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Travel | June 13, 2023 4:56 pm


MAYBE CONSIDER NOT TRAVELING TO EUROPE THIS SUMMER


INSTEAD, GO LITERALLY ANYWHERE ELSE

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By Lindsay Rogers @lndsrgrs

Traveling to Europe is a rite of passage — a return to the motherland for many,
and merely a mark of personal accomplishment for others. Thus, destinations like
Barcelona, Rome and Paris, to name a few, have come to exist under a
near-constant blanket of tourists. This is the case now more than ever. Per a
new report from CNN, the number of Americans traveling to Europe this summer is
expected to increase by 55% over last year. That number is significant in its
own right, but even more since last year’s number was 600% higher than in 2021.

It’s made summer travel to the continent damn near unbearable. Last year,
following a trip to Positano, Rebecca Jennings from Vox said of the crowds,
“Like seemingly everywhere else in Italy, they are rampant and inescapable and
at times contribute to a sense of claustrophobic doom so great that the only way
out is divorcing yourself from your body and disassociating until you finally
reach open air.”

Still, it won’t deter everyone from making the pilgrimage to Italy’s famed
coasts this year. In fact, thanks largely to the second season of HBO’s The
White Lotus, searches for flights to cities in Sicily have skyrocketed this
summer, with searches to Messina and Palermo up by 335% and 180%, respectively.
One traveler told CNN that Palermo was already “absolutely insane” and that
people were “spilling onto the street like it was Mardi Gras.”



But that’s hardly unique to Italy. Cities in Spain, France, Ireland, Greece,
Iceland, the Netherlands and Portugal are also exploding with unprecedented
numbers. People are lining up at landmarks and popular attractions everywhere,
and hotels are at full occupancy. And, even worse, are you traveling on a tight
budget? Not to Europe you aren’t. Roundtrip tickets to the continent are
currently averaging more than $1,200, up $300 from this time in 2022.

THE 10 BEST PLACES TO VISIT THIS SUMMER: TRIPS FOR EVERY KIND OF TRAVELER

Our trusted correspondents have lined up all the inspo you need for the perfect
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Now, listen, I love Europe. I love the history, the food, the proximity of one
great city to the next. But I also can’t think of anywhere I’d less like to be
than Europe in the summer (with the exception of a place like Andorra, which has
considerably less mass appeal). I was in Rome for a work trip last July,
and,while it is without question one of the greatest cities on Earth, the
throngs of tourists were debilitating. You couldn’t get within feet of the Trevi
Fountain, where they stand in ranks like an infantry battalion. A few months
later in Croatia, I was met with much of the same.



Some will argue that the uptick in tourism is a good thing, particularly coming
out of the pandemic. Good for small businesses, good for the economies on the
whole. It’s all true to an extent. But you can’t have that conversation without
also acknowledging that many of these ancient cities — Venice for example — lack
the infrastructure to support such an increase. Any increase that crosses the
threshold into overtourism is an objectively bad thing.

There are six other continents and 150 other countries in the world outside of
Europe, the vast majority of them no less deserving of a visit this summer. For
my part, I just snagged a roundtrip flight to Guatemala for $300. In 2022,
Guatemala welcomed 1.8 million tourists all year long. It’s not a perfect
comparison, I realize, as Italy is almost three times bigger than Guatemala, but
Italy recorded 50.5 million arrivals last year.

All of this is to say: Consider going somewhere else this summer. Literally,
anywhere else.


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