Never go to a place because it’s popular, if you wouldn’t go there if nobody else was there, you probably won’t enjoy it when other people are there.
If you have a deep and strong interest in a place or a thing, it’s great to visit no matter what. Low season might be better
Firefox lets you set default site settings, make the default site setting disable autoplay audio and video.
For sites where you know you trust the video, you can do a per site permission in the URL bar saying autoplay is allowed for like YouTube