Overview

• Vatican City, with 7,709 tourists per resident, ranks highest in the Go2Africa study followed by Andorra and San Marino.
• Venice is the most overcrowded city, hosting 392 tourists for every local resident.
• West Virginia tops the US list with 42 visitors per resident, highlighting rural overtourism pressures.
• Go2Africa calculated ratios by matching official tourism figures from national tourist boards with each destination’s population data.
• Almost 1.4 billion international trips in 2024 pushed global tourism recovery to 99% of pre-pandemic levels and intensified local concerns over sustainability and infrastructure strain.