Meaning of overtourism | Babel Free

Definitions

Excessive tourism.

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Equivalents

Examples

“As evidenced in the overtourism concept, residents may become⟳ resentful of the intrusions of visitors and visitors' impacts on their ways of living (Figure⟳ 9.2). Thus, it is essential that residents are involved and have⟳ a strong say⟳ […]”

“If tourism is a capitalist phenomenon, overtourism is its demented late-capitalist cousin: selfie-stick deaths, all-you-can-eat ships docking at historic ports, stag nights that end⟳ in property crimes, the live-streaming of the ruination of fragile natural habitats, et cetera.”

“After years in the making, Venice will on Thursday begin⟳ charging day trippers to enter⟳ the city in an effort to protect⟳ the Unesco world heritage site from the effects of over-tourism.”

“In Barcelona, the center of recent protests against overtourism in European cities, demonstrators carrying signs reading “Tourists go home” and “Tourism is stealing from us” marched down the city’s so-called Golden Mile, a street flanked by luxury boutiques and high-end hotels, spraying visitors with water outside a Louis Vuitton store.”

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