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Marta Soligo
@tourismarta.bsky.social
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🎓Sociologist. Professor. Researcher. 🧳I study tourism and social justice. ☮️ Equity, environment, peace. 📍University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 🇮🇹From Italy
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Dec 22
If you’d like to learn more about my work as a sociologist of tourism, this is an interview featured a few months ago in my university’s news center. :) www.unlv.edu/news/article...
The Interview: Marta Soligo
The hospitality researcher uncovers human interaction in the context of tourist attractions.
www.unlv.edu
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Apr 28
Alcune riflessioni sulla mia intervista sul “turismo del silenzio”. #overtourism
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Apr 23
🌎🍃Happy Earth Day! The students of my International Tourism course shared some thoughts on this important day.
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Eugenio Cau @eugeniocau.bsky.social · Apr 9
La puntata di Globo di questa settimana è con @lucamisculin.bsky.social: parliamo di Mediterraneo centrale, della sua storia, delle persone che lo abitano e di quelle che lo navigano: si ascolta qui www.ilpost.it/podcasts/glo... @ilpost.it
Storie dal Mediterraneo centrale, con Luca Misculin - Il Post
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Apr 16
📻🎙️I was interviewed by KNPR on the community impacts of Formula 1 in Las Vegas. This is a complex sociological case study I have been following since the very beginning. In the interview, I highlighted the importance of balanced strategies that center around the community’s needs. shorturl.at/sCOsu
Should Formula 1 be extended on the Las Vegas Strip after its third?
The second Formula 1 Grand Prix race in Las Vegas was a hit, according to the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority. But the overall economic impact, according to Applied Analysis, was down.
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Apr 7
A few weeks ago, I shared with the students of my “International Tourism” course this interesting, but worrisome, article. Key West in Florida has been studying how cruise ships docking affect the quality of water: it stirs up as much as sediment as a hurricane.

www.npr.org/transcripts/...
In Key West, testing shows cruise ships stir up as much sediment as a hurricane
Tests in Key West show sediment stirred up by cruise ships, which can harm marine life, routinely exceed federal standards. Key West has responded by suspending the tests.
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Apr 1
I was interviewed by the BBC on how Washington’s decisions are affecting travel to the US. I focused on aspects such as the fact that, for the US, tourism is a vital market, and a decline in travel could significantly harm the economy. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
'A hostile state': Why some travellers are avoiding the US
As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are changing their travel plans.
www.bbc.com
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Josiah Kidwell @josiahkidwell.bsky.social · Mar 31
Marta (my wife) was interviewed by Financial Times on tourism under Trump:

“Travelers are already in a stressful situation and they don’t want anything to make that journey tougher. People are seriously questioning whether they should travel to the US, and that’s a huge concern for the industry.”
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Mar 31
I was interviewed by the Financial Times on the impact of Washington's politics on travel plans to the US. I explained, People are seriously questioning whether they should travel to the US, and that’s a huge concern for the industry.” www.ft.com/content/2197...
‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders
Visitors suffer hostile treatment since Donald Trump’s return to the White House
www.ft.com
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Mar 28
What a great research trip to Arizona for the UNLV Tribal Education Initiative! It was an honor to learn about the the Pascua Yaqui Tribe directly from the people who are working hard to preserve such a rich history. A special thank you to the Casino del Sol’s staff for their amazing hospitality!
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Mar 26
I was Interviewed by Next Avenue on quiet travel. I said that people try to escape noise pollution and take a break from the demands on their attention. But, as growing numbers of tourists crowd peaceful destinations,do they lose their quiet character? #overtourism www.nextavenue.org/7-destinatio...
7 Destinations To Indulge in the Quiet Travel Trend
Here's where to go to silence the noise and escape the hustle and bustle
www.nextavenue.org
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Mar 14
New interview with the Las Vegas Weekly on my research on outdoor recreation and tourism in Southern Nevada. I focused on overcrowding. I explained that there is a delicate balance to strike.Increased visitations can harm natural resources and create safety issues. lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/ma...
Responsible recreation: Keeping Southern Nevada's natural spaces in good shape
More people getting outside is a sign that Southern Nevada’s outdoor recreation economy is growing, which is good in a lot of ways. But as more people come to outdoor spaces, there are tradeoffs with ...
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 21
#Overtourism Nizza come Venezia: vieta l’attracco alle grandi navi da crociera. Nel 2023, 214 navi da crociera hanno visitato l’Europa. Le emissioni di CO2 sono state di 7,4 milioni di tonnellate. È equivalente a 50.000 voli di andata e ritorno tra Parigi e New York. 🤯 www.rfi.fr/en/environme...
Nice to ban cruise ships in fight against overtourism and pollution
The mayor of Nice is moving to ban large cruise ships from docking in its port, aiming to tackle pollution and overtourism. The decision mirrors Venice's 2021 ban, introduced to protect its fragile en...
www.rfi.fr
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Josiah Kidwell @josiahkidwell.bsky.social · Feb 14
These people don’t care about working class Americans. They just use the culture war to make you think they do.
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 14
La situazione è così tragica che non so nemmeno cosa dire.
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 13
Eh lì eccome!
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 13
Ci vuole! Anche se comunque qua l’inverno è freddo!
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 13
A Las Vegas non pioveva da più di sei mesi. Questa mattina, ho sentito picchiettare fuori dalla finestra e… ☔️🌧️ #lifeinthedesert
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 13
Aggiornamenti da Las Vegas
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 13
A Sokoto, in Nigeria, i bambini stanno morendo di fame perché i centri di alimentazione d'emergenza sostenuti da U.S.A.I.D. sono rimasti senza l’alimento ricco di nutrienti utilizzato per salvare la vita dei bambini gravemente denutriti.
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Josiah Kidwell @josiahkidwell.bsky.social · Feb 12
In Sokoto, Nigeria, toddlers are starving because emergency feeding centers supported by U.S.A.I.D. have run out of the nutrient-rich paste used to save the lives of severely malnourished children. Nearby warehouses have the paste…

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
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Marta Soligo @tourismarta.bsky.social · Feb 9
Fermare gli aiuti USAID danneggia pure i contadini statunitensi, le cui vendite di cibo (proprio a USAID) da 2 miliardi di dollari sono ferme. A causa di tutto ciò, gli agricoltori USA affrontano forti perdite finanziarie. Cos’è che dicono a Washington? Rilanciare l’economia degli USA?
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Feb 7
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Josiah Kidwell @josiahkidwell.bsky.social · Feb 6
“The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
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Josiah Kidwell @josiahkidwell.bsky.social · Feb 8
The situation could pose a fundamental test of America’s rule of law. If the administration fails to comply with the emergency order, it is unclear how it might be enforced. The Constitution says that a president “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed”

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...
Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.
www.nytimes.com
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nonnoluigi 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @nonnoluigi55.bsky.social · Feb 8
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