Overtourism

Editor’s update: This post is went up at the end of 2020 and was pointing out a rare opportunity to see an empty Machu Picchu and other normally busy sites around the world. Alas, in 2022 things got back to normal and the site is selling out all its daily tickets again. If you’re just …

It’s nothing new to read articles complaining how overrun some places have become (like Ankor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance). In this age of overtourism, where whole cities like Amsterdam and Venice are getting fed up, travelers often then make the false logical leap that there aren’t any undiscovered places left in the world. …

There’s a travel term you’re going to be hearing a lot of in the coming year: “overtourism.” I know this because I’ve been hearing it a lot at tourism conferences over the past year and the intensity is increasing. The term is coming up more and more in the news, especially in Europe. In short, …