A high concentration of tourists in a specific destination may suggest unbalanced tourism development, stressed the European Commission on the occasion of the publication of new data from the EU Tourism Dashboard on Tuesday 29 April.
Almost 63% of overnight stays in 2023 were in coastal or urban tourist destinations, which account for just 33% of the EU’s total surface area. The intensity and seasonality of tourism, i.e. the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation divided by the...