1.0thesmartcityjournal.comhttps://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wTmLy7m3hC"><a href="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/smart-tourism/us-tourism-invades-european-destinations">US tourism invades European destinations</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/en/smart-tourism/us-tourism-invades-european-destinations/embed#?secret=wTmLy7m3hC" width="600" height="338" title="“US tourism invades European destinations” — thesmartcityjournal.com" data-secret="wTmLy7m3hC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.thesmartcityjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/US_tourism_invasion.jpg1280800Tourists have to wait more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi queues at Rome's main train station are just as long. There are so many visitors concentrated in and around St Mark's Square in Venice that crowds of people crowd to cross the bridges, even on weekdays. After three years of pandemic limitations, this year's tourism in some of Europe's most popular destinations this summer is expected to surpass 2019 records, from Barcelona, Rome, Athens and Venice to the picturesque islands