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European cities such as Rome and Bruges have decided to impose restrictions on tourism to prevent overcrowding and make life easier for the local residents. Rob and Sam talk about it and teach you related vocabulary.

This week's question
According to Mastercard’s Global Destination Cities Index, what was the most visited city in 2018? Was it…
a) London
b) New York, or
c) Bangkok?
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

You'll find the transcript on our website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-190912

Vocabulary
respect
treat something or someone with care

clampdown (or crackdown)
officially trying to stop or limit people doing something

misbehave
do something bad or inappropriate

objective
a plan or aim to achieve something

Disneyfication
turning something into an artificial, not real, commercial environment, similar to a Walt Disney theme park

to cap
to restrict, to limit

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