TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Never before have so many people traveled worldwide. According to the UN World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Barometer, an estimated 1.52 billion international tourists were recorded globally in 2025 — nearly 60 million more than in 2024. Europe remained the world’s most popular destination region, welcoming about 793 million international visitors.
Faced with this tourism boom, a growing number of destinations are reaching their limits, prompting regional authorities to try to reduce the negative effects that large visitor numbers can have. Paris and Barcelona — two of the world’s most visited cities — are among them. Anti-tourism…