... [+]Anyone who has ever visited the small, exquisite tidal island of Mont Saint Michel in France knows that one of the biggest difficulties is how to move about when you get there. There is only one access road in and out and even taking the obligatory shuttle buses from the row upon row of car parking is complicated because of the large amount of people trying to get onboard the buses at any one time—3 million people visit every year.
Many European countries are aiming to redirect tourists to lesser known sites—the Netherlands began a campaign to redirect visitors in 2019 after seeing projections that tourism would grow by 50% to 29 million visitors by 2030.
are just two examples. These quotas will aim to radically cut the number of people from 2,500 per day in the case of the Sugiton Calanque in Marseille, to just 400.