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Wanaka resident Andrew Waterworth considers the likely impact of overtourism on Wanaka and Queenstown. This article was first published in August 2018. “Overtourism” is an issue that confronts the present and...
McLaughlin’s Daffodil Hill, a field of beautiful yellow and white flowers outside of California’s state capital of Sacramento, has announced that it will be closing indefinitely due to fallout from its...
British lawmakers said on Thursday they would count the environmental cost of mass tourism amid warnings that leisure trips pose an ever greater threat to the planet. Acacia Redding from Reuters...
Overtourism is a hugely complex issue that is often oversimplified. It can have impact in multiple ways. Claudio Milano is team member of a consortium of researchers led by Prof. Paul...
“People disregard signs, they disregard the environment, they’re just trampling all over the place,” says Butch Kronlund, the executive director of the Community Association of Big Sur, a local group of...
Overtourism is fast becoming one of the most hotly debated issues in the modern age of travel. Thanks to cheaper air fares, rising incomes and social media’s ability to laser focus attention...
It’s summertime, and media outlets around the world are suddenly fixated on overtourism. While the topic has long since entered the mainstream, not a day goes by lately without a legacy...
In 1905, the Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Robert Koch wrote “The day will come when man will have to fight noise as inexorably as cholera and the plague.” Koch was before his time...
The Netherlands tourist board has announced it’s adopting an approach of destination management over destination promotion as mass tourism threatens to overwhelm the city. Amsterdam has an international reputation as a...
Overtourism is defined as “the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitors’ experiences in a negative...