In Europe, it’s very common for nations to have more tourists arrive in their country than the amount of people living in the country over the course of a year. The craziest ones in this though are France, Spain, and Italy as they all have large populations but because of their draw to tourists, the locals still managed to get outnumbered by the amount of tourists that go to their countries each year
azucarleta on
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone ever going to Denmark.
Who goes to Denmark?
Or does Denmark only have small number of people anymore, so it clicks over from blue-to-red pretty easy?
thiosk on
Why doesn’t anyone ever want to go to bosnia anyway?!
thebrokencup on
American here. I’m surprised by some of the Balkan states listed. Plenty of my friends have traveled to Croatia – but Albania, Montenegro, Slovenia not so much. (Some of those are on my travel list though, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.)
FrankHightower on
Guess visiting the Santa Claus Village (magnetic north pole in Finland at the time the legend started supposedly) isn’t such a bad idea after all!
tuxisgod on
I think the graph meant populace, not populous
Lumpy_Dentist_5421 on
Tourists outnumber locals 20 to 1 in Amsterdam
Ok_Understanding267 on
UK no? I’d expect the opposite
DigitalArbitrage on
Does the term “foreign tourists” include people from E.U. countries visiting another E.U. country?
YourOldBuddy on
Iceland is at around 8X the population down from pre Covid 11X. It is crazy.
Extrapolate that to a populous country like f.ex. France, then France would have over a billion tourists go there each year.
1AnonymousBurner on
All those warm, beautiful countries in the south of Europe. Walking around with their beaches out. They were asking for it.
majwilsonlion on
I am surprised Norway isn’t red, given how many cruise ships visit the fjords, and how low the population is in general. Especially local population in the towns inside the fjords.
mossywilbo on
yeah, get wrecked, belgium.
mbrevitas on
I am somewhat surprised by Slovakia. I know the Tatry get some international tourism, but I didn’t realise the country is proportionally more visited than, say, Belgium or Norway.
Voltae on
I’m too lazy to check but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Scotland and Wales in red if you counted separately from England.
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In Europe, it’s very common for nations to have more tourists arrive in their country than the amount of people living in the country over the course of a year. The craziest ones in this though are France, Spain, and Italy as they all have large populations but because of their draw to tourists, the locals still managed to get outnumbered by the amount of tourists that go to their countries each year
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone ever going to Denmark.
Who goes to Denmark?
Or does Denmark only have small number of people anymore, so it clicks over from blue-to-red pretty easy?
Why doesn’t anyone ever want to go to bosnia anyway?!
American here. I’m surprised by some of the Balkan states listed. Plenty of my friends have traveled to Croatia – but Albania, Montenegro, Slovenia not so much. (Some of those are on my travel list though, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.)
Guess visiting the Santa Claus Village (magnetic north pole in Finland at the time the legend started supposedly) isn’t such a bad idea after all!
I think the graph meant populace, not populous
Tourists outnumber locals 20 to 1 in Amsterdam
UK no? I’d expect the opposite
Does the term “foreign tourists” include people from E.U. countries visiting another E.U. country?
Iceland is at around 8X the population down from pre Covid 11X. It is crazy.
Extrapolate that to a populous country like f.ex. France, then France would have over a billion tourists go there each year.
All those warm, beautiful countries in the south of Europe. Walking around with their beaches out. They were asking for it.
I am surprised Norway isn’t red, given how many cruise ships visit the fjords, and how low the population is in general. Especially local population in the towns inside the fjords.
yeah, get wrecked, belgium.
I am somewhat surprised by Slovakia. I know the Tatry get some international tourism, but I didn’t realise the country is proportionally more visited than, say, Belgium or Norway.
I’m too lazy to check but I wouldn’t be shocked to see Scotland and Wales in red if you counted separately from England.