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>It isn't a good example here, it is just full of young people who love to exercise, of course they are healthier!

Same how some Eastern European countries like Czechia top alcohol consumption per capita charts, when the numbers are pushed up by tourists going there to get shitfaced.

Touristic cities that attract a lot of people for one thing or the other should just be excluded from some statistics.

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What's the math here? Austria gets 2-3 times as many tourists per capita, but consumes 20% less. Tourists spent 56 million nights in Czechia in 2023, while the 10 million residents presumably spend a bit less than 365 nights in the country: how big of an impact could there be?

I can see how the argument would apply to certain cities or resort regions, i.e. I bet Palma de Mallorca has a much higher daily consumption during the summer season than in the winter.

No one is going to Vienna for a stag party, so tourists per capita may not tell the whole story.

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