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We should include the new term, "overtourism"[edit]

This is content I just added to the Responsibletravel.com article. I believe that some of this would also be suitable for Impacts of tourism. The cited articles are just a few of the examples of recent coverage of the issue.

"Overtourism" concerns

In 2017 and 2018, several major news outlets published articles citing the problems caused by an excessive number of tourists in cities such as Venice, Barcelona, Cornwall in England, and Amsterdam. "Paradise Lost - How Tourists Are Destroying the Places They Love". Der Spiegel. Berlin. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018. "Dear dictionaries, this is why 'overtourism' should be your 2018 word of the year". The Telegraph. London. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018. Reports in The Guardian have often quoted Justin Francis, one of the the founders of Responsible Travel, who believes that steps must be taken to limit the number of visitors that are producing an "overtourism crisis", in addition to "managing tourism more responsibly". Dogshun, Joe (7 March 2018). "Europe's beauty spots plot escape from the too-many-tourists trap". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

"Ultimately, residents must be prioritised over tourists for housing, infrastructure and access to services because they have a long-term stake in the city’s success", he said. Limits on the number of visitors during peak periods have already been set by cities such as London, New York, Reykjavik, Amsterdam and Paris. Hunt, Ellen (17 July 2018). "Residents in tourism hotspots have had enough. So what's the answer?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 September 2018. Francis understands the rationale. "Some destinations may just have too many tourists" and that issue calls for strategies such as taxation, demarketing and limiting accommodation for tourists. Dogshun, Joe (7 March 2018). "Europe's beauty spots plot escape from the too-many-tourists trap". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 September 2018.Coldwell, Will (16 August 2018). "Wish you weren't here: how the tourist boom – and selfies – are threatening Britain's beauty spots". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 September 2018. Peter K Burian (talk) 15:30, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Re-arrange things so that it's clearer what's positive and what's negative[edit]

I feel that the table of contents does not allow for easy scanning of where the positive and where the negative impacts of tourism are. Could we perhaps regroup it along those lines? Still keeping the economic, social, environmental etc. grouping but either below or above have a positive and negative impacts grouping? EMsmile (talk) 13:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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