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Opinion & Analysis delivers informed perspectives and deeper examination of the issues, trends, policies, and decisions shaping global tourism — offering insight beyond the headline.

Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisasWriting for the IATA Opinions Blog, Harry Grewal, IATA’s Director of Airports, Infrastructure & Customer Experience, poses a deceptively simple question that most travellers — and perhaps even some tourism marketers — rarely consider: when a passenger arrives at check-in with a valid passport, a confirmed ticket and an eVisa, how does the airline actually know that the eVisa is genuine and valid?

Digital Visas, Analog Problems: Why Airlines Still Struggle to Verify eVisas

Published September 18, 2026 by Staff Writer

More than 100 countries now issue eVisas, but IATA says the systems airlines use to verify them remain fragmented — creating a costly gap between governments approving digital travel authorisations…

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The Island That Fed the World Is Starving Its Own People: Mallorca’s Tourism Revolt and the Broken Social ContractTourism Reporter has tracked the gathering storm of Europe's overtourism crisis with unusual consistency throughout 2026.

The Island That Fed the World Is Starving Its Own People: Mallorca’s Tourism Revolt and the Broken Social Contract

Published July 29, 2026 by Staff Writer

On 26 July 2026, tens of thousands of residents marched through Palma. By the time police fired rubber bullets, Europe’s overtourism debate had crossed a line—from a tourism management challenge…

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