Regaining control: Venice takes ‘smart’ measures to manage mass tourism
It is widely acknowledged that Venice needs to do something to manage mass tourism. The question is: ‘What?’ Will deploying technologies that measure visitor flows help Venice develop more effective...
View ArticleMountain biking in Scotland? Not if you’re dependent on public transport
Scotland’s tourism authorities have been keeping global stakeholders happy by declaring ‘climate emergency’ and planning ‘transformational tourism’, but have they lost touch with Scots? In his first...
View ArticleWas this the European summer of terrible tourists? Give us a break, media!
“Hordes” and “swarms” of tourists “forced through a well-oiled funnel” to “crawl” through our cherished spaces, relegating them to “backdrops” for selfies. Perhaps we should tell them to “go home” and...
View ArticleCash, time, or freedom: Travel & tourism is expensive
If one can put romantic notions of 'the good old days' aside, then one must acknowledge that travel was then, and is now, an elitist pursuit for those with the luxuries of cash, time, and/or freedom....
View ArticleEmil Kukalj on balanced tourism, overtourism, ideology, pragmatism, and...
Emil Kukalj reckons ideology is only useful if it is actionable and leads to net positive results. Saverio F Bertolucci interviewed Mr Kukalj for a Tourism’s Horizon Interview. For this “Good Tourism”...
View ArticleVenice ‘bookable’: Italians lose freedom of movement
Are Venice’s new day-tripper rules having the desired effect? Or are they unreasonably restricting Italians’ freedom of movement? This is Dominic Standish’s second “Good Tourism” Insight at the...
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