A welcome spin off from tourism: The Atlantic bus

Last year residents of European cities almost over-run with tourists — Venice and Barcelona in particular — intensified their protests objecting to the way commercial interests have taken over and, in their eyes, destroyed the communities they live in.

Last year residents of European cities almost over-run with tourists — Venice and Barcelona in particular — intensified their protests objecting to the way commercial interests have taken over and, in their eyes, destroyed the communities they live in.

We have not reached that point of conflict yet even if sometimes it seems as if we are close to it. Despite that tourism is a vital business in Ireland, especially outside of the Pale.