Tourists destroy the fabulous Austrian village

Hallstat is located in the mountain lowlands near Lake Hallstat and has been named the most popular country by the Instagram social network.

This alpine beauty is home to 750 people and protected by U NESTO. However, after Hallstat presented himself at a travel show in South Korea in 2006, a large number of tourists began to visit him.

These crowds were patient until 2013, when someone expressed doubts that the Arendale Kingdom from the animated film Frozen had been modeled in Hallstat. The popularity of this country is growing because of social networks, as the country is really <x0fotogenic”.

After the photos began to circulate online, 10,000 Asian tourists go through the Hallstat streets every day, meaning there are six times as many tourists as in Venice, when they compare the population with the tourist report.

It's almost impossible to enjoy a walk and a view because of the number of people wandering around, and besides tourists with celephie sticks, young people get married here because of the beautiful photos.

In late November 2019, a fire broke out in Hallstat, damaging most of the coastal structures of the 16th century. Tourists were asked not to come to that part of Hallstat that day, but there was almost no way to go against tourists.

This has awakened the awareness of the authorities, who are now finding a way to reduce the number of tourists in Hallstat, and the mayor says that Hallstat is an important part of cultural history, and not a museum.

We want to have three times as few tourists, but we don't have a way to stop them,” said Alexander Schuetz.

However, since many people are harmful to such a small land, not everyone complains about it. Those who sell souvenirs, hold restaurants, rent houses or in some way earn money from tourists do not complain about their abundance, but consider them to be their “gold-mining”, writes the Sun”.