Financial Times (July 23)
“The squirts heard around the world” were fired as “anti-tourism protesters doused visitors to Barcelona with water pistols.” They resonated so broadly because the “backlash against tourism” isn’t confined to Spain. In other countries as well “the mass of pleasure seekers has grown so great that, from Venice and Amsterdam to Lisbon and the Greek island of Santorini, the patience of locals has snapped.”
Tags: Amsterdam, Anti-tourism, Backlash, Barcelona, Lisbon, Locals, Patience, Pleasure seekers, Protesters, Santorini, Snapped, Spain, Venice, Water pistols
The Guardian (January 26)
“Brexit Britain may soon find itself sinking faster than Venice. The UK faces economic upheaval on a vast scale if it is not, after all, to pursue ‘Brexit in name only.’”
Tags: Brexit, Economic upheaval, Sinking, UK, Vast scale ], Venice
Salon (March 6)
“Someday, not all that far in the future, sea level rise is going to drown our coastal cities. And it’s not only our homes and livelihoods that are at risk, but also our culture.” Of 720 UNESCO World Heritage sites, a new study asserts 136, including the Statue of Liberty and Sydney’s famed Opera House, might be left underwater. Other losses will likely extend to Venice, the Tower of London, the leaning tower of Pisa, Westminster Abbey and central Bruges, Naples, Riga and St. Petersburg.
Tags: Bruges, Culture, Naples, Opera House, Pisa, Riga, Risk, Sea level, St. Petersburg, Statue of Liberty, Sydney, Tower of London, Unesco, Venice, Westminster Abbey, World Heritage sites
