Norway's Bold Plan to Tackle Overtourism
Welcome to the world of, by some measures, &quot;too many&quot; people having too much disposable wealth. There are obviously worse problems to have. But overtourism is a problem that&#x27;s only going to get worse.<p>This even affects Mount Everest where people are literally dying just to say they stood at the top of the world. And Everest simply can&#x27;t support the number of climbers now.<p>You see this in US national parks where the obvious ones (eg Yosemite) are arguably oversubscribed while others you could probably go days without seeing anyone.<p>There&#x27;s a certain lack of imagination here. Some of it is convenience. Take Everest. People climb it because it&#x27;s the tallest and people know what it is. There are ~14 other peaks over 8000 meters. Are any of these qualitatively worse experiences? Probably not. But... bragging rights.<p>Solutions to this fall into a number of buckets:<p>1. Making it more expensive: some will complain only the rich can go and this is unfair.<p>2. Quotas: you have to book far, far in advance and no doubt this is unfair to some people.<p>3. Lottery system: this is really a variation of quotas but probably fairer.<p>So I&#x27;ve been to Paris like 4 times. I like it but my God the touristy places are a nightmare such that I basically never went to any. Honestly the best part for me was the bread. The sandwiches you&#x27;d buy on the street were unbelievably good.<p>Anyway, I honestly don&#x27;t understand this need people have to jam in with 100,000 other people just to see some famous building. Maybe that&#x27;s just me.