(Travel Daily News) The European Cities Marketing Spring Meeting in Gijon will be held February 4-7, 2015 and will be dedicated to “Balancing visitors and inhabitants”… Worldwide tourism is growing and the expectations for the next years are a further growth. The booming number of visitors, not only leisure tourists but also business travellers, has a shady side in a growing number of cities: locals are complaining about crowdy spots… Where the marketing organizations in origin tried to get more visitors, they are thinking now about the balance between visitors and inhabitants. That balance is necessary for a liveable city, the most valuable thing for inhabitants and for the economic impact of the visiting industry.
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