"overtourism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From over- + tourism. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|tourism}} over- + tourism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} overtourism (uncountable)
  1. Excessive tourism. Wikipedia link: overtourism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Tourism Synonyms: over-tourism Translations (excessive tourism): surtourisme [masculine] (French), υπερτουρισμός (ypertourismós) [masculine] (Greek), overtourism [masculine] (Italian), sovraturismo [masculine] (Italian), iperturismo [masculine] (Italian), overturyzm (Polish), överturism [common-gender] (Swedish)

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