The lagoon city needs to stem the flow of visitors.
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No one plans a European holiday thinking of fleeing from fire or sheltering from intense heat. But the climate crisis is forcing a reckoning – tourism as we knew it will have to change.
When people see their friends behaving selfishly on holiday, they might assume they can do the same.
Cruise liners are back and demand is reportedly strong. But given their environmental impact and relatively low economic benefit, how sustainable is this kind of tourism?
Overtourism has seen Spanish authorities take ever stricter measures. Individual visitors have a part to play in making tourism more sustainable.
Given its environmental damage, tourism must seriously reconsider its purpose in a post-pandemic world.
There has always been a strand running through P.E.I.’s history of some Islanders expressing ambivalence, displeasure or outright hostility towards the tourists and tourism that the island relies on.
Tourist businesses are having to shift from focusing on international visitors to domestic ones.
With 150,000 tourists stranded, this is the largest peacetime repatriation the UK has ever undertaken.
The future of tourism depends on ensuring visitors do not wear out their welcome. Giving locals more of a say in tourism can help ensure they share in the benefits and minimise the costs.
Bad tourists are causing a global backlash, with consequences for the entire industry.
Can tourism ever be sustainable? Only if operators and consumers start looking beyond the idyllic postcard images and take undesirable consequences of tourism into account.
As many of the world’s most popular tourism destinations are overrun by visitors, operators could pay attention to the UN’s sustainable development goals.
Cheap flights and irresponsible tourists are causing many holiday destinations to become overrun with visitors.
People think migrants are draining Australia’s resources. But if we were to cut down on migration, it would also make sense to introduce policies that limit numbers of international tourists.
Spare a thought for the locals.
Overtourism is driving a backlash among residents of many European cities, and concerns are rising in Australia, too.
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate professor, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Tourism and International Development, University of Brighton
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Professor of Tourism Management, Edinburgh Napier University
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Early Career Researcher in Spanish Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor, School of Management and Marketing, University of Waikato
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Researcher, Lecturer and Consultant, Universitat de Barcelona
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Senior Lecturer in Tourism and International Development, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor, History, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior lecturer, University of Greenwich
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Griffith University
