By David Morgan
Updated on: May 2, 2026 / 9:08 PM EDT / CBS News
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COVER STORY: Overtourism: Too much of a good thing?
Tourism represents 10% of the global economy. But many travel destinations and residents are reeling from rising visitor numbers, spurred in large part by social media. Correspondent Seth Doane travels to Amsterdam, Paris, Venice and Portofino to examine the impacts on cities, resorts and natural attractions, and why some people are resisting visitors or redefining tourism in fragile destinations.
Read an excerpt: “The New Tourist” by Paige McClanahan.
For more info: “The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” by Paige McClanahan; Paige McClanahan (official site); Tours That Matter (Amsterdam); We Live Here (Amsterdam); Jasper van Dijk, Utrecht University School of Economics; Discover Amsterdam; Portofino Tourism.
ALMANAC: May 3
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.
HEALTH: Horsepower: How horses are therapeutic
Horses can form powerful bonds with people owing to their ability to sense and feel human emotions. Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship in Bedford Corners, N.Y., runs programs that help people with disabilities, veterans with PTSD, and the incarcerated through interactions with horses. “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl reports.
For more info: Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship.
ARTS: Mozart: The man and the legend
A new exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York illuminates the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—from his first compositions at age five to personal objects, manuscripts and instruments. Jane Pauley reports.
For more info: “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Treasures from the Mozarteum Foundation of Salzburg” (Morgan Library & Museum, through May 31); catalogue “111 x Mozart: Exhibition Edition”; Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation; Mozart performance footage courtesy of Carnegie Hall+ and Unitel.
HEALTH: A tool to help keep dementia in check
A new tool, the Brain Care Score, helps identify traits and lifestyle habits that impact brain health and shows how lifestyle changes can reduce dementia risk. NPR correspondent Allison Aubrey talks with neurologist Dr. Jonathan Rosand about daily habit changes as prevention.
For more info: Take the Brain Care Score (Global Brain Care Coalition); Dr. Jonathan Rosand, McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital; Lauren Sprague.
PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers notable figures who left us this week.
CANDY: Pez
Luke Burbank reports on Pez, the candy and dispenser phenomenon that found success after attaching character heads to pop-up dispensers.
For more info: Pez.com; Pez Visitor Center (Orange, Conn.); “Pez: From Austrian Invention to American Icon” by Shawn Peterson.
HARTMAN: Neighbors
MUSIC: Sting embarks on “The Last Ship”
Newcastle’s shipbuilding heritage influenced Sting, who wrote and starred in the musical “The Last Ship” about a community’s loss of its shipyard. Now on international tour, Sting speaks with Mark Phillips about his career and why he keeps working.
For more info: “The Last Ship” (official site); Sting’s “The Last Ship” at the Metropolitan Opera (June 9-14); Sting (official site).
SPORTS: Becoming an “accidental” golf course owner
Tom Coyne, editor of The Golfer’s Journal, bought time running a nine-hole course in New York’s Catskills to try to revive it. He talks with Lee Cowan about preserving a rural community course and his new book, “A Course Called Home: Adventures of an Accidental Golf Course Owner.”
Read an excerpt: “A Course Called Home” by Tom Coyne.
For more info: “A Course Called Home” by Tom Coyne (Avid Reader Press); The Golfer’s Journal; Sullivan County Golf Club (Liberty, N.Y.); thanks to Pebble Beach Golf Links.
COMMENTARY: David Sedaris on dogs and the people who obsess over them
Humorist David Sedaris reflects on an encounter in a New York City dog park and muses about people and their dogs.
For more info: “The Land and Its People: Essays” by David Sedaris; davidsedarisbooks.com.
NATURE: Big horn sheep in Washington State
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MARATHON: Iceland, land of fire and ice (YouTube video)
A “Sunday Morning” marathon of stories about Iceland: its origins, genealogy, the Ring Road, nature scenes, an operatic tenor, the banking collapse response, rescuing puffins, and puffin nature segments.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: How Georg Baselitz turned the art world upside-down (YouTube video)
German-born Neo-Expressionist Georg Baselitz, known for inverted paintings, died April 30, 2026, at 88. This 2018 profile by Serena Altschul covered a career retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum.
GALLERY: Notable Deaths in 2026 (photo gallery)
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