The countries taking a stand against overtourism - will it impact your holidays?

After the pandemic forced international flights to grind to a halt, the travel industry is slowly returning to normal. 

School and university winter holidays are now set to coincide with the European summer, and many Kiwis will undoubtedly be grabbing the opportunity to take flight overseas. 

But if you are heading to some dream destinations, you’ll find that their new normal looks a little different. 

Cities like Bali, Amsterdam, Venice and Rome have introduced visitor limits in certain areas to ensure that tourists don’t completely take over these treasured landmarks. 

What do these changes mean, and how does it feel for the everyday explorer to navigate them? And are these restrictions on major tourist hotspots a good excuse to head down the roads less traveled? 

NZ Herald travel editor Stephanie Holmes was recently in Italy and joins Damien on The Front Page to explain what’s being done to manage some of the planet’s major global attractions. 

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