With the return of tourists, some of the world's most popular tourist destinations are flat-out, telling tourists to stay away in 2023.
Lanzarote, Spain
Lanzarote has long been a top getaway choice for the British, making up around half of the island's overseas visitors. However, the days of budget drinking until dawn is over, as the Spanish President wants to attract "higher quality" visitors to spend more and drink less. The island declared itself a tourist-packed area early in 2023.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona has it all: modem art, a massive beach, all-night parties, and the food, culture and sunshine you want from a European city break. It's also full of tourists. In 2022, the city took steps to limit the size of tour groups and introduce noise restrictions. The city will further limit numbers to ensure better life quality for locals.
Santorini, Greece
The Greek island attracts two million visitors annually, a significant number considering the island's year-round population of around 10,000. While tourism is a large part of the economy, the island started restrictions in 2019, when passengers were limited to 8,000 per day and tourists weighing over 100kg were banned from riding donkeys.
Amalfi Coast, Italy
In 2022, Amalfi Coast took number plate system for visitors. Cars with odd（奇数的）number plates were allowed access to the coast on one day, while cars ending in an even number were permitted to enter on the next. Local residents and public transport were exception. The coast also featured on Fodor's list of places to avoid visiting in 2023 for its over-tourism.
We arrived at the cat shelter on the same day. I needed something to keep me busy outside school and decided to volunteer at the city's cat shelter. One-year-old female cat Linni arrived that day with its mother. They were painfully shy. They'd lived for years locked in a house with no light or socialization, just an occasional bag of cat food thrown down to them after their loud complaint.
All our cats were sociable, eager to greet visitors for adoption. Linni's mother found a new home, but Linni was terrified of everything, always hiding somewhere when I arrived for work, inside the darkness or under the furniture.
If someone tried to pet her, she'd be terrified. I'd routinely search for her at the start, leaving her food and sitting on the floor to talk to her softly. After several months, she'd sometimes appear slowly, looking at me while eating the food I'd brought. Instead of petting her, I'd talk to her as she ate and watched me. I knew that, being badly treated before, she saw her trust as a weakness or an invitation for bad people to hurt her.
I discovered she adored soft cloth. I'd offer her blankets and towels, carefully selected, at her feet. She'd bury her head in them. A mistreated child was learning there were soft and comforting things out there.
Winter came. It had been a year since Linni and I came. One day, when her head was buried in the folds of a son. woolen blanket, I tried to pet her, and she didn't run away. I took her home to my small apartment. Gradually, we learned to trust and love each other.
A decade later, when I come home from work, she'll be there to greet me. As a veterinary（兽医）nurse now, I specialize in cat behaviour and health. But I learned all my techniques and patience from Linni. She gave me a career.
Company founders telling their personal stories isn't a new phenomenon. These stories are often rosy accounts of a determined person who sets out to solve problems. But a new generation of founders choose to be open about a difficult period in their lives and, in turn, build deeper relationships with their consumers.
According to Dr. Erdem, it's a "positive trend" to inspire connection with customers, as long as it's genuine and relevant to a company's product or service. But Angela Lee said business owners should be careful when it comes to oversharing founders' past struggles, especially about complex topics.
Mr. Akdeniz put his biography on his Champion Pizza website, including when he was homeless, sleeping in subway cars before staying at a shelter for three months. "I want to be an example for people," he said. He volunteers once a week with two organizations that support people experiencing homelessness; donating pies that he serves.
There are 33. 2 million small businesses in America, and scores of owners have experienced challenging periods. Historically, most haven't revealed these hardships publicly through their business platforms, but some do find that their personal stories appeal to their target consumers.
Alli Ball said there were no hard rules about what founders should talk about. "If it's gimmicky, and you're just making it up to design a more engaging story, I think people can see through that," she said.
Business owners who were once in prison said that sharing their past could be a risk to their professional reputation, but some said it had been worth it. "I hid so much of myself for so long," Ms. Browning said. "It would take more emotional energy for me to think about how I want to show up. So, I should be myself. " For her and others, openness about their personal lives led to a feeling of liberation.
Marine（海洋的）biologists have documented perhaps a tenth of the 2 million species of marine animals the oceans might host. Experts point out that scientists have mapped nearly all of the surface of the Mars, but less than a quarter of the seabed.
A new project hopes to change this. Launched in London on April 27th, Ocean Census aims to discover 100,000 new species of marine animals in 10 years. The project is happening now for two reasons. One is that, the longer scientists wait, the fewer there will be to document. Climate change is heating the oceans. One of Ocean Census's priorities will be documenting species thought to be in danger from climate change. The second reason is technological. Marine biologists find about 2,000 new species a year, a rate hardly changed since Darwin's day. Ocean Census thinks it can go faster. Fancy cameras on remote-operated vehicles allow scientists to scan deep-sea creatures without removing them from their habitat. Taking such creatures to the surface for examination is as fatal as the pressures of the deep sea are for humans.
Ocean Census isn't the first attempt to conduct a systematic survey of life in the oceans. The Census of Marine Life was a ten-year effort, begun in 2000, to seek out new species. The Global Ocean Sampling Expedition from 2004 to 2006 aimed to document life in the sea by sampling waters from across the world. What the new effort might turn up is impossible to predict. But history suggests it will be fruitful. Many drugs, for example, are originally made biologically, but one type of marine snail, Conus magus, was recently discovered to produce a painkilling material 1,000 times more effective than medicine.
To help make use of its data, Ocean Census plans to make it freely available to scientists and the public. The point of exploration, after all, is that you never know what you might find.
Challenging, fun, and engaging hobbies have the power to make us happier and healthier. Research suggests that hobbies lead to better physical health, more sleep, lower stress, greater life satisfaction, a larger social network, and improved work performance.
Ask yourself how you want to feel.
To decide a hobby, you can ask yourself how you want an activity to make you feel. Mentally engaged, relaxed, or socially connected? It can also be helpful to consider what your life is missing, like creativity or physical activity, and allow that to guide your choices. That's because you should develop different hobbies to meet your different needs at different moments.
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? The answer could point you toward an appealing hobby. Suppose you wanted to be a soccer player. Joining a soccer team or coaching neighborhood kids could make a passion. Besides, revisit activities you loved when you were young, like drawing pictures or collecting stamps. Doing so is a really helpful place to start, and it allows you to feel comfortable.
Go "back to school".
Consider following a class at a local university or signing up for a lesson to learn more about a potential hobby. You've always dreamed of writing a novel? There's no need to spend lots of money. Plenty of online courses are available for free or for a small price.
Think of discovering new hobbies as an adventure that will add new meanings to your life, and enjoy the process.
A. Take a trip back in time.
B. Sign up for a fiction-writing program.
C. There's no such thing as one perfect hobby forever.
D. Look for potential hobbies to add to your hobby list.
E. Childhood delights can easily evolve into adult hobbies.
F. We asked experts to share strategies for discovering the hobbies.
G. Don't put too much time and money in a new hobby immediately.
Suffering from depression and being homeless for some time, Ron Nessman decided to change his life. He wanted to get a job to get back on his 1 , not knowing that making that decision 2 saved the life of a baby. Ron was at a job 3 at the Applebee's for a dishwashing job. As he was leaving the restaurant, he 4 a baby stroller（婴儿车）with a baby inside 5 toward a busy highway. As the woman leaned into her car to get something, she forgot to park the stroller in a（n） 6 way. The wind pushed the stroller toward the road.
The woman tried to run after the stroller. but fell 7 . That's when Ron came 8 out of nowhere to catch the stroller 9 before it reached the street.
Ron's sister, Donna was waiting at a nearby cafe when she heard the woman's 10 for help. She says her "heart dropped" when she saw the stroller heading straight for traffic. When she saw her brother come to the baby's 11 , she was incredibly relieved.
Ron says he's glad he was there at the perfect time, 12 he would feel guilty if he didn't step up to help. The baby was unharmed, and though the woman was shaken up and suffered 13 to her knees, she's all right!
This story has a truly happy ending for all 14 : Applebee's gave Ron the job when they heard about his 15 actions outside their door! We hope this is the beginning of a new chapter for this kind man.
Chinese youngsters have shown a greater appreciation for traditional culture. In recent years, people wearing colorful Hanfu, a traditional clothing of the Chinese in ancient times （become）a regular sight on the streets or in parks during holidays and festivals. Many see traditional clothing as symbol of their heritage and feel （connect）to their roots.
At the same time, many museums in China have developed various （create）cultural products appealing to the public, of the Palace Museum in Beijing is a leading example. It has produced many things （feature）strong traditional Chinese elements.
Chinese literature, such as sci-fi and online novels, has also caught the hearts of many around the world with different （translation）and adaptations, thanks to the comprehensive Chinese culture they have. Hugo Award-winning novelist Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Trilogy（《三体》）was a huge hit after it （launch）in Japan in 2019, with the first book, Remembrance of Earth's Past, printed eight times in four days after hitting stores.
Meanwhile, Chinese web novels, which are （typical）full of martial heroes or magic fantasies, have renders from across the world expecting their translated updates chapter by chapter. Adaptations such novels, including TV dramas and movies, usually go viral abroad.
Glancing at the clock on my computer screen, I was excited to see it was finally lunchtime. Getting stuck in traffic during my commute into work had just been the beginning of a stressful morning. so I was more than ready for a break. A big salad topped with grilled chicken was waiting for me just outside the Navy base's main entrance, plus I would pick up some food for my co-workers.
I parked in one of the few open spots at the restaurant and locked the doors. My keys were left in the car since there was a keypad on the door for keyless entry. As usual, it was crowded inside. The tables were all full. Finally I placed the orders, paid, and was handed my drinks. I decided to fix the drinks and carry them out to the car since it would be a while for the food to be ready.
When I got to my car. I put in the numbers on the door and pulled the handle. It didn't open. I tried again. It still didn't unlock. My phone and keys were in there. I was going to have to go back inside and borrow a phone to call work. Then, I noticed the phone in the car was being charged, I wasn't charging my phone when I left. Then. I saw a magazine on the passenger seat. Not mine. I slowly turned around to discover my car right behind me. Oh. no! I had been trying to break into someone else's car!
I walked around my car to get to the driver's side, pushed in my code, and opened my door. I placed the drinks inside and walked back to the restaurant to get the food. As I entered through the door. I heard a man's voice say, "They look alike, don't they?" I knew that was directed at me.
Turning my head to my left, I saw two men staring back at me with eyes twinkling and huge smiles on their faces.
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Suddenly I felt my faces were flushing.
Almost half an hour passed before we finished our coffee.
