The recovery-versus-overtourism paradox

Taking the stage at the opening general session of the International Inbound Travel Association’s annual summit, held this week in San Diego, he pointed to stats showing that, although domestic leisure travel numbers often exceeded 2019, itself a record year, business and group travel are at 70% to 80% of where they were in 2019 and in many instances seem to be plateauing.
I would agree that while drugs, homelessness and crime may impact a destination, most travel enterprises are not going to make much of a dent in resolving these issues beyond giving general support for community efforts to address them.  Read More