From Sunny Spanish Islands to a Dutch City by the River, European Communities Are Mobilizing Against Over-Tourism
Around the world, a myriad of different localities have economies that revolve around tourism. This applies to both rich and developing countries, both warm and cold weathered.
What these places all have in common is that – for better or for worse – the lives of the local communities will be deeply affected by the relentless influx of visitors.
It has now come to the point where many of the most sought-after tourist attractions are becoming over-crowded in a way that is disrupting the life of the locals in an unacceptable way.
So, they are starting to react. These last few days we saw parallel examples from the sunny Spanish Canary Islands and from the northern Netherlands city of Amsterdam.
