The Graz Opera House is a neo-baroque style theater building located on the Opernring in the center of the Austrian city of Graz.

The freestanding building, which still serves as an opera house today, was built in 1899 as a tiered theater according to the plans of the Viennese architect duo Fellner & Helmer and is the second largest opera house in Austria after the Vienna State Opera.

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Norway discuss whether some of the foreign tour and charter bus drivers should be replaced with local drivers.

#toursim #norway #bustours #trollstigen #busdriver

What will be the impact of #MichaelGove's planned restriction on #secondhome owners renting to others on short-terms lets?

Unsurprisingly the #toursim industry sees it as a curtailment of their business model, while given the relaxation of #housebuilding targets (apparently because #Tory party members don't like them) & NIMBY resistance to new houses, keeping AirB&B out of your village, is unlikely to increase the stock of #affordable housing.

So what is the answer to the rural #housingcrisis?

The end of tourism?

The long read: The pandemic has devastated global tourism, and many will say ‘good riddance’ to overcrowded cities and rubbish-strewn natural wonders. Is there any way to reinvent an industry that does so much damage?