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August 23, 2024

Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism' in the summer of 2024

By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press

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It’s the first year in which tourism is expected to beat records set before the coronavirus pandemic. To manage the crowds of tourists, Portugal has limited its residence-by-investment visa program and Lisbon is curbing tuk-tuk scooters.

SINTRA, Portugal — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel's house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It's a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as a monument to privacy.


 
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