25 h. ago Revenge of the pickpocket vigilante: Italian films himself catching young female thieves stealing from tourists in holiday hotspots

Florence welcomes around 10 million tourists a year but the renaissance city has been plagued by an army of pickpockets targeting holidaymakers in the city center or on public transport.

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8 d. ago Horrific moment gunman shoots victim dead in front of shocked British tourists in Costa Del Sol holiday hotspot Puerto Banus

Police confirmed late last night the 25-year-old man targeted had died in hospital from the injuries he sustained in yesterday's ambush.

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8 d. ago Tourists issued major flood warning as three people dead in holiday hotspot

Bulgaria has been hit by a wrath of floods which has killed at least three people. The Navy has been deployed as people desperately try to find their loved ones who have been swept into the sea

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2 w. ago What is chikungunya virus? French holiday hotspot hit with over 100 cases amid warning to tourists

UK health authorities have urged people to take precautions against mosquito bites when travelling

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2 w. ago Dog owners face pet tourist tax in holiday hotspot after DNA poo database fails

Politicians in the northern Italian city of Bolzano have decided that dogs must start paying their way, the locals having grown sick of the mess that plagues the pretty town

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2 w. ago Brit who moved to Lanzarote reveals the holiday hotspot's 'biggest tourist problem' and urges holidaymakers to stop doing it as it's 'ruining' the island

David Gainford, better known online as Mr TravelON, is now based in the Canary Islands and shares his thoughts on tourism in the region.

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3 w. ago Revealed: How criminal gangs are offering sick 'sex holiday packages' to tourists wanting 'young' partners

Paedophiles skulking on the dark net are being offered children to abuse during sordid underage 'sex holiday packages' organised by criminal networks.

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