BlogDiary
The £2m slag heap: visitors say Marble Arch Mound is London's 'worst' attraction
NewsHeritage
Machu Picchu all to yourself? Japanese tourist gets special solo tour of ancient site
Culture ministry gives Jesse Katayama access after being stranded in Peru for seven months because of coronavirus
NewsConservation & Preservation
As the world contends with Covid, World Monuments Fund makes a bet on sustainable tourism
Taking a lesson from how the pandemic dispersed crowds, the organisation selects seven sites for preservation and promotion
NewsExhibitions
Lithuania gives over billboards to help artists sell works during the pandemic
In the capital of Vilnius, outdoor displays of works by local artists aims to boost the arts sector and tourism
Newscoronavirus
Market for Inuit art faces financial deep freeze after Arctic cruises put on hold
As coronavirus brings recreational tourism to a halt, artists in Canada's Nunavut territory say the economic fallout has the power to "crash the community"
Newscoronavirus
Coronavirus: Russian museums hit as Chinese tourists stay away
Russia has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, slashing attendance at cultural institutions in Moscow and St Petersburg
NewsMuseum attendance
Influx of millions of Chinese tourists wreaks havoc for Russian museums
Electronic visas pave the way for ever greater visitors numbers, creating major logistical problems at Tsarskoe Selo and the Hermitage
NewsPublic art
A new series of waterfront commissions boosts Southeast England's artistic renaissance
Site-specific works by artists such as Michael Rakowitz and Holly Hendry are planned as part of the Creative Coast initiative led by Turner Contemporary and Visit Kent
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Grand Egyptian Museum pushes full opening to 2020
Egyptian government hopes vast museum near Pyramids of Giza will win back international tourists
NewsConservation & Preservation
Syria's Palmyra to be ready for tourists by summer 2019 as cost to rebuild Homs reaches $2bn
Authorities says they have received "good offers from the world powers" to help conserve ancient sites
NewsTourism
Italy scraps free Sundays at cultural sites like Pompeii and the Colosseum
Move introduced by new culture minister sparks political backlash but museum directors express support
News
More foreigners than Brits to visit UK’s top museums
Boost for tourism as rising numbers of visitors flock to London and beyond
NewsArt market
Hoteliers become curators as reproductions create market niche
Trend towards licensing works for use in the hospitality industry can offer a new income stream for artists
ArchiveCambodia
Cambodia to host culture and tourism conference
Preservation, cultural routes, urban regeneration through tourism are all set to be discussed
ArchiveComment
Development, tourism and neglect endanger sites as much as conflict and natural disasters
Does Unesco have the power to stop the decline of crucial heritage sites?
ArchiveArt Basel
Art Basel veterans list their top four things to do in the city
Basel's best kept secrets, told by artists, curators, dealers and connoisseurs
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
Pushkin Museum exhibition cited for rise in Russian tourism in Catalonia
Mr and Mrs Dalí draw Russians to Spain
ArchiveTourism
Return of Morgantina Venus inspires Sicilian tourism enterprise
Public-private tourism partnership aims to make more of the island’s heritage.
ArchivePublications
New material for students of 18th-century taste, collecting, archaeology and the cultural exchange between Italy and Britain
Diggers, dealers and dilettanti
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Art's Most Popular: Single work by Leonardo attracts over 10,000 Japanese viewers a day
For the fourth year the Tokyo National Museum has the highest exhibition attendance, but is only 17th in our list of the most visited museums last year
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA generates $2 billion for New York, says report
Study calculates economic impact of 6.25m visitors over three years since the museum’s reopening in midtown Manhattan
ArchiveBasel
My Basel: Maureen Paley
The gallerist gives her take on Basel's highlights
ArchiveKunstmuseum Basel
My Basel: Daniella Luxembourg on her Basel highlights
Art consultant Daniella Luxembourg chooses her favourite places in the Swiss city
ArchiveJune 2005
My Basel: dealer Iwan Wirth on his Basel highlights
The insider scoop on where to find the best food and company
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
The $2.6 million Dalí circus comes to town: No-holds-barred promotion of exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A credit card company has spearheaded the massive publicity campaign for the centennial retrospective
ArchiveUnesco
Places categorised as UNESCO's World Heritage Sites are subject to immense tourism: what is the effect?
As Unesco celebrates the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this book analyses the effects of its policies in developing countries
ArchiveUnesco
Koichiro Matsuura dubbed "saviour of Unesco"
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, Matsuura explains his reform of Unesco and the return of the US to membership after nearly 20 years
ArchiveReview
As major Egyptian exhibitions open in Venice and Washington, the complex case of the European exploitation of Egyptian archaeology is given a timely airing
Book Review: Whose Pharaohs?
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo’s Last Supper back on view as twenty-year restoration continues
Long waiting times expected as the doors reopen to one of Da Vinci's masterworks
ArchiveUnesco
UNESCO has named 37 more sites of global importance
A list of the most important additions
ArchiveUnesco
Interview with Khamliène Nhouyvanisvong, UNESCO's new Special Representative to Cambodia
He plans to develop learning centres, nominate new World Heritage sites, preservation of monuments, and protection of Angkor
ArchiveUnesco
Petra is suffering from mass tourism
UNESCO conducted and produced a report on tourist threat to raise the alarm
CommentVenice
Don’t believe what you read in the papers: Venice won't lose its cruise ships any time soon
A lack of a long-term plan combined with the economic benefits brought by the luxury liners means a cruise ship ban will take long to implement
Anna Somers Cocks