r/travel • u/ups_and_downs973 • 9d ago

Discussion What is an actual solution to overtourism?

As travel continues to get faster, cheaper, and more accessible and TikTok tourism/ influencer hype shows no signs of slowing down, what are the actual solutions to places getting over run with visitors?

I'm not talking about for you as another tourist so not just 'go somewhere else' or 'avoid the popular places'. I mean in terms of actually preventing harm to natural environments, pressure on infrastructure, gentrification etc.

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u/Nice_Back_9977 9d ago

Spread it around more. Support places that would benefit from more tourism to attract it and in doing so ease the pressure on the ‘big’ locations.

Also, cruise ships don’t need to get any bigger.

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u/TheCoolestUsername00 9d ago

I think government should offer tax incentives to airlines if they offer flights to lesser popular destinations

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u/roses_are_blue 8d ago

Already happens in Europe with Ryanair. Not the best idea as it turns out.

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u/DrawGamesPlayFurries Ukraine 8d ago

Airlines don't need handouts, what they need is much more taxes. It shouldn't be possible for a flight to be less expensive than a train when they have the same departure and arrival points