Spain's tourism minister, Jordi Hereu, is pushing to diversify the country's appeal beyond traditional "sun and sand" offerings as it anticipates a record 100 million foreign visitors. The strategy aims for "calm growth" to manage overtourism concerns and climate impacts, focusing on inland and cultural experiences.
Despite a Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, Germany's travel industry anticipates another record year for sea cruises in 2026, with passenger numbers expected to rise. In 2025, 1.51 million people embarked on high-sea cruises from German ports, a new record.
A hiker was severely injured in a bear attack near Mount Sanukido, close to Okutama town. The man was airlifted to a hospital in Hachioji city. Experts note bears are expanding into areas near human residences.
The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday. The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest last year, down 36 per cent from 2024, said researchers from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the University of Maryland. “A drop of this scale in a single year is encouraging – it shows what decisive...
