127 Regions · 700+ Destinations · 100+ Countries
PackedPlaces.com visualizes tourist crowdedness for 700+ destinations worldwide, week by week, powered by school holiday data and major events from 100+ countries.
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127
Regions
700+
Destinations
6,000+
Patterns
50+
Events
100+
Countries
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We collect school holiday schedules from 127 regions using three data providers: hand-curated dates, the OpenHolidaysAPI, and the date-holidays library.
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Over 6,000 travel patterns connect source regions to destinations, weighted by real tourism statistics from UNWTO, Eurostat, and national tourism authorities.
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Over 50 major events — from the FIFA World Cup and Olympics to Oktoberfest and Carnival — are layered on top, boosting destination scores during event weeks.
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Raw traffic scores are divided by each destination's capacity — accounting for category and month-by-month peak season data. Demand is dampened by weather patterns like monsoons, extreme heat, and cyclone seasons. The result: how packed a place feels.
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Measures congestion relative to capacity. A packed ski village scores higher than a busy metropolis.
02Each destination has month-by-month peak season data reflecting real-world conditions — monsoons, dry/wet seasons, extreme heat, typhoons, and polar winters. Demand drops sharply during off-season months.
03Ski, beach, city, island, safari, desert, tropical, lake, nature, cultural, and mountain — each with tuned capacity.
041.5x multiplier during school breaks captures the surge in travel demand when families hit the road.
05Scrub or animate through every week of the year to see crowdedness shift in real time.
06Three cascading providers — manual, OpenHolidaysAPI, and date-holidays — ensure global school holiday coverage.
07Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Oktoberfest, Carnival, Grand Slams, and more — major events that drive millions of visitors are tracked and shown on the map.
✦ Best time
Pick a destination and see its crowd curve for the year — the quietest and busiest weeks, at a glance.
A year in Venice — the teal ring marks the quietest week, the terracotta dot the busiest.
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Each category has a peak and off-peak capacity. A monthly attractiveness model interpolates between them based on each destination's peak months, accounting for monsoons, dry/wet seasons, and other weather patterns.
| Category | Peak | Off-Peak |
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| City | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Beach | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| Ski | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Island | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Safari | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Desert | 0.5 | 0.2 |
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