Authorities fear products like joke t-shirts and items with sexual messages on them are hurting the area's image.

The anticipation is tangible in the streets, in the bars, on the beach, and even in the local shops. A young Italian man asks a shopkeeper of a small, nondescript convenience store that mostly sells ...

A Spanish hotspot loved by Brits is clamping down on shop displays featuring obscene messages in English and Spanish.

In other places, too much tourism becomes a problem. Vast numbers of tourists can overcrowd small communities – see Zaanse Schans, a tiny Dutch village that will soon charge visitors to enter in a bid ...

15:20, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Updated: 15:26, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Benidorm wants to be "less like Benidorm, more like Bilbao" in a bid to become more upmarket. Local traders are asking for a new limit on ...