Tourists are packing European hotspots. And Americans don’t mind the higher prices and crowds

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Crowds are packing the Colosseum, the Louvre, the Acropolis and other major attractions as tourism exceeds 2019 records in some of Europe’s most popular destinations.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: While European tourists helped the industry on the road to recovery last year, the upswing this summer is led largely by Americans. The return of mass tourism is a boon to hotels and restaurants, which suffered under the pandemic restrictions. But there is a downside, too, as pledges to rethink tourism to make it more sustainable have largely gone unheeded in the most popular destinations.