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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".
Tourism will not only be harder but also cost more. Take Venice, for example. This year, it launched a €5-a-day fee for day-trippers, which will extend into 2025 .
Health effects: Tourism also has positive and negative health outcomes for local people. [1] The short-term negative impacts of tourism on residents' health are related to the density of tourist arrivals, the risk of disease transmission, road accidents, higher crime levels, as well as traffic congestion, crowding, and other stressful factors. [2]
Starting in the second half of the last century, the dissemination of tourism in neighborhoods and urban centers has generated a social claim based on the idea that overtourism is the direct cause of negative impacts such as unstable, seasonal and low salaries, degradation of the natural areas, difficulties to access to rental properties with ...
On the eve of the world’s biggest travel event, ITB in Berlin, the chair of Ukraine’s State Agency for Tourism Development has told The Independent that tourism will be an essential part of ...
An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism. Japan welcomed nearly 27 ...
The war exacerbated these conditions, causing extensive damage to homes, hospitals, schools, water and sanitation systems, and food security. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the conflict had set back human development in Gaza and the West Bank by 11–16 years. By the end of December 2023, the Palestinian economy ...
War tourism is recreational travel to active or former war zones for purposes of sightseeing or historical study. The term may be used pejoratively to describe thrill-seeking in dangerous and forbidden places.