A hydraulic rock drill broke open a tunnel connecting Austria to Italy 1,400 meters (nearly 4,600 feet) beneath the Alps on Thursday, marking a major milestone in a series of ambitious European Union projects that will accelerate passenger train travel between metropolitan centers and shift freight off the roads and onto rails.

Europe’s tourism sector maintained a solid performance in Q2 2025, highlighting its resilience amid ongoing economic pressures and geopolitical uncertainty. According to the European Travel Commission’s latest report, “European Tourism: Trends ...

Travel from Europe to the United States has been trending down for some time, and now a new study shows just how much it has dropped over the last year. Data from Cirium, a well-known global aviation analytics company,

Rail Europe is offering free travel days for first-class Swiss Travel Pass holders and appointed Siebe Gerbranda as vice president of product.

The highly anticipated Tourism Seasonality Summit returns in 2026 for its third edition, taking place in Rimini, Italy, on 17-18 May. Industry leaders will gather to address the challenges and opportunities posed by tourism’s fluctuating seasonality in Europe and beyond.

MADRID — Suitcases rattle against cobblestones. Selfie-snappers jostle for the same shot. Ice cream shops are everywhere. Europe has been called the world’s museum, but its record numbers of visitors have also made it ground zero for concerns about ...