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tourists
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Is This The Year That Tourism Turned Nasty?
29 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Protests fill the streets, and graffiti warns tourists to “Go home.” Local communities are shrinking as short-term rentals surge, driving up prices and pushing residents out. Is 2024 the year that tourism turned nasty?
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Luxury Superyacht Sunk By Tornado After Freak Storm Hits Sicilian Coast
19 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The passengers are reported to have been tourists on holiday in Sicily, and it is feared that those missing may have been trapped inside their cabins.
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A Viral Ad Campaign Is Urging Tourists To ‘Life-See, Not Sightsee’ [Video]
16 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
With the opening line, “I wouldn’t come here to be honest”, the advert is hardly traditional, but seems to have hit the right notes with travellers.
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Again The Mother City Is Crowned As Highest-Rated City To Visit, With UK Travellers Giving Us A 98% Satisfaction Rating
07 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Data from Flight Centre reveals South Africa’s Mother City is the highest-rated city to visit, with a satisfaction rating of 98% among its UK travellers.
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Thar She Blows! Tourists Flee In Terror After Yellowstone Geyser Explodes
24 Jul 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
According to the federal authorities, the explosion is not indicative of volcanic activity and was not triggered by magma rising to the surface.
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The UK Embassy Issued A Terrorism Alert For South Africa, But Fails To Provide Credible Proof
18 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Pffft. Have they seen our crime stats? Terrorists should be warned against coming to South Africa.
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Canary Islanders “Living In Their Cars Or Even In Caves” Thanks To Deluge Of British Tourists
10 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Residents of the Canary Islands are at their wits end with tourists flocking in for holidays while they can’t afford to live in their own homes.
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Shame, A Norwegian Cruise Ship Left Eight Passengers Stranded On African Island
03 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
They claim they are on the little-known island without money and vital medications after the vessel left port without them.
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Cape Town’s Exploding Population Is Putting Strain On Water Supply And Affordability For Locals
12 Mar 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Locals all over TikTok have been begging digital nomads to leave, pitching all the bad things about the Mother City in a bid to dissuade them from staying.
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Cape Town Airport Soars To New Heights – December Delivers Airport Records With 317K Jet-Setters
19 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
In a December to remember, Cape Town International Airport’s international terminal witnessed a travel frenzy, hosting a whopping 317,000 globetrotters.
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The Tourist Misdirected By Google Maps Into Nyanga Is Crowdfunding To Get Out Of The Country
14 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The siege on foreign visitors trying to navigate Cape Town is getting ridiculous now.
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A Father Climbing A Cliff Ledge While His Children Watch Received Major Backlash In Stomach-Turning Video
13 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
While his children are also dangerously close to the ledge, one of them asks the heartbreaking question that viewers have too: “What if you fall off, Daddy?”
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Here It Is: Trevor Noah’s Supposed R33 Million Advert [Video]
10 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Whatever he was paid, it looks to have been kind of worth it.
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There Are More Airbnbs In Cape Town Than In Amsterdam, San Francisco, And Singapore Combined
04 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Currently there are just over 21,000 Airbnbs in Cape Town.
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YouTuber ‘Chopped Up Boyfriend And Dumped Head In Sea’ At Thai Resort
08 Aug 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Sancho’s family on Sunday released a statement asking for ‘maximum respect for Daniel in these delicate moments of maximum confusion’. Funny way to describe your son being busted for dismembering his lover.
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This Spanish Resort Is Getting Gatvol Of Drunken Brits Pooping Everywhere
21 Jun 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Residents of this picturesque little town complain about the Brits going on 48-hour benders, fighting and passing out in the street, and even using locals’ gardens as toilets.
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Airport And Tourist Hotspot Stats Show Cape Town Has Reached Full Tourism Recovery Since COVID-19
07 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Cape Town is finally back to its buzzing, bustling self after the tourism sector was knocked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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These Poor Tourists Got The Cape Point Baboon Treatment Big Time [Video]
04 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Photographer Agi Orfanos managed to capture the scene on camera, showing a tourist getting the fright of his life when a baboon began helping himself to the contents of his car.
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US Woman Goes Missing In Cape Town As Search Still Continues For Missing German Tourist
25 Apr 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The disappearance of a loved one must be the worst experience of anyone’s life, so if you are reading this, spread the word and help get these people back to their families.
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Tourist Taking Selfie Video Captured Moment She Was Robbed In Bo-Kaap [Video]
13 Apr 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A tourist’s lovely walk through the colourful streets of the Bo-Kaap turned into a traumatic experience when a robber came up from behind to steal her phone.
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Bad Tourists, Animal Cruelty, Gated Luxury Resorts Alongside Local Poverty: This Doccie Hopes To Change How You Travel [Trailer]
22 Mar 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Travellers may have returned to trotting the globe post-pandemic, but they might give it a break, or step on a plane more lightly after watching “The Inconvenient Truth for tourism”.
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Missing German Tourist Linked To Hout Bay Robbery
28 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The search is still on for Nick Frischke, despite three Hout Bay robbery suspects admitting to robbing him around the time he disappeared.
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Instant Karma For Tourist Who Disrespected Mexican Temple [Videos]
23 Nov 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A word of advice for if you ever find yourself visiting the ancient Mayan Temple of Kukulcán at the Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Yucatán, Mexico.
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How Cape Town Plans To Fight Crime This Summer
15 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
With the COVID-19-induced restrictions a thing of the past, Cape Town’s tourism industry has a familiar foe to battle – crime.
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Why This Italian Tourist Hotspot Is Cracking Down On The Bikini
13 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
An Italian mayor has banned tourists from traipsing through the streets and along the beaches in revealing swimming costumes.
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Pimped Out Rickshaws Are All The Rage In London
15 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Who needs cars (or the clubs, for that matter) when a two-seater chariot awaits, “blasting a Eurotrance version of Black Eyed Peas’s ‘Where is The Love'” and other wild tunes?
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Come And Enjoy The Show, Says Spanish Tourism Minister As Lava Wrecks Island [Video]
22 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Despite the grave danger of the situation on the island of La Palma, Spanish tourism minister Reyes Maroto is encouraging tourists to pop by for a visit.
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Tourists From Updated ‘High-Risk Countries’ List Cannot Travel To SA
20 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
South Africa has revised the number of countries allowed to visit, with more than half removed from the ‘high-risk’ category.
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You Really Don’t Want To Leave A Nasty Hotel Review In Thailand
29 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Wesley Barnes posted a couple of bad reviews after his stay at a hotel in Thailand. Then things went horribly wrong.
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Lessons From Santorini: What Happens When A Tourist Hotspot Shuts Down
23 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Santorini, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Greece, has seen the tourism ‘machine’ come to an abrupt halt.
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