Christian Nielsen is a journalist and keen tourism industry watcher based in Brussels. He writes pretty much anything that takes his fancy, from the woes of travelling with kids to the latest ‘impact investing’ developments in Europe. But most of his output these days is in EU affairs, sci-tech writing and marcoms.
In an unlikely ‘positive’ twist on COVID lockdowns, the rapid recovery of a reef offers a blueprint for balancing conservation and tourism worldwide. Researchers in the […]
Severe flooding has struck the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Formentera, leading to widespread disruption, prompting emergency responses. The state meteorological agency AEMET issued a red […]
New satellite imagery from NASA’s Earth Observatory has revealed a new island in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park. Prow Knob, a small mountain that used to […]
A new study highlights the economic impact of the heatwaves, droughts, and floods hitting Europe during the summer of 2025. The costs are likely to rise […]
As temperatures rose over the summer months, travel assistance organisations saw a rise in interventions required by Belgian tourists. Industry insiders point towards the globalisation of […]
Antarctica, the world’s southernmost continent and considered by many to be one of the last true wildernesses, is increasingly polluted by tourism and research activity, according […]
Samoan’s cultural legacy of leave weaving, central to its life and communities’ economy, is at risk of disappearing due to the rising sea levels, which are […]
Since April, a group of life-sized animal puppets had been on their way to complete the 20,000-kilometre-long parcours between the Congo rainforest and Norway’s Arctic Circle. […]
On Monday, 4 August 2025, Storm Floris hit the UK, causing trains, planes, ferries, and events to be cancelled. With many train routes and highways across […]
Record marine heatwaves occurred in 2023, damaging ecosystems and jeopardising the fishing industry across the whole world, according to a new study published in the journal […]
On Wednesday 30 July 2025 at 11.25 pm local time, a 8.8-magnitude earthquake has hit northeast Russia, more particularly the Kamchatka Peninsula. Locally, a tsunami measuring […]
Locals and visitors in Barcelona have more than just waves of overtourism, housing and surging prices to worry about, according to new reports about rising sea […]
On 8 July 2025, the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, closed temporarily due to soaring temperatures, reaching 42°C. Greek authorities announced the closure of the iconic landmark […]