Tourists overwhelm European hotspots as popular sites swarmed with holidaymakers as early as 8am

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Tourists overwhelm European hotspots as popular sites swarmed with holidaymakers as early as 8am.

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Tourists have overwhelmed European hotspots, with popular sights flooded by holidaymakers as early as 8am.The continent has seen a five per cent rise in international tourists arrivals in 2026, compared to this time last year, according to the European Travel Commission.Experts have said the industry is "hitting max capacity earlier and earlier", noting that certain countries were not "coping rather well".Popular locations, including the Acropolis in Athens, the Trevi fountain in Rome and the Vatican have faced waves of tourists during the latest summer heatwave.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Kevin Schreck, a travel adviser and tour guide based in Valencia, told the Daily Mail: "In this area of the Mediterranean, tourism has been going up consistently for the past three years, and we've been hitting max capacity earlier and earlier."Even as areas of Europe face anti-tourist protests and repeated heatwaves, the number of tourists have risen, he said.The number of tourists had become...

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B: Tourists have overwhelmed European hotspots, with popular sights flooded by holidaymakers as early as 8am.The continent has seen a five per cent rise in international tourists arrivals in 2026, compared to this time last year, according to the European Travel Commission.Experts have said the industry is "hitting max capacity earlier and earlier", noting that certain countries were not "coping rather well".Popular locations, including the Acropolis in Athens, the Trevi fountain in Rome and the Vatican have faced waves of tourists during the latest summer heatwave.