Overtourism

From Reuters.

Summer is here and crowds are getting booed (https://www.reuters.com/world/protesters-against-overtourism-take-streets-southern-europe-2025-06-15/) in some places in the world. Host Carmel Crimmins (https://www.reuters.com/authors/carmel-crimmins/) looks at the economic trade-offs (https://www.reuters.com/world/spaniards-struggle-enjoy-their-own-beaches-tourist-deluge-2025-07-14/) at play in mass tourism as backlash grows in places like Spain and Japan. Listen to Charlie
Devereux (https://www.reuters.com/authors/charlie-devereux/) , in Madrid and John Geddie (https://www.reuters.com/authors/john-geddie/) , in Tokyo, as they examine local responses and share a couple of top tips for those venturing out.

Listen to the debt relief episode with Spain’s Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo here (https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/debt-relief-2025-06-25/) .

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