Popular tourist destinations are seeking ways to curb overtourism

Crowds of tourists wait for the eruption of the Strokkur geyser in Iceland. — dpa

Bali (Indonesia), Venice (Italy), Athens (Greece), Iceland, Hallstatt (Austria). On the face of it, these locations don’t have a lot in common.

But all in recent months have seen officials and residents moving to do something about perceived overtourism as visitor numbers return to what they were before the pandemic.