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Seeing an estimated 25 million visitors every year, Venice has brought in a series of measures tackling overcrowding and mass tourism. From today, loudspeakers have been banned and tour groups have been limited in the Italian city.
The Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen could follow Venice's lead and charge a fee to visit in an effort to thin crowds during the peak summer travel season.
As Covid-19 restrictions lifted across Europe, tourism returned close to the levels seen before the pandemic - but some locals have had enough.
Cornwall Council has been urged to take the idea of tourism tax more seriously
Local residents protested the tourist-fee trial, with some even clashing with police.