PackedPlaces.com visualizes tourist crowdedness for 700+ destinations worldwide, week by week, powered by school holiday data and major events from 100+ countries.
127
Regions
700+
Destinations
6,000+
Patterns
50+
Events
100+
Countries
We collect school holiday schedules from 127 regions using three data providers: hand-curated dates, the OpenHolidaysAPI, and the date-holidays library.
Over 6,000 travel patterns connect source regions to destinations, weighted by real tourism statistics from UNWTO, Eurostat, and national tourism authorities.
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.
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.
Measures congestion relative to capacity. A packed ski village scores higher than a busy metropolis.
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Each 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.
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Ski, beach, city, island, safari, desert, tropical, lake, nature, cultural, and mountain — each with tuned capacity.
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1.5x multiplier during school breaks captures the surge in travel demand when families hit the road.
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Scrub or animate through every week of the year to see crowdedness shift in real time.
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Three cascading providers — manual, OpenHolidaysAPI, and date-holidays — ensure global school holiday coverage.
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Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Oktoberfest, Carnival, Grand Slams, and more — major events that drive millions of visitors are tracked and shown on the map.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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