Europe, overtourism and protest
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Protests may be returning this summer, but so are new ideas to make travel more sustainable, from smart tech to visitor taxes and travel rewards.
Overtourism is rattling cities across Europe, where some activists blame short-term rental companies like Airbnb for the rising cost of living.
As Europe's dream destinations hit their saturation point, locals are taking to the streets with a message: tourism has gone too far, Travel News News - Times Now
In the streets of Barcelona, demonstrators armed with water guns sprayed unsuspecting tourists as part of growing protests.
In Venice, a couple of dozen protesters unfurled a banner Sunday calling for a halt to new hotel beds in the lagoon city in front of two recently completed structures, one in the popular tourist destination’s historic center where activists say the last resident,