Many European countries are adding new measures and legislation in to clamp down on increasing overtourism.
European tourist hotspots like Amsterdam and Venice are on a crusade to deal with surging visitor numbers. Milan is considering a ban on pizza and gelato sales after midnight, as well as enforcing closing times for outdoor areas of restaurants and bars. Summer of 2023 set a record for Greek tourism, according to The Economist, with 16.9 million visitors during the peak season, even while parts of the country were decimated by wildfires.
Amsterdam also announced last week a ban on new hotels and that it would halve the number of river cruise ships in the city within five years. It also decided last year to ban smoking cannabis on the streets of the red-light district. Croatia's medieval walled city of Dubrovnik is one of Europe's most overcrowded cities, with the flow of tourists sometimes making it impossible to walk inside the historic Old Town.
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