BOSTON (SHNS) – Tourism has long been a bedrock sector in Massachusetts and the latest industry snapshot shows a bump in visitors and an even larger increase in visitor spending. Visitor expenditures ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, cities that usually accommodated thousands of tourists per day got a taste of life without mass tourism – and some of them don’t want all of those people back.

As 2026 approaches, mass tourism is giving way to niche travel driven by purpose, wellbeing, and sustainability. Travellers ...

Central Massachusetts has always had to compete against what some in tourism call the three B’s: Boston, beaches and the Berkshires. Now, add a fourth B: betting. On Aug. 24, an MGM casino will open ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The state has awarded $5.9 million in grants to 61 cultural and tourism projects statewide, including nineteen in western Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Office of Travel and ...

Reenactors dump tea into the Boston Harbor to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in 2023. Credit: STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Last month’s Boston Tea Party anniversary celebration ...

Residents of Barcelona took out their frustrations against the increased mass tourism by visiting popular spots around the city this weekend and spraying people with water guns, demanding they go home ...

Along with the usual asks for car rentals and hotel bookings, the European budget airline Ryanair now offers customers the option to pay for a carbon offset when booking online. For those unfamiliar ...

Massachusetts tourism industry leaders and workers are seeing positive signs ahead of this year's busy summer season following two years of pandemic-related blows. But, while there's more optimism for ...

From Berkshire theater programs to economic development in the North Quabbin region, Massachusetts House lawmakers approved millions more in tourism spending in the fiscal 2022 budget in hopes of ...

MEXICO CITY — A protest by hundreds against gentrification and mass tourism that began peacefully Friday in Mexico City neighborhoods popular with tourists turned violent when a small number of people ...