How would a 'holiday lottery' tackle overtourism? | Travel expert Simon Calder

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The chief executive of the world’s richest travel firm, Booking Holdings, has proposed a lottery system to tackle overtourism. Glenn Fogel, chief executive of Booking.com’s parent company, told the BBC Today programme this morning (6 August) that visitor numbers to key destinations could be limited by a combination of “higher cost and lottery”. Residents of some key tourism “honeypots” across Europe, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Venice, say that current visitors numbers are