Protect Wanaka 
98 tourist destinations have been identified in a global map of places suffering from overtourism. Two of New Zealand’s hottest tourist destinations have already made the map. As Stuff journalist Lorna...
In a paper published by the University of Hawaii (UH), researchers claim that tourism in Hawaii has hit a so-called “tipping point” of overtourism as increasing numbers of annual visitors are reportedly on the...
The issue of over-tourism is a challenge facing many places around the world with rising mobility and tourist flows. Globally, international tourist arrivals grew by 7% in 2017, amounting to 1,326...
Because it’s been only in the past decade that city residents and locals have been increasingly protesting the number of tourists visiting their cities. Travel and sustainability blogger Sophie looks at...
Turning Wanaka Airport into an international destination would “devastate” Wanaka, according to a visiting American airport builder. Jim Head has been laying down runways and taxiways in the United States for...
New Zealanders could become increasingly divided in their attitudes to the rising number of visitors, a tourism researcher is warning, unless action is taken to manage their impact. Professor Regina Scheyvens,...
Overtourism is now a serious issue in many parts of the world. A good visitor experience may not be a finite resource in the same way as oil, but many popular...
The number of tourists arriving in Prague has been increasing steadily. Back in 1989 there were 1.6m tourists arriving in the Czech capital. In 2000 the figure was 2.6m and in...
Locals are warning that their hometowns are becoming like Disneyland. In this buzzfeed article, Australian based writer Anna Mendoza considers some well known global locations which have been badly hit with...
One of New Zealand’s most scenic locations is buckling under the strain of selfie-seeking tourists, with lines of up to an hour to capture scenes of supposed isolation and peace. Roys...