Indicators are a fundamental tool for destinations in their progress towards a more
sustainable tourism development. However, the lack of real progress and the accelerated …

This paper reviews progress in the field of urban tourism, revisiting and challenging the
validity of the paradoxes presented in the paper by Ashworth and Page (2011). To do this …

Tourist pressure on local populations, also termed 'overtourism', has received much
attention in the global media, as tensions related to social, economic or environmental …

Tourism is a vital economic source in the Mediterranean basin. The sun and beach tourists
are of major social and economic importance for almost all Mediterranean countries …

The impacts of the tourism sector on the overall eco-efficiency of 22 Latin America and
Caribbean countries from 1995 to 2016 were examined. A Data Envelopment Analysis was …

The rapid increase in urban tourism flows generates problems of tourist overcrowding and
gives rise to important challenges for city management. Within this context, urban tourism …

National parks are highly valuable natural areas and have the potential to attract a large
number of visitors. The number of visitors at national parks is systematically increasing, often …

March 2020. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus restricted global mobility as cities and
countries started to impose complete lockdown to curtail the spread of the deadly virus. The …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 has caused radical changes in the lives of people as well as
economies. These changes are deemed as evolutionary and would bring a new phase of …

This research note explores how cities that develop a smart city and/or smart destination
strategy approach the management of overtourism. A group of cities with uneven tourism …