Sometimes it takes only a music video, a series or a film for a site to suddenly lose its tranquility and become flooded with fans. Media success usually influences destinations to a great extent – for better (economic benefits) or for worse (ecological damage by mass tourism). Tourism Review introduces five destinations that have become iconic travel sites thanks to media.
"to the great displeasure of the locals" not all locals are displeased, on the contrary special the young generation love it all, including guides that are specialised in tours for Game of Thrones. The displeasure with the tourists in general is a social problem all over European cities that live uniquely from the tourism economy.