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Tourists are recreating the 'Temple Run' video game in a Cambodian temple. Historians are horrified.
"If one wouldn't do something in a church or a mosque, they shouldn't do it in an Angkorian temple,…
Geoff Weiss
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British tourist apologizes after carving initials into an ancient Pompeii home
A 37-year-old man, who has not been named, used a blunt object to make five engravings on a house i…
Lauren Edmonds
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Venice's plan to charge tourists descended into chaos, showing how much of a headache overtourism has become
Local residents protested the tourist-fee trial, with some even clashing with police.
Alexandra Bacon
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A man damaged a 16th-century Florence fountain while climbing it for a selfie, the latest example of tourists wrecking things
Yet another tourist has defaced an Italian monument. The German caused around $5,000 in damages whe…
Joshua Zitser
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2 American tourists pushed electric scooters down Rome's 297-year-old Spanish Steps and caused $27,000 of damage, local authorities say
In video footage of the incident, a man can be seen wheeling a scooter down the steps. A woman can …
Katie Boon
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I've been a tour guide in Rome for 16 years. Here are 9 of the biggest mistakes tourists make.
My husband and I live in Rome and lead cultural and food tours around the Italian city. Here are so…
Sarah May Grunwald
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Is your passport too damaged for travel? Here are 11 reasons it could be, and how to avoid them.
A travel expert said that border authorities can deny passengers boarding if their passports have t…
Maria Noyen
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After rescuing a hiker near Iceland's erupting volcano, police are urging tourists to stay away
A volcano in Iceland has been erupting since Monday night. Police are cautioning tourists that the …
Joey Hadden
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Tourists to Venice will soon have to pay an entry fee as the city moves to better handle 'overtourism'
Starting next summer, visitors will reportedly have to pay a fee, book in advance, and head through…
Juliana Kaplan
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An American tourist in Seoul said he sprayed graffiti in 155 places to raise awareness about teeth grinding
Police said the US citizen was detained on charges of damaging underpasses, electric poles, house g…
Matthew Loh
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The Maui wildfires already caused widespread damage in Lahaina, but more remains at risk
The Maui wildfires are the deadliest in modern US history. The death toll is over 100, and more tha…
Diamond Naga Siu
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A US tourist died after being attacked by a shark while paddleboarding at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas
A 44-year-old US tourist received "significant trauma" to her body during a shark attack that kille…
Mia Jankowicz
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A man who lives on a tranquil Scottish island with 60 people and no cars says there are 3 mistakes tourists should avoid when they visit
Donald Melville has lived on Easdale Island in Scotland for the past 30 years. He says some tourist…
Mikhaila Friel
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Why can't tourists simply stop defacing Rome's Colosseum?
Tourists keep on carving things into the Colosseum. Imposing fines hasn't helped, and getting blast…
Caralynn Matassa
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An American tourist filled up a fog machine with marijuana and blasted a street with smoke at a popular tourist destination in Thailand to promote his business back home, police say
The police were alerted to the incident after a video circulated on social media showing Angkhan us…
Marielle Descalsota
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Tourist arrested at the Acropolis in Athens after police say they tried to steal pieces of ancient marble
The tourist was seen holding two marble pieces from the ancient site, which they wanted to bring ho…
Joshua Zitser
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The world's tallest tree is now off limits to tourists because too many of them were damaging the surrounding area
Hyperion, a 380-foot tree in Northern California, has been closed to tourists who have been making …
Michael Goodman
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The glass bridge that broke and killed a tourist in Indonesia wasn't even half an inch thick, investigators say
Authorities charged Edi Suseno with negligence that led to the accident on the glass bridge. Police…
Marielle Descalsota
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Greece to cap Acropolis tourists at 20,000 a day amid increasing European overtourism
The new tourist limit at the Athens spot is the most recent effort by a European country to curb ov…
Erin Snodgrass
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Redditors are sharing the things they did as tourists before it was frowned upon, from climbing the pyramids to riding elephants
Many of the commenters said they felt guilty about their past travel experiences which had to do wi…