The economy has been resilient despite higher prices stemming from the war in the Middle East, but that could change quickly if cold weather forces countries to tap depleted gas reserves.
Locals at an open-air neighborhood dinner, in Italy during the summer. While Italy’s gas reserves are at nearly 85 percent capacity, Germany’s lag at just 56 percent.
Airport expansions in places like Venice, Barcelona and the Spanish island of Mallorca can undermine local efforts to restrain overtourism, and can even enable more tourists to come.
An airplane flies above the crowded beaches of Palma, Mallorca. The airport that serves the island is among numerous European airports in tourism hot spots that are undergoing ambitious expansions.
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