Now that the fear of skyrocketing fuel prices and stranding planes with empty seats has passed, bookings have picked up again, and 2026 looks set to be another golden year for Sardinian tourism. The numbers confirm the operators' feelings: June performed at least as well, if not better, than 2025, which had been a record year.
Attendance figures aren't the only good news. Another is that so far, beach rudeness has been limited to a few incidents: from the delicate dunes of Torre Grande used as a rest area for a van and camper by a group of foreign tourists, to the camper camp parked directly on the beach at Fertilia (the group—four children, three adults, and a 94-year-old woman—had arrived from Sassari), to the dinghy moored among the swimmers on the rocks at Poltu Cuncau, in Palau.
However, it's with the large influx of tourists in July and especially August that vulgar tourism is at its worst: theft of sand, shells, and pebbles; umbrellas set up at night to secure the best spot; rubbish abandoned everywhere; unauthorized parking and camping; disobedience of rules in marine protected areas; and close-in navigation of dinghies and jet skis.
There is, however, a more insidious risk: that of excessive concentration of tourist flows.
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