Summer Travel Boom Hurts Domestic Tourism and Prices Out Locals
Skift Take
A summer in Capri or Sicily? What drugery! As European spots burst at the seams in peak seasons, local residents are opting to escape as fast as they can.
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This past summer, Instagram feeds were plastered with videos of tourists in Italy. You'd see a video of the Trevi Fountain with just a few Italian models taking photos – then a more realistic video with swarms of sweaty tourists.
That reality could drive locals out of their country when looking for holidays near to home, said Greg O’Hara, founder and senior managing director of Certares, the private equity firm that owns Internova Travel Group and has a joint venture with American
