{"id":17337,"date":"2017-03-17T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T08:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=17337"},"modified":"2017-03-17T09:55:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T08:55:52","slug":"how-do-your-residents-feel-about-tourism-visit-flanders-studies-local-perceptions-of-carrying-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/03\/how-do-your-residents-feel-about-tourism-visit-flanders-studies-local-perceptions-of-carrying-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"How do your residents feel about tourism? Visit Flanders studies local perceptions of carrying capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17338\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BrugesRichardBarrett-SmallFlickr-1024x682-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"How do your residents feel about tourism? Visit Flanders studies local perceptions of carrying capacity\" width=\"657\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BrugesRichardBarrett-SmallFlickr-1024x682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BrugesRichardBarrett-SmallFlickr-1024x682-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/BrugesRichardBarrett-SmallFlickr-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">V<\/span>isit Flanders is taking resident opinions about tourism seriously. The Belgian destination management organisation (DMO) has released a report written by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/vincent-nijs-8a188698\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vincent Nijs<\/a>&nbsp;that describes resident perspectives about carrying capacity and the perceived value of tourism in the city of Bruges. Nijs conducted this study as part of his MBA thesis at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modul.ac.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">MODUL University in Vienna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toerismevlaanderen.be\/sites\/toerismevlaanderen.be\/files\/assets\/documents_KENNIS\/onderzoeken\/2017-01-25_Resident-survey-Bruges-2016_global-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Resident Attitudes Towards Tourism in Bruges<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;report begins with a nod to the extreme levels of visitation seen in some European cities like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/destinationthink.com\/mass-tourism-cities-bye-bye-barcelona-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barcelona<\/a>, Berlin or&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/news\/tempers-flare-in-venice-as-angry-protesters-block-cruise-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Venice<\/a>, where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jan\/29\/barcelona-residents-protest-high-rents-fuelled-by-tourism\" target=\"_blank\">local uprisings<\/a>&nbsp;have broken out due to overcrowding: \u201cWorldwide visitor numbers in destinations are growing and even more growth is forecasted in the coming decades. More and more we see negative news about crowding and the pressure on residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article first published by <a href=\"https:\/\/destinationthink.com\" target=\"_blank\">Destination Think!<\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;Read the original article here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/destinationthink.com\/residents-tourism-visit-flanders-carrying-capacity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>How do your residents feel about tourism? Visit Flanders studies local perceptions of carrying capacity.&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit Flanders is taking resident opinions about tourism seriously. The Belgian destination management organisation has released a report written by Vincent Nijs that describes resident perspectives about carrying capacity and the perceived value of tourism in the city of Bruges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":17338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,287,534],"tags":[190,1677,1364,1675,1676,1674],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How do your residents feel about tourism? 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