Hallstatt mayor asking tourists to stay away
Hallstatt now attracts six times more tourists per capita than Venice Daily Mail Multiple media outlets, including People.com and The Guardian, report that the mayor of Hallstatt, Austria, is asking…
Overtourism news during the 2019 peak season
It has been a while since our last news overview on overtourism. Half July we wrote about Paris banning tourist buses, a second cruise ship incident in Venice and Barcelona…
Why small tour groups are better
In the age of overtourism, we should be mindful of the impact that our presence in tourist destinations has on local livelihood and the experience of other tourists. A common…
News on overtourism: Paris bans buses, Austria closes highway exits
Every other week, Avoid-Crowds.com publishes a summary of the most important news stories related to overtourism. Here is our overview of news stories about overtourism from the last two weeks.…