Tag Archives: overtourism

Tourists, Go Home

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

Travelers who want to avoid other tourists and interact with the people who actually live there, should probably avoid Monaco and Malta. According to this chart, the first has 9 tourists for every local, while the second has 6.3 to … Continue reading →

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Peepshow

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Brian D. Butler

Icelanders have learned to cope with the scourge of overtourism with humor and aplomb. In the far northwestern town of Ísafjörður resident and museum curator Björg Elínar Sveinbjörnsdóttir recently capitalized on the nosiness of tourists who constantly peeked into the … Continue reading →

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