Says that anti-tourist protests will spread to other parts of Europe:
A city dealing with too many travelers can make a push for “quality over quantity” tourism — that is, prioritizing big-spending travelers over mass tourists, he said.
Protests will spread if European cities don’t address overtourism (cnbc.com)
This strategy is already underway in New Zealand and Hawaii.
Protests have occurred in other cities in Spain, plus other cities including in the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Croatia, and Italy.
Amsterdam is discouraging visits by “young male travelers” (Traveling to Amsterdam: the city is telling some visitors to stay away (cnbc.com):
But Amsterdam has a problem with too much tourism — and now it’s telling some visitors, namely British male tourists aged between 18 and 35, to “stay away” if they’re traveling to the city for drugs or parties.
Other areas doing similar things:
- New Zealand tourism strategy focuses on ‘high value’ tourists at the expense of the rest (smh.com.au)
- Another Italian Destination Adds Visitor Restrictions to Curb Overtourism | TravelPulse
- Alaska increases cruise tourism limits to Juneau | Fox Business
- Greece starts limiting Acropolis daily visitors to tackle overtourism | CNN
- Bukchon Hanok Village: South Korea to set visitor curfew for historic district to crackdown on tourists | CNN
- Europe Fights Overtourism Through Limits of the Number of Tourists | .TR (tourism-review.com)
- Japan imposes new fees on Mount Fuji climbers to limit tourists (nbcnews.com); Japan Limits Tourists in Kyoto Area, Installs Mt. Fuji Barrier – AFAR
- Amsterdam bans new hotels and limits overnight tourists (usatoday.com)
- New Zealand Mulls Limiting Mass Tourism to Preserve Green Image – Bloomberg
- Venice to trial admission fee, visitor limit from April 2024 | Tourism News | Al Jazeera
- Tahiti Proposes to Limit Tourism Numbers to One Tourist Per Inhabitant (skift.com)