Overtourism: How to be a responsible tourist - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

More tourists are going on holiday than ever before, coinciding with a rise in protests against tourists and growing concerns about the impact on local cultures and climates. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM In this episode of The Global Story, Lucy Hockings is joined by Rajan Datar, host of The Travel Show, to discuss the problems of overtourism and what tourists and locals can do to protect the places we love to visit. 00:00 Introduction 01:23 A record year for tourism 01:53 Growing tourist markets 02:31 "Overwhelmed by tourists" 02:54 Revenge tourism 03:19 What places are struggling with overtourism? 04:11 Anti-tourist protests 05:19 Hallsttat, the 'Frozen' village 06:00 Mount Fuji Lawson 07:31 Water scarcity competition between locals and tourists 08:10 Venice's admission fee solution 08:53 Travelling outside of peak times 10:02 Impact of climate change 11:02 What kind of travellers do destinations want? 12:14 Are tourist quotas a solution? 13:01 Are we reaching peak tourism? 13:19 Selfie culture driving tourism trends 14:24 New destinations becoming popular 15:12 "Please travel, but be more conscious" Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #tourism #overtourism