Some hotspots are seriously overcrowded. But the allure of the tourist dollar is hard to resist
A SURGE in holidaymakers at certain locations in recent years has added a word to the English language: overtourism. The idea that beauty spots are being overrun arose well before the pandemic, but the relaxation of covid-19 restrictions made matters worse, and resulted in the coining of another term. “” refers to the outpouring of millions of people, desperate to travel after two years cooped up.
The second kind of flashpoint is the “must-see” site, be it the Acropolis in Athens where this month a limit on the number of visitors takes effect, or the main temple at Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. But even cities like Barcelona or even entire, albeit small, countries like Iceland have seen protests against overcrowding.
Second, an increase in the size of cruise ships, the largest of which carry thousands of passengers. Juneau, the state capital of Alaska, has capped the number of arrivals at five large ships a day; the inhabitants of Bar Harbor in Maine, a gateway to the Acadia national park, hope to impose a more radical limit of 1,000 daily disembarkations.
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