Tourism can affect cities in vastly different ways. For some places, it’s a huge boost to the local economy, bringing money to businesses like restaurants, cafés and hotels, and allowing communities to share their culture and heritage with visitors.

In other places, too much tourism becomes a problem. Vast numbers of tourists can overcrowd small communities – see Zaanse Schans, a tiny Dutch village that will soon charge visitors to enter in a bid to ward some of them off . Overtourism can also lead to housing shortages or general unwanted disturbances .

Spain is one of the worst-affected countries when it comes to overtourism , and authorities across the country have been enacting measures designed to prioritise the needs of local people, with the latest effort coming out of Beni

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