If each resident of a city of 7,000 inhabitants invited 25 people, the result would be Peñíscola (Valencian Community), the town with the highest tourist mass in Spain, with 200,943 tourists per year, according to the European ranking prepared by Holidu.
Its success lies in its beaches and the medieval castle “del Papa Luna” along the coast, although this overcrowding is deteriorating the town’s infrastructure and crowding the beaches and restaurants. And, without a doubt, one of the most serious consequences is the excessive increase in the price of housing.
In second position, within the Spanish classification, is Albarracín (Aragón) with a population of only 990 inhabitants and which receives 23,119 tourists, which means about 23.35 travellers for each inhabitant.
Sant Llorenç des Cardassar is located on the east coast of Mallorca, the third most crowded Spanish town, registering 21.19 tourists per inhabitant, welcoming 32,184 travellers annually, with only 1,519 inhabitants.
Also in Aragon is the fourth position: Sallent de Gállego, Huesca with 21.19 tourists per inhabitant; Salou, Tarragona is next with 16.44 tourists per inhabitant; Mojácar, Almería (16.44); Cangas de Onís, Asturias (14.57); Benasque, Huesca (14.29); Capdepera, Majorca (14.06); and Vielha and Mijaran, Lleida (11.88).
The Holidu rental search engine has also produced a ranking of the most crowded Spanish cities, taking into account those that receive more than a million tourists a year.
According to this classification, Barcelona is number one in Spain -occupying position 20 in the European ranking- with 4.80 tourists per inhabitant, receiving 7 million travellers per year and with a population of 1.45 million inhabitants.
Next, is Seville, in position 31, with two million travellers and 695,000 residents, which results in a ratio of tourists per inhabitant of 2.9
Next, at number 33 is Madrid, with two tourists per inhabitant: 5.59 million annual travellers and 2.8 million residents.
At the head of the ranking is the Croatian city of Dubrovnik, with 36 tourists per inhabitant, followed by Venice (Italy) and Bruges (Belgium), with 21.3 and 21.1 tourists per inhabitant, respectively.
The ‘top 10’ is closed by Rhodes, Greece (20.9 tourists per inhabitant); Reykjavik, Iceland (16.3); Florence, Italy (13.4); Heraklion, Greece (13.5); Amsterdam, the Netherlands (12.1); Dublin, Ireland (11.30); and Tallinn, Estonia (9.6).
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