Holidays abroad are still as popular as ever, with thousands of people flying to top tourist destinations each month to soak up some sun.
However a popular Spanish destination is the latest hotspot trying to reduce tourist numbers, according to the Mirror. Barcelona is one in a string of Spanish destinations to publicly announce that they're getting too many visitors.
Ada Colau, the city's mayor, has said she wants to reduce the number of cruise ships visiting Barcelona, cutting down on tourists, although no rules have been imposed to do this.
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The news comes after the official introduced a series of restrictions to prevent more tourists visiting, including restricting the number of hotel beds and new hotels in the city.
Mayor Colau also pushed for plans to expand the airport to be binned.
She told the Times: "The great challenge is tourism. Barcelona is a very densely populated city, hemmed in between the mountains and the sea, with restricted space.
"We can’t take infinite numbers of tourists. There has to be a sense of limits and order."
Around 27 million people visit Barcelona each year - this figure is said to be roughly 16 times more people than its full-time population.
Deputy mayor Jaume Collboni has said Barcelona is trying to attract "quality over quantity" when it comes to visitors to the city meaning fewer people coming, but spending more money
Earlier this month Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza have been just some of the latest holiday destinations in Spain to consider how to prevent too many tourists from visiting.
The government of the Balearic Islands announced they will have an "absolute ceiling" when it comes to tourist numbers in the future.
Tourist chiefs will try and reduce the impact of tourism by encouraging people to visit at the different times of the year and try out less popular areas.
Spanish newspaper Ultimahora.es said the plan was to cut visitor numbers in the summer months, when "the feeling of saturation has become suffocating for both residents and tourists".
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