Amsterdam is about to beat its own record for having the highest "tourist tax" in Europe – and possibly the world – next year, according to a budget released by the city government.
"The tourist tax will be further increased to fund the extra spending so that visitors make a bigger contribution to the city," the document reads.
Amsterdam has been striving to combat overtourism in recent years, with measures including telling undesirable visitors to stay away and restricting cruise arrivals. It's also been trying to discourage those who come to the city in search of sex and drugs.The popular annual Fat Bear Week has crowned its winner, a mama bear called 128 Grazer.
According to the park, Grazer "often preemptively confronts and attacks much larger bears — even large and dominant adult males." She'll be back next year to defend her salmon crown.La dolce vitaBritish-American couple Jeffrey Pfefferle and Leon McNaught decided to buy a one-euro house in the Sicilian town of Mussomeli after reading about them right here on CNN Travel.Travel profile of their own.
The country's state-owned rail system says that intelligent robots were part of the building process. This is China's first overwater bullet train.