From Barcelona to Portugal to Japan, how overtourism is causing chaos in summer 2024

From Barcelona to Portugal to Japan, how overtourism is causing chaos in summer 2024

Travellers in standstill traffic outside the sun-washed walls of Casa do Cipreste sometimes spot the bell and pull the string “because it’s funny”, Pimentel says. Martinho de Almada Pimentel at his mountainside mansion, Casa do Cipreste, in Sintra, Portugal. Photo: AP With the windows open, he can smell car exhaust fumes and hear the “tuk-tuk” … Read more