Eight years ago, Ko Koens warned about the problem of tourism growth. Today we know he was right.

Why is the number of tourists not a true measure of the problem?

Author  Goran Rihelj

7. September 2026.
When Ko Koens, Albert Postma and Bernadett Papp published their scientific paper Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context in late 2018, the debate about overtourism was already spreading rapidly across Europe. Barcelona, ​​Amsterdam, Venice and other major cities were becoming symbols of a problem that at the time largely boiled down to one simple picture: too many tourists on too little space...
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Author  Goran Rihelj

7. September 2026.