Fodors has an annual no list

Thanks for this--interesting. I was surprised to see Northern Scotland on the list; this route;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Coast_500

I'm not surprised Oaxaca is on that list. The AirBnB thing is totally out of control in Oaxaca City and destroying the very things people go to Oaxaca to experience.

-- Mike Beebe

Bali and Kho Samui were busy in the 80s so not really surprised that they are a mess now. Barcelona has never had much to see or do so can be easily skipped (really). While I am sure the Riviera Maya is a madhouse, was surprised when about 6 years ago we visited the Cancun hotel zone for Christmas and found it peaceful and beautiful, even though everyone said to avoid it (it’s ruined) and go to the Riviera Maya instead.

Perhaps too late for Oaxaca but visiting in March anyway. Staying in a central hotel, trying not to be part of the Airbnb problem.

They would have done better to stick to facts and leave out the over simplified cause and affect scenarios.

But very interesting about locations outside Spain.

In a related article....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram_tourism
"Instagram tourism or selfie tourism is the phenomenon by which an area sees an increase in tourism, often to the point of overtourism, due to exposure on social media and the resulting desire created in others to recreate the images they've seen on Instagram or TikTok. Studies in 2018 and 2023 found that social media exposure affected tourism and connected it to the sociological concept of conspicuous consumption."

"Instagram tourism is often seen in areas which lend themselves to the taking of selfies with a background of picturesque natural beauty or vibrant city scenes.
It has been characterized as a superficial consumption of rather than sincere interest in a place, and those engaging in it characterized as "people coming to get a photo of the photos they’ve seen".
Municipalities have taken various strategies to limit the appeal of visiting to take selfies, such as erecting barriers, closing roads, and enacting fees."

"Social media images of Hallstatt, Austria, captioned "the most Instagrammable town in the world," went viral in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. Hallstatt in 2020 had 780 citizens and more than 10,000 visitors a day, primarily arriving via tour bus, stopping briefly for photographs, and moving on quickly. Citizens complained about tourists entering homes and private gardens to take photos."

"Norway's Trolltunga, which had 800 visitors in 2010, experienced 80,000 in 2016, a change which was attributed to social media exposure."