You’ve probably heard of the term “overtourism” when discussing prominent issues within the tourism industry. Ironically, “the term is still not clearly delineated and remains open to multiples interpretations” (Koens et al. 2018, 1). Despite this, academics have continued to center their focus on ways to combat the phenomenon.
Examples of Overtourism
Venice, Italy
- “In 2017, the city received an average of 60,000 visits per day” (Seraphin et al. 2018, 375).
- The city is famous for its’ history, architecture, geography, art and romanticism.
- Ambidextrous Management approach calls for public and private sectors to, “work together toward a common goal in order to trigger and maintain a long-terms profitable tourism industry” (Seraphin et al. 2018, 376).
Barcelona, Spain
- “Barcelona’s Tourism Activity Report, 2016 shows that the percentage of inhabitants that consider the city to have reached its limit of capacity went from 25% in 2012 to a 48.9% in 2016” (Martin et al. 2018, 2).
- Barcelona has been vital to the academic study of the experience’s of hosts in tourism.
- “The way in which local people perceive tourism impacts is highly accurate predictor of their support for tourims and tehi engagement in promoting sustainable tourism. Thus, citizen’s support for tourism depends on the positive and negative impacts perceived by the local people” (Martin et al. 2018, 3).
Bibliography
December 28, 2017. https://pixabay.com/photos/venice-italy-gondolas-channel-1276664/
Koens, Ko et al. 2018. “Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context.” In Sustainability. 1-15.
Martin, Jose et al. 2018. “An Analysis of the Factors behind the Citizen’s Attitude of Rejection towards Tourism in a Context of Overtourism and Economic Dependence on This Activity.” In Sustainability. 1-18.
Seraphin, Hugues et al. 2018. “Over-tourism and the fall of Venice as a destination.” In Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 374-376.
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