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Summer 2024 will be remembered as the season that tourism got nasty. With locals protesting against tourists in Europe, and overcrowding an issue everywhere from city centers to national parks ...
Crowds at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Overtourism is congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.The World Tourism Organization defines overtourism as "the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitor experiences in a negative way".
The 2025 "No List" from the travel guide Fodor's highlights 15 places struggling with tourism, including Venice, Barcelona, and Koh Samui. ... The company's 2025 "No List" includes destinations ...
The travel and tourism industries in the United States were among the first economic sectors negatively affected by the September 11 attacks. In the U.S., tourism is among the three largest employers in 29 states, employing 7.3 million in 2004, to take care of 1.19 billion trips tourists took in the U.S. in 2005.
Mass tourism, including the cruise industry, tends to put a strain on fragile island ecosystems and the natural resources it provides. Studies have shown that early practices of tourism were unsustainable and took a toll on environmental factors, hurting the natural landscapes that originally drew in the tourists.
To be sure, mass tourism isn’t just the fault of authorities, visitors or support services alone. Enabled by affordable travel, it’s been a force for good by creating jobs, ...
The tourism industry has been massively affected by the spread of coronavirus, as many countries have introduced travel restrictions in an attempt to contain its spread. [1] The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimated that global international tourist arrivals could have decreased by 58% to 78% in 2020, leading to a potential loss ...
Feb. 12—The forecast for Hawaii tourism in 2024 is "same old ": a year of flat visitor arrivals, which aren't even expected to recover to Hawaii's benchmark 2019 level until after 2025. The ...