A fifth of all tourism visitors to Dunedin were believed to visit the street and it was a popular drawcard for cruise-ship passengers, Sophie Barker, of the Dunedin City Council Economic Development Unit, said.
However, the council was mindful of the impact that popularity had on residents of the street and so she spent four hours monitoring traffic and pedestrians on Monday, when a cruise ship was visiting the city.
Ms Barker, a visitor industry business development adviser, said she observed many people blocking the road to take photos, some of whom lay down in the middle of the road to do so.
She also saw a person take their hands off the handlebars so a friend could take their photo cycling down Baldwin St, while the driver of a camper van was spotted doing a ''20-point turn'' after failing in an attempt to drive up the street.
People might not be aware that the street was residential, and the council might investigate how it best communicated this to the visitors, she said.
''It is about getting everyone's input so then we can make the best decision for the street.''
A video of a Segway being driven up the street has attracted more than 540,000 views on YouTube.
In 2001, a 19-year-old University of Otago student was killed when the wheelie bin in which she was travelling down the street struck a parked trailer.
