Exclusive: YouGov polling across Europe suggests most countries are sympathetic to protests against overtourism
A third of people in Spain say their local area now has too many international visitors, according to a continent-wide survey that has found most people across, Sweden and the UK found Spain was the country that felt most strongly about the phenomenon, with 32% of respondents saying there were now too many foreign travellers in their area.
In the UK, 33% had an unfavourable opinion of the sector, followed by 30% in Italy, 28% in France, 24% in Denmark and 21% in Germany. Opinions of the hotel industry were very largely favourable in all countries surveyed, at between 69% and 73%.France and Germany had the strongest negative opinion of another controversial sector, the cruise industry, while in Spain and Italy , where
Cities including Amsterdam, Paris, Seville and Venice, top tourist draws including Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia and the Acropolis in Athens, and sites of natural beauty such as Marseille’s Calanques have all
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