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Tourists fined €450 after Rome police catch them in the act.
Two tourists, aged 61 and 44, were detained by Rome police as they attempted to carve their names on a base of the staircase in front of the Trevi Fountain....
Italian police are attempting to track down Pompeii tourist.
A police investigation is underway after a tourist climbed onto the roof of the ancient bath house in Italy's archaeological site of Pompeii, reports Italian...
Hotels in Rome cut their rates by up to half as they battle to entice handful of tourists.
Rome's hotels are slashing their rates, in some cases by 50 per cent, in a desperate bid to attract the few tourists visiting th...
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii, open again after a three-month lockdown due to covid-19, has seen a remarkable reversal of fortunes over the last decade.
Pompeii was the first Italian archaeological site to reopen t...
Tourists caught inside Roman Forum by Parco Colosseo security guards.
Four young English tourists were caught in the Roman Forum after they scaled the gates at the Arch of Titus, near the Colosseum, in the early hours o...
Out-of-work tourist guides protest outside the Pantheon in Rome.
"Without tourism Italy dies, tourism is not here but tour guides are."
With this slogan, Rome tour guides staged a flash mob protest in front of the Pa...
Rome's lack of tourists means massive drop in funds for Trevi Fountain charity.Italy's Coronavirus emergency continues to have knock-on effects on all aspects of society, even the most unexpected.With the sudden and comp...
Rome mayor to convene meeting with tourism stakeholders.Tourist cancellations have reached 90 per cent in Rome for March due to the Coronavirus outbreak (despite there not being any active Coronavirus cases in the Lazio...
Rome's off-the-books tourism described as unsustainable.
Rome's short rental sector including Airbnb welcomes more than 13 million 'phantom' tourists whose presence in the capital is off the books and not calculated by...
Rome to limit tourist access to Trevi Fountain.
Rome's city council assembly has backed plans to install a barrier around the famed Trevi Fountain to protect the Baroque monument from hordes of tourists.
The motion,...
Souvenir stalls to be relocated away from sites in Rome's historic centre.
Rome is to move 17 souvenir stalls away from some of the capital's most prestigious sites for "decorum and security" reasons, according to the c...
Italy is home to three of the world's Top 10 tourist attractions.
Rome's Colosseum has been reconfirmed as the most popular tourist attraction in the world, for the second year in a row, based on booking data compiled b...
Gubbio lights up a mountain-side Christmas tree each year.
The 'world's largest Christmas tree' is lit up each year on the slopes of Monte Ingino, overlooking the mediaeval town of Gubbio in the Umbrian region of centra...
Rome launches P.STOP Project in tourist areas.
Tourists in Rome can now avail of new kiosks offering numerous services including tourist information, toilets and wi-fi.
The P.STOP kiosks are located in tourist areas ar...
Italian tourists shocked with bill for four panini at bar near Vatican.
Tourists visiting Rome were charged almost €120 for three hot dogs and a ham and cheese sandwich, plus four cans of Coca Cola and a bottle of water...
Passengers rank Rome airport among the best in Europe.
Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport, better known as Fiumicino, has achieved a new record for the quality of its passenger services, with a score of 4.46 out of five o...
Vintage steam train connects Rome to lakeside papal retreat.
The long-awaited return of the historic Castelli Romani steam train from Rome's central Termini station to Castel Gandolfo, the summer retreat of the popes ov...
Venice entry fee will apply to tourists on day-trip visits.
Venice will begin charging tourists an entry fee from 1 July 2020, according to the city council.
The fee, which was first announced late last year, will on...
Tourists face charges of drunkeness and threatening Rome police.
Three Australian tourists were arrested at Rome's Trevi Fountain during the night of 14 October, after an altercation with city police, according to Itali...
American tourists carved name "Jeffy" into landmark monument.
Two American brothers, both medical doctors, were arrested for carving one of their names into the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which dates to the 12th century....
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