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A beach on Sardinia has taken the extreme step of charging for admission.

One of the world's most beautiful beaches, as many as 6,000 people visit La Pelosa in the northwest of the Italian island of Sardinia every day in the summer months.

To help stem the tourism tide, CNN reports officials in the nearby town of Stintino plan to start charging visitors admission. Mayor Antonio Diana said the charge is expected to be about 4, or $4.45, to help cut tourist numbers to roughly 1,500 visitors a day.

Overcrowding is an issue on beaches throughout Europe, like many spots on the Spanish island of Ibiza.

Sun. Sand. Music. And people, lots of people. Ibiza may be legendary for those things, but people still live there, too and not every resident wants to hear a thumping techno soundtrack 24/7 or wake up to people passed out in their garden, at least if a BBC story asking if the party is "over" for Ibiza is anything to go by. The Telegraph reports residents have even taken to the streets to protest the issue.

Crowds have been a feature of Munich's Oktoberfest for centuries.

Some numbers: Oktoberfest is the largest folk festival in the world, with more than six million visitors in 2019. At last year's edition of the annual event, 7.3 million steins of beer were guzzled, according to The Local Germany. There were also 45 reported sexual assaults, 263 physical injuries, 32 instances of someone using their beer mug as a weapon and 96,912 cases of someone attempting to steal a beer mug.

Shocking as those numbers are, The Local reports that they are all mostly down from 2018's figures.

Speaking of alcohol, Dublin is becoming increasingly packed.

There's growing concern about overtourism in Dublin, reports The Irish Times. The Sunday Times asked if Ireland has reached "peak tourism." The South China Morning Post goes further, saying: "The Irish capital is a drinker's paradise, but with the tourist hordes homing in, prices are shooting up and elbow space is going down."

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