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Japan will copy Venice to stop mass tourism. Two levels of transport price: the tourist pays more

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Exactly one week there was a stir for the decision that Venice had adopted to stop mass tourism. It was an update of a measure that took months ago: an entry rate for the tourist, which was now going to duplicate In view of the good results he had given to public coffers. Japan had already “flirted” with something similar with A double pricing system in menus. Now Kyoto wants to go further with public transport. First was the menu. As we said, last summer the nation hospitality saw an opportunity before the massive arrival of tourists. Japan’s restaurant industry implemented A two -level price system in the most tourist places in the nation. You don’t have to be very lynx to understand it: restaurants seek to take advantage of the influx of foreign visitors, a strategy where it is also not scare to local customers. Behind this price increase there was something as evident as purchasing power. Restoration companies were or more towards tourists because, in essence, they are willing to pay more. Miki Watanabe, president of the important Watami restaurant chain, I explained it that way: “The Japanese do not buy 3,000 yen sirloin skewers, but tourists who arrive in Japan say it is cheap and buy them.” The thing now is different. The news today takes us to Kyoto, the former capital of Japan. They want Implement a system of differentiated rates in public transportbecoming the first city in the country to adopt this measure to manage the growing number of foreign visitors. Mayor Koji Matsui has proposed that Tourists pay a higher rate on buses operated by the city compared to local residents, with the aim of generating funds to mitigate congestion and preserve cultural heritage. Living with mass tourism. We have told it countless times. From the reopening of borders after the pandemic and with a weak yen that favors the spending of tourists, Kyoto and many others Japanese cities have experienced a massive influx of tourists. In 2024, the city, which has 1.5 million inhabitants, received seven million international tourists, which has generated concerns about its impact on everyday life. This phenomenon is part of a broader trend in Japan, than In 2024 he reached a record of 36 million foreign visitorswith a total expense that exceeded 8 billion yen. The negative effects of mass tourism in the city include Aglomerations in public transport, garbage in the streets and cultural conflicts. In fact, some residents have reported difficulties in accessing buses due to excess passengers, which especially affects students and people who need to move to hospitals. Proposed measures. To counteract these problems, the Kyoto authorities have promoted several initiatives, including, The commented differentiated rate in urban buseswhere tourists would pay more than residents, allowing funds to improve infrastructure and reduce the impact of tourism. In addition, the administration also plans An increase in accommodation tax for those who stay in hotels in the city or the creation of exclusive buses for touristswith routes to the main tourist sites, thus relieving the pressure on public transport used by the premises. Moreover. There is also talk of the Distribution of awareness brochures to educate visitors/tourists about the rules of Japanese behavior and cultural sensibilities. In this regard, Mayor Matsui has emphasized that these measures seek to balance the daily life of residents with the tourist influx, ensuring that the local community also receives benefits of tourism activity. Other examples. In this way, Japan joins other enclaves such as The commented in Venice. The truth is that from a while to this part, the so -called differentiated tarification has already been implemented or will do so in other places. For example, in Himeji, Japan, It was proposed to raise the entrance fee to Himeji Castle for not residentsParis plans Apply higher rates at the Louvre Museum For visitors outside the EU, and in India it has been applied Differentiated rates in emblematic monuments such as Taj Mahalwith higher prices for foreign tourists. All initiatives that seek a balance between the promotion of tourism and the preservation of heritage and the quality of life of the residents. A cultural problem. It is the last of the legs to be treated in the nation and its tourist boom. Beyond the quantitative theme and logistics impact, mass tourism In Japan it has also generated cultural conflicts. In Kyoto, and due to the inappropriate behaviors of tourists, Mayor Matsui has pointed out some “tips” to take into accountsuch as eating while walking through the streets, which is considered of bad education in Japanese culture. In addition, Matsui also recalled that making strong noises in sanctuaries and other sacred spaces, chasing the geishas to take photographs without permission or entering tea houses without prior reserve, interrupting their traditional functioning, it is everything but educated for the nation. Plus: The geographical design of the city, surrounded by mountains and with narrow streets in its historic center, aggravates these problems, making the city particularly sensitive to tourist saturation. The future of tourism. That said, and despite the difficulties, Kyoto says he remains committed to receiving tourists and sharing his cultural and historical wealth. However, the local administration works to ensure that this growth is managed sustainably. Matsui reaffirms that these initiatives do not seek to restrict tourism, but to administer it efficiently and respectfully with the community and the environment. The proposal of differentiated rates is part of a two -year planwhich must still be approved by the City Council. If implemented, Kyoto would mark a precedent in Japan and could influence other regions that face similar problems with mass tourism. Image | Robert Thomson In Xataka | Visitors do not stop arriving. The hospitality has seen the opportunity with two price levels: the tourist pays more In Xataka | Venice invented an entry rate to stop mass tourism. It has come out so well that it will double the price

Malaga risks being a victim of his own tourist success. So your City Council already warns: it is reaching the limit

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There are times when one figure says more than a thousand words, and in the case of Malaga tourism it seems to be fulfilled: last summer the hotels of the city welcomed some 418,000 travelerswell above 132,700 scored during the same months of 2005. And that is only what the INE records in its Hotel survey. What does that boom suppose for the municipality? Recently (in A report not thought to transcend the media) the City Council valued it with words of an unusual rotundity. He even suggests his concern. Black on white. Thus, frankly and without hairs on the tongue, it is how the City of Malaga has pronounced on the city’s tourist boom in A report Posted a few weeks ago. It is not frequent that this kind of documents, technical, usually arid and that they are part of the ‘internal cuisine’ of the local bureaucracy, become news. If he has done it, it is because of his tone. Malaga, “saturated”. That tourism has reached such a level of massification in Malaga that it begins to generate tensions is no novelty. In summer thousands of neighbors They went out To protest the saturation of the city, a problem that has aroused interest of the foreign press and Boarding the debate political. What is not as usual is that the Consistory exposes a scenario as stark as the Technical Report which he elaborated at the end of 2024. In it the local administration admits That Malaga “is experiencing unprecedented tourist saturation levels”, especially in the historic center, and warns: “This phenomenon causes certain areas to exceed its load capacity, negatively affecting both residents and visitors.” As if that were not enough, the document recalls that the massification of certain specific areas “congestion”, reduces the quality of life of residents and visitors themselves and affects the local economy. The other tourism invoice. “Tourism pressure can cause the expulsion of native business and added value, being replaced by souvenir stores and other shops oriented exclusively to tourists,” Add the text. “The increase in tourists promotes the appearance of illegal or low quality accommodations, affecting both the safety of visitors and the image of the city.” The document is included in The documentation of a public tender with which the City Council seeks precisely to “de -stationalize” the tourism of Malaga. And since it was signed, at the end of November 2024, it has caught the attention of both Andalusian media as of rest of Spain. Such has been its scope that the mayor of the city, Francisco de la Torre (PP), has had to clarify its content. Saturated, but only sometimes. A few days ago the councilor wanted to remove iron from the document from his own City Council clarifying that, In his opiniontourist saturation is just a specific problem, of “certain moments and days.” “Perhaps we must specify at certain times because it is not a permanent issue,” he says about the tower before remembering that the town hall already works to create “new centralities” in Malaga. In fact one of the targets of the tender that has unleashed the controversy seeks precisely that: activate alternative routes tourist that help Distribute the load of visitors, venting the center. Why is it important? For several reasons. The first is that there is an alarming idea that flies The report: The possibility that Malaga dies of tourist success. And Spain has already proven that this is not so difficult. Recently one of the most popular travel guides among the Angloplants He advised Its users visit Mallorca, Barcelona and the Canary Islands in 2025 precisely because of their massification. In the Malaga document, it is warned that saturation harms the locals, but also visitors, and can degrade “the experience” they have in the city. New yes, new no. Another reason is that the municipal report does nothing but confirm a problem, that of the Touristthat in Malaga has already generated several neighborhood protests, more expensive housing and obliged to the mayor a move token While the opposition claims a Hard response. In fact, the report that the Consistory has just published is not the first to warn of the risks of massification. In 2005 the OMAU Observatory already prevented “tensions” that could derive from “numerous tourist visits.” Since then the flow of travelers He has shot. Images | Jorge Fraganillo (Flickr) and Robert Lender (Flickr) In Xataka | Malaga receives British tourists with a manual. The city is filled with advertising remembering that they should go with clothes

In the war between communities of neighbors and tourist floors there is a key date, on April 3. And favors the first

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With the influx of tourists in Historic maximumsthe residential market Tensioning and the price of housing climbing until Nourish With those of the brick bubble, administrations have launched themselves to regulate tourist floors. In Madrid, Barcelona either Valencia The municipalities have moved file to put limits and in Seville they have even considered ending the illegal offer by closing the tap. Literally. From April 3 who want to devote themselves to holiday rental will have to deal with a new challenge: neighborhood communities. If until now they were the ones that suffered the most tourist floors, they are about to become the opposite: a way to stop their proliferation. What happened? That on April 3 a change of the Horizontal Property Law which will fully affect the relationship between neighbors communities and tour floors. And it will also do so in favor of the former, expanding its margin to stop the proliferation of vacation rentals. Legal change is included in the Organic Law 1/2025a rule published in the BOE earlier this year, but which has a period of three months to enter into force. What does the law say? Basically it establishes that anyone who wants to rent their apartment to tourists must get permission from most of its neighbors. And what is more important, has to have that collective ‘ok’ before leasing the floor. “You must previously obtain the express approval of the community of owners”, Clarify the new standardwhich also specifies that the decision must be made with a broad support of the three fifths of the owners. Wasn’t it so far? The legal change gives more tools to neighbors communities when limiting tourist rentals within their block, but that does not mean that until now they have had their hands tied. On the contrary. He Royal Decree 7/2019which entered into force six years ago, already provided that the communities could “limit or condition” the holiday rentals in the building if the three fifths of the owners agreed so. And can they report? Yes. Now the law goes a step further. It speaks of the need to obtain “previously the express approval” of the community and pronounced on the margin of maneuver that the neighbors have, even about the possibility of denouncing in case they detect a rented floor without their placet. “The president of the community, on his own initiative or of any of the owners or occupants, will require those who carry out the activity, without expressly approved, the immediate cessation of the same, under the warning of initiating the judicial actions,” indicates the law published in January. Does it have retroactive effect? No, the legal change will not have retroactive effect on the apartments that are rented respecting the norms. The text Published in January it is quite clear about it: “That owner of a house that is exercising the activity prior to the entry into force of the law, which has previously been accepted to the tourist sector regulations, may continue to exercise the activity with the conditions and deadlines established in it. “ The new law also echoed another of the powers that communities have and appeared already reflected in The 2019 decree: The whole of the neighbors may apply to the owners of tourist floors a “special quota” or “an increase in the participation of the common expenses of the house”. Of course, that increase should never exceed 20% and the decision must also be endorsed by a lazy majority of the three fifths of the owners. Is it a novelty? It is a novelty the entry into force of the law on April 3, but probably caught by surprise a few owners of flats and communities of neighboring. And not only because the regulations have been published in the BOE January 3. The government had been looking for the way to “empower” the neighbors in the face of the proliferation of vacation rentals and months ago he acknowledged that one of the ideas he had in mind was to give communities a veto power. “What we want is that the authorization of the neighbors be necessary, with a major I advanced In July, Minister Carlos Body in RNE. Images | Stay Grouted (Flickr) and Tomáš Gal (Unspash) In Xataka | In Spain, floors are being rented as tourist accommodations without a license. Now also elderly residences

Tourist accused of burning businesses in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, will remain detained in Missouri at least until next week

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New York – Danielle Bertothy, the Missouri tourist accused of starting a fire that consumed several businesses in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Ricoright after New Year, She will remain detained in the aforementioned state at least until Wednesday of next week.. The El Nuevo Día report this Friday indicates that the Prosecutors in the case requested, through a motion, that the woman not be allowed to leave on bailafter leaving the island a few hours after the events. The 36-year-old defendant appeared yesterday at an initial hearing in the Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. headed by Judge Noelle C. Collins. The First Alert 4 report details thatThe woman arrived in the judge’s room handcuffed and wearing a sweatshirt with the phrase “Grateful Dead”the same one she had when she was arrested the day before. Bertothy responded sparingly to the judge’s questions without showing much emotion. Bertothy was arrested at her home in St. Peters by ATF agents. Bertothy, who is represented by attorney Justin Gelfand, waived the identity hearing. Gelfand asked that the hearing to determine whether or not he will be granted bail also be held in Missouri. The Prosecutor’s Office accepted the request, so it will be held on January 22. Cocaine and a firearm are seized in Bertothy’s home The motion presented by the federal prosecutor’s office in Puerto Rico indicates that Officers who raided Bertothy’s residence confiscated cocaine and a firearm.. The motion also specifies that Although the suspect has not confessed to the facts, she told agents that she had done some things that were not typical of her.. To support her request for preventive detention, prosecutor Corinne Cordero Romo stated in the judicial text that Bertothy represents a flight risk and a danger to the community. He argued that the woman left Puerto Rico shortly after the fire after leaving the Airbnb where she was supposed to stay until December 11. “Preventive detention is appropriate here because the defendant poured gasoline and set fire to a bar, store, restaurant and hotel with approximately 20 guests the day after New Year’s, endangering the lives of numerous people before fleeing the District of Puerto Rico”, stated the federal authorities. According to the document signed by Cordero Romo, “numerous factors favor the arrest, including the nature and circumstances of the accused crime, the weight of the evidence (which includes videos of the accused with a gas container in the bar shortly before the fire and walking towards the fire where he remains until the fire is lit) and the danger to the community.” The information that investigators have indicates that on January 2, at around 9:37 am, The accused asked a friend on the island to help her find someone to pick her up in the El Combate beach area. and transfer her to the airport that same day. A driver picked her up at approximately 11:28 am. According to the authorities, Security cameras at a fast food restaurant in the aforementioned municipality captured Bertothy wearing the same shoes as the person seen starting the fire. in other surveillance material. The incident at Bar Marea began around 8:30 pm on January 1when Bertothy arrived, already drunk, at the place. The woman ordered several drinks. But When he started behaving aggressively, the owners asked him to leave, which he refused.. After being called the first time, municipal police officers escorted the woman to the Airbnb where she was staying. However, she returned to the business 20 minutes later. “This time, the accused acted more aggressively, so the police were called again.. Finally, she left alone,” Cordero Romo revealed. At around 12:25 am, when they had already closed the business, Cameras captured a woman, who would be the accused, carrying a red container used to store gasoline in a behavior that is consistent with pouring the liquid. Immediately, the fire started with the person present. The suspect is then seen walking through the Marinera restaurant on her way back to her Airbnb. Researchers also have proof that the owner of the Airbnb had provided him with a generator with gasoline and a tourist tank in response to the general blackout reported on the island on December 31. “The host identified the red gasoline container in the video as having the same characteristics as the one she gave to the defendant, and identified the person seen in the recording as the defendant,” the motion details. The owners and employees of businesses in the area were the ones who initially identified Bertothy as the cause of the fire based on the recorded images of the altercation in Bar Marea and the subsequent material from surveillance cameras. The affected establishments were: Luichy’s Seaside Hotel, Marinera Restaurant, Bar Marea and Artesanías Juavia. These are located in the PR-3301 highway. Ángel Luis Marrero Negrón, owner of the inn, rents the other three establishments. According to preliminary calculations that he provided to the media, Losses were estimated at $500,000.. Agents from the ATF (Agency for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) raided the tourist’s home on January 7. At that time, she was not arrested. The foreigner left Puerto Rico on a Southwest Airlines flight which he took from the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. He arrived in St. Louis on January 3. That day, the agents had gone to the woman’s home to interview her. Bertothy’s arrest was reported after the Puerto Rico Federal Prosecutor’s Office accused her of arson. He faces between 5 and 20 years in prison if convicted.. This case echoed among Puerto Ricans in the diaspora who, outraged, began to share the images of the events that circulated on social networks. The Puerto Rican councilor of St. Louis, Daniela Velázquez, sent a letter to the employers of the woman at HLK Agency to take disciplinary action against her in view of the seriousness of the allegations. Although the woman was suspended from her job, there are no reports so far that she has been fired from her position at … Read more

Tourist accused of setting businesses on fire in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, appears in court today in Missouri; faces up to 20 years in prison

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New York – This Friday, Danielle Bertothy, the Missouri tourist suspected of starting a fire that left several in rubble business in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, shortly after New Year’smust appear at a hearing in a court of the aforementioned state to respond to the accusations that federal authorities presented against him. The arrest of Berthothy, 36, was reported yesterday in St. Peters, the city where he resides. A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico accused the tourist of arson. As reported by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico, On or about January 2 last, Bertothy maliciously damaged and destroyed, by means of fire, a building and other property furniture and real estate used in interstate and foreign commerce and in activities that affect interstate and foreign commerce. In this Thursday’s press releasefederal authorities add that the accused will be held responsible for her dangerous actions. “This defendant will be held responsible for her dangerous actions that caused significant harm and put many lives at risk“, declared W. Stephen Muldrow, head of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office, together with federal, state and local partners, will continue to vigorously enforce federal laws to bring to justice criminals who engage in violent crimes,” Muldrow added. For Christopher A. Robinson, special agent in charge of the Miami Field Division of the ATF (Agency for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), the prosecution demonstrates the commitment of that office in the fight against violence and destructive criminal behavior, whether in the United States or the territories. Bertothy is accused of using fire to destroy buildings affecting interstate commerce. The woman is scheduled for a hearing this Friday before a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. If convicted, the defendant faces a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison. and a maximum of 20 years. The federal authorities thanked the collaboration of prosecutors from the Department of Justice in Mayagüez and the Explosives and Public Security Division of the Puerto Rico Police. Ismael Cartagena, in charge of the Office of Explosives and Public Security, indicated through Facebook this Thursday that, to be effective, “investigations are not carried out in a hurry.” “The responsibility of the law and order agencies is to collect all possible evidence, corroborate information and present it to the public ministry to file charges and achieve a conviction. With this, we make true justice shine,” he said as a reflection on the course of events and the management of the authorities. El Diario is carrying out procedures to interview Cartagena as a follow-up to the coverage of the case. The accusations against the woman occurred about two weeks after the fire that occurred on highway 3301 in the El Combate sector. which affected four businesses: Luichy’s Seaside Hotel, Marinera Restaurant, Bar Marea and Artesanías Juavia. Merchants and residents of the area provided local and federal authorities with audiovisual material that allegedly implicates the woman in the crime. One of the videos shows a female, who would be the American, carrying a gallon of gasoline in the area. In another, the tourist is seen arguing with Bar Marea staff in the presence of agents. In an interview with the podcast specialized in issues about Puerto Rico, Válgame PR, this week, Ángel Luis Marrero Negrón, owner of Luichy’s Seaside Hotel, revealed that there are other videoslike one from cameras from a nearby business, which link the woman directly to the events. “That girl is walking with a container, I don’t know, because it was dark, she sprinkles something that is supposedly gasoline and takes a match, and, ‘wow.’ There you can see when the fire starts and she stares, making sure, and walks along the side of the businesses; But, I want to clarify that the coldly calculating woman waited for all the businesses to be closed,” described the interviewee. Audiovisual content began to be shared massively on social networks until reaching members of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the states, who expressed themselves with indignation. St. Louis Councilwoman of Puerto Rican origin, Daniela Velázquez, sent a letter to Bertothy’s employers to take disciplinary action against the woman in light of the seriousness of the allegations. “Your audacity to commit such a brazen act of violence during our beloved holiday season too has impacted Puerto Ricans like me in the diaspora“, Velázquez said to the senior advertising management of HLK Agency. “As a St. Louis-based company with a reputation for commitment to diversity and community impact, I am confident that they will review the situation with the seriousness it requires. “Your response will send a powerful message about living in accordance with global values ​​and communities,” he added. Shortly after, managers notified her that the employee had been suspended from her work at the company. It is not clear whether, as a result of the accusations, other actions such as dismissal would be taken. HLK argued in the statement dated January 4 that they had not yet been contacted by the authorities in Puerto Rico, but that they would be collaborating with any investigation. “We are outraged by this insensitive act and we hope that the authorities can address the matter in a timely manner,” they declared. The case has also encouraged the debate about the humiliating treatment of some tourists towards locals on the island versus the concessions of the authorities to those who visit the territory. The merchants have questioned that, despite the fact that the municipal police were alerted on at least two occasions about the bellicose and aggressive attitude of the woman, who also had verbally and physically attacked staff and customers of Bar Marea before the incident was reported. fire, they did not take her to the barracks or take her information. Supposedly, Berthothy was upset because they didn’t want to serve her any more alcoholic drinks. 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