An August 2024 survey analyzed the attitude of Europeans towards overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide. As of that month, roughly two-thirds of respondents in Spain expressed either a great deal or a fair amount of sympathy for overtourism protestors. While 65 percent of the sample in Germany said the same, 36 percent of surveyed Italians had not very much or not at all sympathy for residents of popular travel destinations who protested about overtourism.
Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country
Ā¹ Total survey count. The number of respondents by country was as follows: 2,189 in Great Britain, 1,013 in France, 2,301 in Germany, 1,026 in Denmark, 1,021 in Sweden, 1,060 in Spain, and 1,011 in Italy.
The source phrased the survey question as follows: "How much sympathy do you have, if any, for residents of popular tourist destinations around the world who are protesting about over tourism there?".
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YouGov. (September 12, 2024). Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/
YouGov. "Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country." Chart. September 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/
YouGov. (2024). Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/
YouGov. "Share of Europeans Who Expressed Sympathy for Overtourism Protestors in Popular Travel Destinations Worldwide as of August 2024, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/
YouGov, Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of Europeans who expressed sympathy for overtourism protestors in popular travel destinations worldwide as of August 2024, by country [Graph], YouGov, September 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1493484/europeans-sympathy-overtourism-protestors-worldwide/