{"id":2669,"date":"2015-07-16T10:57:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T09:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2016-04-29T07:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T06:57:22","slug":"overcrowding-at-the-worlds-most-popular-tourism-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2015\/07\/overcrowding-at-the-worlds-most-popular-tourism-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcrowding at the world&#8217;s most popular tourism sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tourists-queuing.png\" alt=\"tourists queuing to get into Reichstag\" width=\"412\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tourists-queuing.png 412w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tourists-queuing-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/tourists-queuing-103x67.png 103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/>From Disneyland to Barcelona, the never ending growth in the number of people going on holiday is putting increasing pressure on the places they visit.\u00a0As a result, destinations and attractions are beginning to explore how to\u00a0ensure that the volume of tourists doesn&#8217;t irreparably damage the places they are coming to see.\u00a0&#8220;Overcrowding is becoming a major issue at many global touristic destinations,&#8221; Randy Durband, president of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, told Tourism Weekly. &#8220;All tourism destinations need meaningful destination-management plans and management structures that ensure sustainability in a very broad sense, and that includes [addressing the issue of] overcrowding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h6>In Brief<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2014, the number of international tourists reached 1.14 billion, 51 million more than in 2013, according to the World Tourism Organisation, making it the fifth consecutive year of above-average growth in global tourism since the 2009 economic crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 2 billion people are expected to travel internationally by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>The Palace of Versailles now has a &#8220;crowded days&#8221; calendar on its website asking visitors to simply stay away during those times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In Depth<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelweekly.com\/Travel-News\/Tour-Operators\/Jammed-Overcrowding-at-the-worlds-most-popular-tourism-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the full original article at Travel Weekly<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Connect to <a href=\"http:\/\/conscious.travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conscious Travel<\/a>, which works for a new form of tourism not based on endless growth.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the issues further with the article: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wtmresponsibletourism.com\/2015\/07\/13\/what-happens-when-tourism-reaches-the-limits-to-its-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What happens when tourism reaches the limits to its growth?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>In the Future<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Destinations and attractions are beginning to explore how to ensure the volume of tourists doesn&#8217;t irreparably damage the places they are coming to see. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,961],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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