It has been a busy week. News about overtourism and the side effects of mass tourism reached an ultimate high with a traffic jam on Mount Everest resulting in the death of several climbers. Meanwhile, one of the world’s most famous living, but yet unidentified artists visited Venice. Banksy set-up a cruise ship composition to […]
Dutch public broadcaster NOS.nlreports that the number of Airbnb stays has dropped for the first time in Amsterdam. The number of overnight stays dropped with 5 percent to 1.98 million. The total number of houses or apartments available for rent in Amsterdam on Airbnb addresses also dropped with 8.3 percent to 25.380. Meanwhile, Airbnb’s market share […]
Barcelona is the number one cruise destination in Europe. Looking at the arrival of cruise ships that carry over 500 passengers, Mediterranean destinations have the most crowded ports of Europe. With 2.6 million cruise passengers, Barcelona globally ranks as the 4th busiest cruise port. The busiest cruise destination in the world is Cozumel (Mexico) with […]
European tourism peaks in the summer. Most tourists will use their summer school vacations and the good weather to go out and explore. Meanwhile, the winter season and snow result in large crowds to hit the slopes of the Alps. Domestic tourism The chart, based on Eurostat’s tourism data, below shows you two distinctive types […]