This week on “Sunday Morning” (May 3)
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Tourists crowd onto the Ponte di Rialto bridge in Venice, April 3, 2026. The Italian metropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage treasure, attracts greater than 20 million guests yearly; About 50,000 individuals reside within the metropolis’s historic middle. / Credit: Emanuele Cremaschi / Getty Images
COVER STORY: Overtourism: Too much of a good thing? | Watch VideoTourism represents 10% of the worldwide economic system. But many journey locations (and the individuals who stay there) are reeling from growing numbers of vacationers, spurred largely by social media. Corresponding Seth Doane travels to Amsterdam, Paris, Venice and Portofino to take a look at the impacts that tourism is having on cities, resorts and pure points of interest, and why some persons are resisting guests – or redefining tourism – in a number of the world’s hottest and fragile locations.
READ AN EXCERPT: “The New Tourist” by Paige McClanahan
For extra information:
“The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” by Paige McClanahan (Scribner), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio codecs, out there by way of amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.orgPaige McClanahan (Official web site)Tours That MatterAmsterdamWe Live HereAmsterdamJasper van Dijk, economist, Utrecht University School of EconomicsDiscover AmsterdamPortofino Tourism
ALMANAC: May 3 (Video)“Sunday Morning” appears to be like again at historic occasions on this date.
Army veteran Tony Mendez with a remedy horse, at Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, New York’s Westchester County. / Credit: CBS News
HEALTH: Horsepower: How horses are therapeutic (Video)Horses can type highly effective bonds with individuals owing to their capacity to sense and really feel human feelings. Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship, in Bedford Corners, NY, has applications that assist individuals with disabilities, veterans with PTSD, and the incarcerated by interactions with their horses. “60 Minutes” corresponds to Lesley Stahl reviews.
For extra information:
Endeavor Therapeutic HorsemanshipBedford Corners, NY
The Brain Care Score permits you to establish traits and life-style habits that may affect your mind well being. / Credit: Global Brain Coalition
HEALTH: A tool to help keep dementia in check | Watch VideoMany individuals worry {that a} household historical past of dementia dooms them to inevitably endure the situation themselves. But a brand new software, the Brain Care Score, exhibits how life-style adjustments will be useful, reducing the danger of dementia. National Public Radio correspondent Allison Aubrey talks with neurologist Dr. Jonathan Rosand about how making adjustments to your every day habits would possibly simply be the prescription wanted.
For extra information:
Take the Brain Care Score (Global Brain Care Coalition)Understanding your Brain Care ScoreDr. Jonathan Rosand, McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General HospitalLauren Sprague
An set up view of the exhibition
ARTS: Mozart: The man and the legend A brand new exhibition on the lifetime of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City, illuminates the person and his immortal works – from his first compositions created at age 5, to non-public objects, manuscripts and letters, to the devices upon which he composed his immortal music. Jane Pauley reviews.
For extra information:
“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Treasures from the Mozarteum Foundation of Salzburg,” Morgan Library and Museum, New York City (by May 31)Catalogue: “111 x Mozart: Exhibition Edition,” edited by the International Mozarteum Foundation (Verlag Anton Pustet)Salzburg Mozarteum FoundationSalzburg, AustriaMozart efficiency footage courtesy of Carnegie Hall+ and Unitel. Visit Carnegie Hall+ to study extra
PASSAGE: In memoriam “Sunday Morning” remembers a number of the notable figures who left us this week.
When Pez had been first launched within the United States, they failed – however then character heads had been connected to the pop-up dispensers, and a sweet legend was born. / Credit: CBS News
CANDY: PezLuke Burbank reviews.
For extra information:
Pez.comPez Visitor CenterOrange, Conn.“Pez: From Austrian Invention to American Icon” by Shawn Peterson (The History Press), in Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook codecs, out there by way of amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
HARTMAN: Neighbors
Sting starring in his musical,
MUSIC: Sting embarks on “The Last Ship” For centuries the English metropolis of Newcastle was a hard-scrabble industrial powerhouse that constructed ships. It was additionally the hometown of the rock musician Sting, who as a younger man witnessed town’s shipbuilding enterprise dry up. He’s paid homage to his city’s heritage by writing and starring in a musical, “The Last Ship,” which he is now taking on a world tour. He talks with Mark Phillips about his lengthy profession, and why he cannot cease working.
For extra information:
“The Last Ship” (Official web site)Sting’s “The Last Ship” on the Metropolitan Opera, New York City (June 9-14)Sting (Official web site)
Tom Coyne exhibits corresponding Lee Cowan across the 170-acre golf course he started operating in New York’s Catskill Mountains. / Credit: CBS News
SPORTS: Becoming an “accidental” golf course proprietor Tom Coyne, editor of The Golfer’s Journal, has performed a number of the most unique golf programs on the planet. But when he visited a nine-hole course in New York’s Catskills that had seen higher days and was up on the market, he took on a brand new problem: operating the course for a 12 months to see if he may flip it round. Coyne talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about his efforts to protect a rural group’s beloved course, and about his new e-book, “A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner.”
READ AN EXCERPT: “A Course Called Home” by Tom Coyne
For extra information:
“A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner” by Tom Coyne (Avid Reader Press), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio codecs, out there May 5 by way of amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.orgThe Golfer’s JournalSullivan County Golf ClubLiberty, NYThanks to Pebble Beach Golf LinksPebble Beach, Calif.
COMMENTARY: David Sedaris on canine and the individuals who obsess over them Reflecting on a sure encounter in a New York City canine park, the humorist has ideas concerning the associates of Man’s greatest buddy.
For extra information:
“The Land and Its People: Essays” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown & Co.), in Hardcover, Large Print Trade Paperback, eBook and Audio codecs, out there May 26 by way of amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.orgdavidsedarisbooks.com
NATURE: Big horn sheep in Washington State
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MARATHON: Iceland, land of fire and ice (YouTube Video)Enjoy these “Sunday Morning” tales concerning the historical past, individuals and spectacular surroundings of the North Atlantic island nation. Featuring:
The origins of Iceland, and the nation’s distinctive genealogical historical past (2004)Conor Knighton travels the Ring Road (2014)Nature: Scenes from Iceland (2021)Icelandic operatic tenor Kristjan Johannsson (1994)Iceland’s distinctive response to its banking collapse (2016)Rescuing puffins (2018) Nature: Puffins (2018)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: How Georg Baselitz turned the art world upside down (YouTube Video)German-born Neo-Expressionist artist Georg Baselitz, whose trademark was inverted work that depict their topic upside-down, died April 30, 2026 at age 88. In this 2018 “Sunday Morning” profile, corresponding Serena Altschul spoke with Baselitz, who was then the topic of a profession retrospective on the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC
GALLERY: Notable Deaths in 2026
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