2025/05/21: Tourists are seen taking pictures at the Parc Guell terrace, a famous tourist landmark. With more than 100 million tourists expected to visit Spain in 2025, and 18 million Barcelona alone, the city is struggling to find a balance between the economic benefits of mass tourism and the need to keep the city livable for local residents.
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Activists of international environmental group Greenpeace deploy a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos and reading "If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax" at St Mark square in Venice on June 23, 2025. Venice will host the wedding of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez before the end of the month with more than 200 guests expected to attend. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Qatar Airways plane is departing Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Australia, on July 31, 2024. Regional Express Holdings Limited and a number of its subsidiaries, including REX Airlines, are entering voluntary administration at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - 2024/05/24: A boat with tourists is passing along the canal in the Nyhavn area, a popular tourist spot known for its colorful historic houses, bars, restaurants, and boats. Copenhagen ranks fourth in the world in the Mercer 2023 Quality of Living Survey. A stable economy, excellent education services, and high social safety make it attractive for locals and tourists. Copenhagen is also one of the world's most expensive cities and a popular tourist destination. (Photo by Volha Shukaila/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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This photograph taken on July 6, 2024, shows a general view of Chenab bridge, the world's highest rail arch bridge in Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir.
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04 June 2025, Bavaria, Memmingen: A Ryanair passenger jet stands on the apron at Memmingen Airport. The plane was traveling from Berlin to Milan when it hit turbulence. Several people were injured and rescue teams were deployed at the airport in Unterallgäu.
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People stand in front of a flight information display screen showing information about delayed and cancelled flights, at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan.
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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as seen on Tuesday Sept. 7, 2021. A veteran police officer from Jamaica was indicted after attempting to smuggle close to 3 pounds of cocaine into South Florida, a federal grand jury says. (Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Kami Rita Sherpa poses for a picture at Everest Base Camp in 2021.
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An aircraft operated by IndiGo, a unit of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, on Monday, July 25, 2022.
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This screengrab taken from a video shows roof tiles collapsing from a centuries-old Chinese drum tower in Anhui, China, on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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A Moroccan man holds his passport in front of his computer displaying a Schengen visa in the capital Rabat, on September 28, 2021. - Paris will sharply reduce the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return, a government spokesman said today. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lufthansa aircrafts are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
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British mountaineer Kenton Cool waves to supporters at Kathmandu Airport in Nepal.
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