We are probably stating the obvious. Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID19) interest in overtourism has almost completely disappeared. We already wrote about a drop in tourism arrivals in Hallstatt (Austria), one of the worst hit places by overtourism. Reports from Venice, probably the city most associated with too many tourists, show that hotel reservations are being massively cancelled. In this article we look at how people’s search behavior has shifted. There is less interest in overtourism as interest in the coronavirus, logically, peaks.
Overtourism takes a back seat as coronavirus spreads
