Overtourism is over

The World

It’s been one of the biggest issues facing European cities like Prague, Venice and Amsterdam: overtourism. But that was all before the coronavirus. So, how are the cities whose biggest problem was once too many tourists coping now that the tourists are staying at home? The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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