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Towards this end, this work capitalizes on current literature and attempts to structure a methodological framework and a respective set of indicators\u2019 groups that are capable of assessing dimensions of overtourism in each single tourism destination, thus providing evidence-based and more robust guidelines for articulating policy decisions that can remedy incidents of overtourism. The proposed methodological framework follows a place-based approach and combines tourism demand and supply data with environmental, social, economic and spatial data and respective indicators for assessing the tourism density and intensity of each destination\u2019s tourism pattern and related multi-dimensional impacts. Validation of both the proposed framework and indicators\u2019 groups is conducted in Santorini Island, Greece, i.e., an island that lies at top positions of many lists of destinations, marked as suffering by overtourism. 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