The Dream Image Generated with AI ∙ 15 November 2023 at 12:28 am The Reality Widespread adoption of the initiatives mentioned in the previous post may go some way towards curbing the worst aspects of tourism such as emissions and pollution, or local populations getting very little benefit, but there are others yet to be discussed. Excessive tourism is one. While especially bad for nature reserves -and almost half of UN designated World Heritage sites which are supposed to protect the world’s finest natural and cultural sites for future generations, don’t even have a management plan, others affect the quality of life of resident populations in various ways, such as losing access to their own city or being forced out by rising property prices. Too much of a good thing? One of the more obvious issues is crowding. Though tourism almost ground to a halt during the pandemic and many places are still recovering, in others it is startin...
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