5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (447+ words) The European Union wants tighter rules on short-term rentals to tackle housing shortages in tourist hotspots. Airbnb and other companies providing short-term home rentals could face tighter restrictions after the European Commission proposed new rules on Wednesday to help tackle…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (138+ words) DW.com Tourist tax: Norway's Lofoten Islands manages overtourism The Lofoten Islands in northern Norway attract more than 1 million visitors every year with their dramatic mountains, fjords and coastal scenery. But the tourism boom is putting pressure on local communities,…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (133+ words) dw.com Norway: The price of the tourism boom The Lofoten Islands in northern Norway attract more than one million visitors every year with their dramatic mountains, fjords and coastal scenery. But the tourism boom is putting pressure on local…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (229+ words) Airport workers are staging a work slow-down to protest poor working conditions and a lack of support from relevant authorities. Thousands of passengers were stranded or greatly delayed overnight and on Monday at Kenya's biggest international airport as workers' slow-down…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (971+ words) Nigeria is fast becoming Europe's biggest jet fuel supplier, as it continues to help ease ongoing shortages abroad. Meanwhile at home, the West African country’s own airlines are struggling to keep their tanks full. For the past two months. Nigeria…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (257+ words) At least 50 people — many of them reportedly children — have died in a boat accident in northwestern Nigeria. An overloaded boat capsized in a river in Sokoto state in northwestern Nigeria, leaving at least 50 people dead, local authorities confirmed on Thursday....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1062+ words) With heat records continually being broken and southern summers getting hotter, travelers are heading north. Fragile ecosystems are paying the price. A ridge with sweeping views across Jotunheimen, a mountain region in southern Norway, seemed like the perfect hiking route…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (785+ words) India's education ministry has directed the NTA to audit its exam process amid renewed calls for the agency to be dissolved. Meanwhile, Indian sailors are allegedly being pressured to sail through the Strait of Hormuz. Here's a roundup of the…...