The most overpopulated country in the world, where there are 3 tourists for every local, is not in Asia at all, but in Europe. Asian destinations are considered to be “overpopulated” in general, but if we talk about the number of tourists per capita, then the first place belongs to Europe. Such data were shown by the research of the MoneyTransfers.com team.
As it turned out, such a small European country as Austria is an overpopulated tourist destination. The researchers said that for every resident in Austria, there are 3.6 tourists. About 32 million people visit this alpine country every year, while the population of the whole of Austria is only 8.9 million citizens.
The most visited place in the country is, of course, its capital, Vienna. Top attractions include Schönbrunn Palace, the Vienna State Opera, and the Museum of Natural History. But in Vienna, as the researchers add, “there is enough space to handle the number of visitors.”
But some of the smaller cities in Austria are experiencing difficulties. In particular, Hallstatt, a town on the shore of Lake Hallstatt, where residents have repeatedly taken to the streets in protest against tourism, is unsuccessfully fighting against overtourism. It is believed that the village became the source of inspiration for the creation of the popular Disney film “Frozen”. As a result, film tourists flock to the village observation deck to take selfies. Residents even set up a fence, trying to “evict” selfie-tourists, and also went to protest actions.
The researchers also gave useful advice to tourists who “still want to visit Austria” but don’t want to join the crowd of their colleagues. Among them is to visit the second largest city of Austria, Graz, which is not visited by so many visitors, but is known as the “Capital of fine cooking”.