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Banff
Alberta Rocky Mountain park with turquoise glacial lakes, record 4.5 million annual visitors, and access now controlled by shuttles, paid parking and vehicle bans.
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Hoi An
UNESCO-listed Vietnamese trading port on the Thu Bon river, known for tailors, lantern nights and heavy autumn flooding. Small, walkable, heavily touristed.
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Kyoto
Japan's former imperial capital, dense with UNESCO temples and machiya streets, now managing record crowds with new taxes, fines and visitor-priced buses.
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Lisbon
Portugal's Atlantic capital, hilly and tiled, still good value in Western Europe, now under short-term rental caps, tuk-tuk bans and heavy pickpocket pressure.
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Marrakech
Historic imperial city in central Morocco built around a walled UNESCO medina, the Jemaa el-Fna square, palace museums and the modern Gueliz district.
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Oaxaca
Colonial capital and Zapotec heartland in southern Mexico, known for mezcal, mole, Monte Alban, and two festival peaks that overwhelm the city's capacity.
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Reykjavik is a capital of modest size doing a very large job, serving as the arrival point, transport hub and accommoda…
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Queenstown occupies a shelf of land on the northeastern shore of Lake Wakatipu, hemmed in by The Remarkables to the sou…
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Oaxaca Review: World-Class Food and Ruins, Priced and Crowded to the Limit in Festival Season
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Oaxaca de Juarez is the capital of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico, and the city centre together with the archaeologica…
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Marrakech Delivers World-Class Monuments For 100 Dirhams, And Constant Hassle For Free
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