Overtourism

Claudio Milano (Edited By) - Claudio Milano (PhD) is a Social and Cultural Anthropologist. He is a Professor and Researcher inTourism at Ostelea School of Tourism & Hospitality, University of Lleida (Barcelona, Spain). He has published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and he is member of several international anthropological and tourism research networks. He recently contributed to a study on overtourism in European Union funded by the European Parliament as team member of a consortium. His research interests are focused on sociocultural impacts of tourism in Europe and LatinAmerica and the relation between tourism, social resistance and protest movements in rural and urban areas.Joseph M Cheer (Edited By) Joseph M. Cheer is at Western Sydney University and is board member of the International Geography Union (IGU) Commission on Tourism and Leisure and Global Change. His research draws from transdisciplinary perspectives, especially human/economic geography, cultural anthropology and political economy. Joseph is focused on research to practice with an emphasis on resilience building, sustainability and social justice in tourism. He recently published 'Tourism Resilience and Adaptation to Environmental Change' and 'Tourism Resilience and Sustainability: Adapting to Social, Political and Economic Change' (with Alan Lew).Marina Novelli (Edited By) Professor Marina Novelli (PhD) is a globally renowned tourism for sustainable development expert and Professor of Marketing and Tourism at The University of Nottingham Business School (UK). She is known for her contributions to the concept of Niche Tourism, the study of Tourism Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and new critical elaboration of the Overtourism phenomenon. She is Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, Alternate Member of the UNWTO World Committee on Tourism Ethics (2021-2025) and Member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council for Sustainable Development (2023-2024). She has written and advised in the field of international tourism policy, planning and development in Africa, Europe and Asia for institutions such as the World Bank, the EU, the UN, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, National Ministries and Tourism Boards, Regional Development Agencies, private sector and NGOs. She distinguishes herself as a particularly active member of the global tourism community and for her inclusive research leadership practice and excellence in collaborating with multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholders and multi-cultural teams.

• Introduction: Overtourism: An Evolving Phenomenon 1: Venice: An Analysis of Tourism Excesses in an Overtourism Icon 2: Tourist Gentrification of Retail Shops in Palma (Majorca) 3: ‘¿Todos a Galápagos?’ Overtourism in Wilderness Areas of the Global South In Focus 1: Overtourism Is Invading Kyoto 4: Beyond Overtourism: Studying the Entanglements of Society and Tourism in Iceland 5: Responses to Overtourism in Guanacaste (Costa Rica): A Rural Water Conflict Perspective 6: Overcrowded Amsterdam: Striving for a Balance Between Trade, Tolerance and Tourism In Focus 2: Tourism in Africa: Is Overtourism Evident? 7: Public Policies and Tourist Saturation in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro 8: Short-Term Accommodation and Overtourism in Portuguese Urban Centres 9: My Overloved Town: The Challenges of Growing Up in a Small Coastal Tourist Destination (Byron Bay, Australia) In Focus 3: Brazilian Media Not Yet Concerned with Overtourism 10: Greenland’s Tourism Policy Making and the Risk of Overtourism In Focus 4: Managing Overtourism through a Holistic Lens Afterword: Over Overtourism or Just the Beginning?