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very complex investigation, obviously. We will bring you that

when it starts. Next, Travel Show. Ever turned up at a tourist

attraction only to be told it is shut because it is too busy? In

Italy a whole town is holding up a closed sign. Also coming up this

week, we head to Brazil to explore a growing trend in the favelas of Rio.

I cannot believe he is trusting me to cut his hair. Here we go. Simon

Calder tackles your questions about getting the best out of travel. And

this week boss-macro global gourmet comes from New York where we are

checking out the mother of all sandwiches. -- this week's gourmet.

This area is situated on the Italian Mediterranean coastline and it is

dotted with pastels seaside villages. It is best known, really,

as the Italian Riviera. This is a group of five villages and it is so

lovely around here. You can see why it is one of the most visited bases

in the country. Ironically, it is the number of visitors coming here

which is causing a bit of a problem. This is a UN world Heritage site and

officials say the rugged coastline area risks being wrecked by coach

parties and cruise ships. All of these villages in the area used to

have fishing as the main industry. Now they rely solely on tourism. It

is hard to understand why the authorities would want to limit the

number of people coming here. -- would not want to. Cruise companies

are adding more Italian destinations to their itinerary as other

Mediterranean ports like Tunisia, losing their appeal after the recent

terrorist attacks. Last year about 2.5 million people visited this

area. The local authorities say that is too much and they want that

number almost cut in half. Do you think it is realistic to be

able to control the number of tourists coming into this region?

The idea is to create a ticketing system which will come into effect

next summer. It will work much like buying a train ticket but you will

also gain entry to one of the five religious at an extra cost. The

authorities believe it is the best way to control the numbers of people

heading here. But not everybody agrees. I do not agree with the idea

of limitation for its own sake. What we need to talk about is managing

tourist flow. Some days you cannot even walk down the street for the

amount of tourists. That does not help anyone. I think a lot of the

people here are worried that if you do anything tourists will stop

coming because they are worried. I think most tourists see that if you

do something reasonable, everybody will have a better experience. By

talking to people here I get the feeling locals simply want tourists

to stay longer. Not just whizzing by on a cruise ship and disappearing

hours later, but venturing beyond the seafront, staying the night and

exploring inland by hiking, or taking a trip to a winery.

This village is also known as a small white wine region. But not

many tourists get to experience it, in part because of the location.

Most of these vineyards are high on the cliffs, which are spectacular.

Part of my tour includes visiting a wine plant, which is handy because

it is thirsty work as a travel show presenter. To produce the unique

taste the wine here, producers are using a blend three local grapes,

Bosco, Alba Rohner and vermin team. Shortly after my tour, I am told how

there is hope that with tourist caps, some visitors will stay longer

and make the trip to the vineyards. Can you tell me what impact the mass

tourism has had on the environment? Has it affected the production of

the wine? As my time here comes to an end it

will be interesting to see how authorities manage the flow of next

year's tourists. By then these roads will be fitted with devices to gauge

the number of people visiting and when a certain number is reached,

access will be closed. Tickets will be sold ahead of time online and on

and have currently being developed. They will show you which of the

villages are heavily congested, or sold out because of popular demand.

It is not just here in Italy where tourist numbers are being

controlled. It is happening all over the world. Listen up, because here

is a rundown of the places where tourists are not always as well, as

they once were. -- well come to. -- well come. -- welcome. To combat the

meta- sightseers buzzers -- the amount sightseers, they are tackling

overcrowding. Soon visitors will have two have a local guide and have

restricted time limits at certain sites will stop visits to the miss

critical Kingdome in the Himalayas now requires a daily tariff for

actually being there. The tariff covers a sustainable tourism royalty

going towards free education and health care. Finally, last year, the

authorities in Barcelona said they intended to limit the number of

tourists. There are plans to introduce a city wide freeze on

building any new hotels and tourism rental apartments. Last year almost

8 million people visited Barcelona. Next up, we are in York for a global

gourmet. This week it is the legendary Katz deli,