Dubrovnik without Overtourism
30 July 2022 |
3:30 pm
DW-viewer Dora Pudja shows us around her home town in Croatia on the Adriatic. How has the corona pandemic affected Dubrovnik, which, with its many sights, was until recently suffering from overtourism?
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