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Tourism

"The commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest." – Oxford English Dictionary

By Michael Fox

We need to talk about overtourism

NOTL balancing act: 3.5 million tourists and 17,511 residents.

With an estimated 3.5 million tourists to NOTL, the 17,511 residents are out-numbered by visitors about 200 to 1. The phrase “overtourism” is being used to describe the consequences of having too many visitors to a popular destination.

Filed Under: Tourism. First published December 3, 2018. Last updated April 24, 2019.

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