popularised version of the paper by Annelli Douglas, Gijsbert Hoogendoorn and Greg Richards on Millennial creative tourism experiences...

In case you haven't come across it yet, there is a great annual report on the Italian food and wine tourism market produced by my friend...

The BBC4 documentary Close to Vermeer follows the development of the most successful blockbuster exhibition ever staged at the...

The festival and event industry was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020 there were only 155 festivals held – only 14% of the...

Residents and visitors in Amsterdam are used to seeing long queues for leading attractions in the city, such as the Anne Frank House or...

In his book Culture Crash, Scott Timberg attacked Richard Florida’s notion of the ‘Creative Class’ acting as a driver of the economy,...

Celebrations are an important part of social life. So important in fact, that it seems we are less and less inclined to wait for...

Venice is such a popular tourist destination that it has become the classic example used to illustrate problems of ‘overtourism’. The...

The Tate Modern art museum in London is one of the world’s most popular cultural tourism attractions, with 5.5 million visits a year. The...

Street art seems to be everywhere these days. Not just in the grimy back streets of major cities the world over, but increasingly in...

Through the Cultsense programme we have been introduced to a range of engaging cultural and creative tourism experiences across Europe....

As reported previously in this blog, since the pandemic gave way to a new flood of tourism arrivals in Barcelona, the city has been...

Before the pandemic, Barcelona distinguished itself as the anti-tourism capital of Europe, with burning tourist busses and locals...

The post-Covid era seems to be heralding a travel boom in many parts of the world, and with it a boom in the use of social media such as...