"You have no idea what it is like to live here," a woman almost madly yells at me.

And that's true. Actually, I don't know. I stand in the middle of the narrow main street through the small village with a bunch of tourists from the USA, Canada, Malta and India showing each other their pictures. The man from India has taken 1,500 pictures, he says. All around us, people are walking with selfie sticks and mobile cameras in the highest regard.

"It's been a hell of a hell here," the woman continues, upset.

Locals aggressive

Hallstatt has become Höllestatt, I try to joke. Hell means hell. But she is no one to joke with. And even though she is very aggressive, I actually feel with her. I see tourists walking into people's gardens to get cozy pictures. Sometimes they push each other in the fight to get the best spot for their selfie. It's like visitors eating up the village piece by piece, picture by picture. In fact, I feel a bit disgusted and at first I think I should not.

Yet - here comes the contradiction - yet, I also finally take my selfies. I also want to show my friends that I have been here, in this beautiful place. No filter, just me and the view. As if I were here completely to myself. Hey.

"Why should everyone go to the same places?"

Hallstat's blessed beauty, which many in the village live well on, has also become a curse. The small village has simply become too popular. The number of visitors has grown beyond the control of the village mayor, who plans to limit the number of visitors. The village thus lends itself to cities such as Barcelona and Venice, where the protests against overt tourism have been more loud.

Why should everyone go to the same places? That's what an Austrian asks me to meet up there at the vantage point. There are hundreds of super nice places to visit in Austria, he says, even more beautiful than Hallstatt. And then it strikes me that that book could be a hit: "Austria's Least Visited Viewing Places".

The correspondent program Tourists Attack is available from Tuesday 29 October on SVT Play.