The throngs of unwelcome visitors ruining Britain's most beautiful places: from ancient towns to scenic villages and a Cotswold spot nicknamed 'the Ganges', MARK PALMER reports from a country in crisis ⊖⊖

Britain might be in the doldrums, but people from around the world still flock to these shores - around 45million a year, in fact. The trouble is that most of them end up in the same places.