Copenhagen offers tourist rewards as other EU nations clamp down

The Danish capital hopes to lure climate-friendly and well-behaved travellers with perks such as free drinks and skiing

In Barcelona visitors have been sprayed with water pistols in an expression of local people’s anger about over-tourism. By contrast in Copenhagen, tourists are to be given financial and other incentives to come – as long as they act responsibly.

The Danish capital appears to be bucking the trend of other travel hotspots struggling under the burden of too many tourists, by attempting to lure only the well-behaved, socially and environmentally conscious traveller.