Surfrequents of the most popular sites threatens their future, in addition to exceeding residents. The public authorities take measures to better distribute the flow of visitors over time and space.
Hordes of tourists on the Butte Montmartre in Paris or Versailles, crowded beaches on the Basque coast … Summer is in full swing in France, with its share of annoyances: at sea, in the countryside as in the city, tourist surface becomes a wound for the most popular sites, and threatens their future. Everyone suffers. The tourists themselves are disappointed with their visit experience, the inhabitants can no longer, nature loses its rights, the monuments saturate …
95 % of travelers go to less than 5 % of the planet
Tirelessly, however, the flows of visitors focus on the same places. “Tourist presence perceived as excessive and harmful”: The word surcourism entered the 2025 edition of the Le Robert dictionary, as the phenomenon is well established. According to the World Tourism Organization (OMT), 95 % of travelers go to less than 5 % of the planet. Despite the variety of its regions, France, the world’s leading tourist destination with 100 million visitors…
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