Today’s emerging destinations don’t have to become tomorrow’s overtouristed spots. Here’s how.
Our annual Emerging Destination Awards are meant to spotlight unsung destinations that currently have extra capacity and are worthy alternatives to overtouristed places.
But as visitors flock to emerging destinations, there’s a real risk of the medicine becoming the disease. Today’s emerging destination can quickly become tomorrow’s overtouristed spot if destinations aren’t careful in managing growth.
Fortunately, there are proactive steps that travel destinations can take to promote responsible tourism growth.
Our Emerging Destination judges are some of the best-traveled people on the planet. They’ve seen what works – and what doesn’t – firsthand.
So we asked them what our winning destinations can do to help responsibly manage increased visitation.
Their responses, which you can read below, reflect a range of ideas that our winning destinations can implement now to ensure that future tourism growth is a positive driver for local communities.
Read their thoughtful ideas below and let us know:
What do you think?
We’d love for you to join in the conversation about overtourism in the comments or on social media with #travellemming:
Ideas to End Overtourism
Those are our ideas for how our winning destinations can responsibly manage tourism growth.
Now let’s hear from you.
What do you think?
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