Skift Call November 7: A Framework for Overtourism Solutions
Skift Take
When your city sees demonstrations against tourists — or even expressions of discontent beyond peaceful protests — you know you have a problem. Destinations around the world are struggling to find the right balance between welcoming visitors and barring them. We'll discuss a framework for figuring out solutions.
In the past few years, since we started describing destinations struggling with throngs of tourists outpacing locals and cities' ability to cope as "overtourism," the term has become a go-to characterization within the travel industry and mainstream media.
Naming and defining a problem is a step toward taking remedial steps. But as Skift senior writer Andrew Sheivachman asked in this piece
