From maligned second city to Insta magnet: Marseille isFrance’s new capital of overtourism
This summer has been a tipping point. But it’s not too late to save what makes this place uniqueWhen I first started visiting Marseille more than 20 years ago, few could have predicted that France’s then beleaguered second city would become one of the most popular destinations in the most-visited country in the world. Tarnished by stereotypes and home to some of Europe’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, the port city seemed down on its luck, unloved and, in the eyes of…
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