Summer vacation time is quickly fading but this season is expected to break

records worldwide with billions of people breaking out their suitcases, sandals and

swimsuits and while tourism is a huge moneymaker, a growing number of destinations are finding

their visitors, well, rather annoying and asking many to stay away.

Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant has been looking at European hot spots that are trying to deter the holiday hordes and he starts his report from the Cotswaltz in southwestern England. Maxwell's, a region of Southern England, notable for its mellow-hunted stone architecture.

This is England at its finest. It's picture perfect, almost fairy tale beautiful and wonderfully tranquil,

but you have to get up early to find it like this.

Especially when the sun deans to appear.

When you think a population of about 4,300,

and we get round about 1 and a quarter million tourists a year.

You know, you can see how people get stressed out by it.

John Waring is a district councillor and an occasionally frazzled resident.

I've had a number of people who've actually said they're considering moving from

Borton because they just can't take the over-tourism anymore. One of Borton's

attractions is a replica of the village, a suitable metaphor for tourism's footprint here and around the world.

When you come to live in a place like Borton and the Water, you would be a fool to do so if you couldn't handle knowing that there was a peak tourist season

and that you were going to see a lot of people. I just need a word with the impen here.

An employee here for nearly 30 years, Brownie Holden is unapologetic about the commercial benefits of tourism.

It doesn't really affect us. We work in the village, we welcome the people and then we go home,

close our front doors, there's nobody else there. Although few in number many

villages share a kinship with bigger destinations whose quality of life has

been diminished by tourism. I think the challenge is how we get the right balance of numbers of visitors

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