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Drunk visitors, rocketing rents and homogenised cafes: living in Europe’s tourist hotspots

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In some areas of the island, restrictions on water use were announced in July .

The roads are clogged with rental cars, and public transport is unable to support the ever-rising number of tourists.

Unesco recently warned this wave of opposition could spread across Europe .

In destinations that have attracted rising numbers post-pandemic, people are asking how a balance can be struck.

Camilla Torna , a designer, said: “I hardly hear Italian spoken in the streets one day it's all French , then it's Spanish , then all Russian ’s.

The sound of Florence is [suitcases] on cobblestones,’ she said, adding that several flats in her building are short-term lets.