People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!
But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it's getting worse. None of this however, is spoiling anyone's fun. The Mediterranean is getting more popular every year with tourists.
人们旅行的理由有很多。有些游客去看看战场或宗教圣地。其他人正在寻找文化，或者只是想在著名的地方前拍照。但是，大多数欧洲游客都在寻找阳光海滩躺在。
北欧洲人愿意支付了很多钱，把与不便地段的阳光，因为他们有这样的很少。像伦敦，哥本哈根城市的居民和阿姆斯特丹在黑暗中度过一个冬天了，因为他们的日子是如此短，大部分在今年余下时间在雨中。这是地中海一直吸引他们的原因。每年夏天，超过25万人前往地中海度假胜地和海滩的假期。它们都出于同样的原因：太阳!
但有迹象显示该地区越来越多的旅游超过它所能处理。地中海已经是地球上污染最严重的海域之一。和旅游业的增长，现在情况更糟。然而这一切都不是溺爱任何人的乐趣。地中海是越来越受欢迎，每年的游客。
