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USA Confronts a Tourism Catastrophe in 2025

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USA Confronts a Tourism Catastrophe in 2025

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Publisher: Travel and Tour World

Date: 1st July 2025

Factors: Political, Technological & Information

Key Points Summary:

USA has seen international arrivals fall by 8% in 2025, visitor numbers had been projected to increase

visitor spending has declined by 7%

worst decline since global financial crisis (excluding COVID)

introduction of strict border controls by Trump regime as well as tarriffs have decreased numbers

Air traffic control system failures and staffing shortages have also made travel to USA less desireable

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Publisher: CSNBC

Date: July 18 2025

Factors: Political

Key Points Summary

Visitors to the USA will need to pay a $250USD visa integrity fee to enter the country

Many families have commented that this will add up to $1000USD to the cost of their holidays

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Publisher: Eco Creds

Date: June 2024

Factors: Information, Political

Key Points Summary:

An island of garbage was created in the Maldives in 1992 to store waste created by tourism

The island is now 124 acres, and growing

Toxic fires from methane buld up affect nearby islands

This demonstrates negative information that could deter tourists from visiting

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An Island Made Out of Trash: The Story of Thilafushi Maldives

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Publlisher: Tourism Australia

Date: March 2024

Factors: Lifestyle, Information

Key Points Summary

Australian lifestyle of beaches, bruch and sporting events ins marketed to potential tourists

Information about tourist attractions and where to find further information is provided.

Indian families are shown enjoying their Aussie holiday!

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Howzat for a Holiday? | India 30s | Tourism Australia

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Publisher: Nation Thailand

Date: July 24 2025

Factors: Political (Negative)

Key Points Summary:

Thailand and Cambodia are currently having a violent border clash resulting in multiple missile launches.

Tourists are cancelling bookings in the Sa Kaeo district due to ongoing conflicts.

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Border Tensions Spark Tourist Exodus: Thai Provinces See Cancellations Amidst Cambodia Clashes

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Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports warns visitors to avoid escalating border areas, as accommodation bookings plummet in key Sa Kaeo districts due to ongoing conflict.

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Political + Information

These Factors are explored by promoting new deals through Ads as well as a travel website

they promote popular travel destinations in New Zealand

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Publisher: ABC News

Date: 24 July 2025

Factors: Lifestyle, Information

Key Points Summary:

Byron Bay trialling special entertainment precinct

Residents fear the plan to boost town's nightlife could increase alcohol-fuelled violence

Specific area to be designated for the entertainment precinct

More information to be shared with public to prevent fear/confusion

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Community concerns grow over Byron Bay entertainment precinct

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NSW government plans to trial an “entertainment precinct” in Byron Bay are being hotly debated after a community-led meeting raised concerns about alcohol-fuelled violence.

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Argentina loosens visa requirement for Chinese citizens

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Argentina loosens visa requirement for Chinese citizens

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Publisher: Reuters

Date: 22 July 2025

Factors: Political (Positive)

Key Points Summary:

Argentina said on Monday that Chinese citizens with valid U.S. entry visas would not need Argentine visas to enter the country for tourism or business

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July 22 (Reuters) - Argentina said on Monday that Chinese citizens with valid U.S. entry visas would not need Argentine visas to enter the country for tourism or business, a loosening of requirements that comes amid warming ties between Beijing and Buenos Aires.

Argentina is a key supplier of products including beef, soy and lithium to the Chinese market and cooperation has deepened between the two countries in recent years.

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The decision by President Javier Millei was made to boost tourism and "deactivate" mechanisms which have "impeded the free development of Argentina's economy, of which tourism is a strategic area," according to a statement on the Argentine government's website.

It comes after China in May extended its visa-free policy to citizens of Argentina as well as those of Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, putting some of Latin America's largest economies on equal footing with many European and Asian countries.

In line with the exemption adopted by China, it is "deemed appropriate to adopt equivalent measures for Chinese nationals holding ordinary passports who enter for tourism and business purposes," the statement said.

China is Argentina's second-largest trading partner after Brazil and a key investor in infrastructure, energy and mining projects in the country.

China has also extended a multi-billion dollar swap line to Argentina, mollifying billions of dollars in repayments that the Latin American nation needs to pay in the coming months.

Argentina is also part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, which it joined in 2022.

Reporting by Farah Master; Editing by Jamie Freed

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Argentina said on Monday that Chinese citizens with valid U.S. entry visas would not need Argentine visas to enter the country for tourism or business, a loosening of requirements that comes amid warming ties between Beijing and Buenos Aires.

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Political, Physical and technological

Jordan, is being heavily effected by the war in the surrsounding countires. Decreasing 75% due to huge risks people can have travelling there. The technological factors such as Transpost is effected like Planes

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Jordan's Ancient City of Petra Hit Hard by Tourism Drop from Gaza War

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Publisher: Switzerland

Published 4 years ago

Factors: technological & information

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Switzerland Tourism's new ambassador Roger Federer features in the organization's latest film. He's joined by legendary actor and Oscar winner Robert De Niro. In the short film, De Niro turns down an invitation by Federer to be part of a movie about Switzerland. He thinks, the destination is pure, impressive and utterly beautiful - but there is no drama in Switzerland, something De Niro focuses his acting upon. The film can be seen online worldwide.

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Echuca Recognised as Leading Tourism Town

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Echuca Recognised as Leading Tourism Town

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Publisher: Shepparton News

Date: 25 July 2025

Factors: Physical, political, information

Key Points Summary:

Regional Victorian tourism celebrated at Victoria Tourism Industry awards

Placed behind Warrnambool and Ballarat, won third

The event helps drive future visitation and tourism

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Echuca aims for gold in 2025 Victoria Top Tourism Awards

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Echuca has once again been named a finalist in the Victorian Top Tourism Town Awards, following strong performances in 2022, 2023 and 2024 – including a silver win in 2022. With public voting now open, Campaspe Shire Council is encouraging locals, visitors and supporters from across the region to help Echuca bring home the gold in 2025. Voting is open to the public until Friday, 27 June.

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publisher: ABC News

Date: 10th July 2025

Factors: Information, Lifestyle

KEY POINTS:

visits to Australia ski resorts have dropped by nearly 30% since the pandemic

a one-day lift ticket at NSW's Perisher during peak season could set you back $264, while in Japan and New Zealand, it's considerably cheaper.

the Victorian government is yet to find long-term leaseholders for Lake Mountain and Mount Baw Baw, which it took over after both ran at a combined loss of $8 million

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8 Rising Travel Trends in 2025 That Will Transform the Tourism Industry

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8 Rising Travel Trends in 2025 That Will Transform the Tourism Industry

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PUBLISHER: ANTAEUS TRAVEL GROUP

PUBLISHED DATE : 07.07.2025

Factors: Lifestyle, Technological, Information

Key points summary:

Travel in 2025 is more personalised, sustainable, and wellness-focused.

People prefer nature, slow travel, and less crowded destinations.

AI makes trip planning easier and more tailored.

Wellness retreats and health-focused trips are rising.

Stargazing and TV/movie-inspired travel are trending.

Tourists want eco-friendly options and transparent pricing.

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Jun 25, 2019 OSLO

A city break needn’t cost the earth. Discover Oslo, Europe’s Green Capital, where recycling culture and redefining junk food is helping to keep city tourism sustainable. As Europe’s Green Capital of 2019, Oslo has innovated lots of sustainable solutions for travel, eating and cultural experiences by simply harnessing power from the waste it produces. That's why Oslo is rubbish. But in a good way!

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The travel trend mixing work and play

Publisher: BBC news

Date:10th of march 2022

Factors: lifestyle

Key points summary:

This article shows us that taking a break from working will make for a better work life balance

people feel like they work better when there aren't at home

get to be able to work and be able to spend time with their loved ones

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"After working from home for over a year, I needed a change in atmosphere," says Vedika Bhaia, a Kolkata-based marketing entrepreneur and content creator. Last summer, she and a friend went on a 15-day backpacking trip through India's Parvati Valley, trekking between hostels, exploring the natural environment and paragliding - all while balancing a full workload on a laptop.

Though she was used to working remotely, Bhaia says the 'work-from-anywhere' mentality created by the pandemic pushed her to take a trip that combined work and leisure. "I knew travelling would do wonders for my mental health and help me overcome the creative block I was having," she says.

Bhaia is not alone; 'workcations' are becoming entrenched in many nations. Workcations combine work and vacation - booking a mountain cabin for a week while working a full-time job remotely, for example - and became popular early in the pandemic, as many knowledge workers fled cramped apartments during lockdowns. Workcations are an evolution of 'bleisure': travel that combines business trips with leisure trips; think of the familiar practice of hanging around a city for an extra weekend after a conference, or tacking on some PTO days while you're away on a business trip.

Now, in the third year of the pandemic, even as Covid cases fall globally, there's no sign of workcations slowing down as companies continue to offer remote work policies. Last year, a whopping 85% of 3,000 Indian workers said in a poll that they took a workcation in 2021. Over a quarter of Canadian workers say they want to take one this year; in a global study of eight countries, 65% of 5,500 respondents say they plan to extend a work trip into a leisure one, or vice versa, in 2022.

Workcations may seem counter-intuitive - after all, better awareness of work-related mental health stressors has left us more conscious than ever of the importance of maintaining boundaries between our professional and personal lives. Yet experts argue that the adaptability we've developed during the pandemic has positioned us well to enjoy a break that combines work and play. And given the benefits workers see in them - like more chances to explore new places while fulfilling our day-to-day obligations - workcations look likely to become a permanent practice lasting well beyond the pandemic.

Remote workers headed to Airbnbs and cottages during the lockdowns of 2020; these 'workcations' have remained popular in the following years (Credit: Getty Images)

'Recharged and re-enthused'
Before Covid-19, some white-collar workers were already taking advantage of bleisure travel. "I'm actually all for bleisure. I think it's awesome. It gives people a chance to experience things they might not normally get a chance to experience," says Martha Maznevski, professor of organisational behaviour at Western University, Canada. She regularly adds extra days to business trips, combining travel and relaxation with networking or developmental activities, like a cooking or language class.

What's different now is that far more people can dip their toe into bleisure and workcations. Even if you don't travel for business (and few of us are; business travel plummeted during the pandemic and isn't expected to make a full recovery until 2024, partially due to companies avoiding health risks for employees), the fact that remote and flexible work is so much more entrenched means that people who used to spend all their time at their desks now have more scope to explore other options while fulfilling their professional responsibilities.

Andy Drane, a senior equity partner at an Edinburgh-based corporate and communications law firm, said he "wouldn't have considered [a workcation] possible" before the pandemic. "Colleagues, clients and intermediaries would have expected me to be in the office 24/7 or visiting their places of work." Now, he says, that's been turned on its head. "The business has proven itself to be much more flexible than I'd anticipated."

Drane went on a workcation last month to England's Lake District. He was there to care for elderly family members but was also able to enjoy the location as he worked remotely. "I was able to have some downtime in a glorious environment and also to fit into a different pattern of days; taking longer over lunch, breaking earlier and cooking dinner for family, taking them on a couple of day trips," he says. "I certainly came back recharged and re-enthused."

Research released last month by a US travel services company suggest Drane's experience is common. In a survey of 1,000 people who had taken a workcation, more than four-fifths of them felt the trip had boosted their productivity and creativity, and helped them cope with work-related stress. More than two-thirds said the purpose had been to recharge their mental and emotional batteries, while exploring new places also scored highly as a motivating factor.
'We've all been trained to switch'
The apparent popularity of workcations may seem at odds with the deeply entrenched idea that we should keep work and play apart - and carefully ringfence time for each. After all, attempts by companies to bring 'fun' into the office - think ping pong tables, foosball, bean bags - have long been dismissed as gimmicky. But the key attraction with workcations is that workers are capitalising on new-found flexibility to combine work and play in a way that's meaningful to them.

Maznevski and other experts see bleisure and workcations as an example of work-life integration, a concept they suggest is more realistic than striving for 'work-life balance', where work and play are positioned in competition. Opting to work from a cabin for a week means you're deciding how, where and when you want to incorporate your leisure time into your work, rather than trying to keep the two realms separate. Maznevski points out that for centuries people lived and worked out of the home; only recently have we "been able to even conceive of something called 'balancing' those things". Workcations, she suggests, could be our way of recognising "there are elements of work and life that integrate with each other".

We've been trained to keep work and play separate, but experts say the pandemic has showed us how to integrate the two in ways many of us find meaningful (Credit: Getty Images)

Of course, there may well be some people who prefer to commit fully to either work or play, rather than combine the two activities. Rachel Fu, professor of tourism, hospitality and event management at the University of Florida, US, says that whether people enjoy the workcation experience will depend on "a variety of individual personalities and behavioural choices"; some may feel they are only on holiday if they are totally unplugged from work, for example.

But Fu suspects that many white-collar workers have developed the skills needed to pull off workcations during the pandemic. "Our behaviours have been forced to change," she says. "Home is school, home is where we work. We have all been trained to switch: 'OK, now we have a Zoom meeting'. I think after the past two years, we can switch from one thing to the next very effectively."

That doesn't mean that workcations should replace actual holidays, however. People need time away from work; workcations should complement paid time off, rather than serving as a substitute - otherwise, risk of work-related stress and burnout could increase. An Expedia survey released in February showed that while 78% of Americans aim to feel 'unproductive' during holiday, half bring their laptops and 41% dial into Zoom calls. Many are not happy about it: 61% of respondents said they didn't consider trips which combined work and play to be proper holidays. This suggests that many people still value work-free vacations, but struggle to pull them off.

Workcations also raise equity issues, even after the pandemic further recedes; not everyone can work remotely or afford a week in rented accommodation. Increased workcations or bleisure "could actually create more of a divide in organisations between people who have location-specific jobs, and people who don't", warns Maznevski.

But she says the trend could also give people opportunities they might otherwise not get; whether that's adding an extra day to a business trip to explore a city you never imagined visiting or boosting mental wellbeing through a week in a natural environment even though you've used all your paid holiday allocation.
Manage your expectations
Given the level of interest from workers now accustomed to staying productive in multiple environments, workcations look like a practice that's here to stay. "As long as you deliver, many companies don't care [where you're working from]," says Fu. Accommodating workers will be in companies' interests; it's already clear that flexibility will be key to worker retention moving forwards, especially as the new generation of workers, in particular, value the ability to work from anywhere. According to a January 2022 survey conducted by Kayak and YouGov, 38% of Canadian Gen Z workers plan to take a workcation in 2022, Kayak tells BBC Worklife; a higher percentage than older cohorts.

Both Bhaia and Drane are planning on taking more workcations. In fact, Bhaia has already been on another 20-day workcation and has a new one planned for March. She points out that would-be workcationers need to go into their trip with realistic ambitions.

"You can't go into a workcation expecting the rest and relaxation you get from a regular getaway," she says. "Expect to be busy if you want to explore your surroundings while managing work at the same time." She recommends planning ahead, taking longer stays to accommodate enough time for both work and play, and if you're going with travelling partners, pick people who have the same goals as you. "Vacationers and workcationers don't mix," she cautions.

Drane says he used to think that the professional and the personal should be kept separate. But when changes to how we worked during the pandemic allowed him to combine doing his job with spending important time with his family in a rural environment, he became a workcation believer. "The beauty for me of the workcation," he says, was that he was able to fulfil professional duties "whilst allowing me to spend meaningful time with my family".

He's booked his next workcation back to the Lake District for October, and says both he and his staff will continue to benefit from this new flexibility. "In the past, people often had to wait until retirement to do the things they'd dreamed of," he says. "That's no longer necessarily true, and I plan to take advantage of that."

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"After working from home for over a year, I needed a change in atmosphere," says Vedika Bhaia, a Kolkata-based marketing entrepreneur and content creator. Last summer, she and a friend went on a 15-day backpacking trip through India's Parvati Valley, trekking between hostels, exploring the natural environment and paragliding - all while balancing a full workload on a laptop.

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Kylie Jenner’s Euro Summer and Molly-Mae Hague’s Sister’s Bali Backlash Reveal The Dark Side of ‘Instagram versus Reality’

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Kylie Jenner’s Euro Summer and Molly-Mae Hague’s Sister’s Bali Backlash Reveal The Dark Side of ‘Instagram versus Reality’

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PUBLISHER: Mischa Anouk Smith

PUBLISHED: 2 days ago

Factor: Information

Social media creates unrealistic travel expectations.

Influencers like Kylie Jenner promote ‘perfect’ destinations, leading to overtourism.

Zoe Hague criticised Bali for not matching what’s shown online.

Destinations like Venice and Bali are now overcrowded due to Instagram hype.

Tourism becomes performative, not authentic.

Locals and cultures are often ignored or disrespected.

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It's official: we're deep into summer. " Euro Summer" is both a trending search term and a travel aesthetic. TikTok is stuffed with candyfloss sunsets, sparkling seas, and Shein holiday hauls, all largely void of any context.

Travel, like much of modern life, has become a backdrop for content. Take Hailey Bieber's recent Mallorca getaway, which doubled as a launch for her Rhode 'Lemontini' lip gloss. Elsewhere on a yacht in the Med, Kylie Jenner has been living out her own Euro Summer, using the setting to debut the Khy x Frankie's Bikinis collaboration. Jenner, who has been touring Europe since attending the $50 million wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez last month, sparked online debate after a Greek restaurateur praised her visit to his family taverna on Instagram -only to face backlash for what some perceived as preferential treatment. In fact, much of Jenner's Euro Summer has been mired in controversy, beginning with the billionaire Venetian wedding that ignited criticism from locals concerned about worsening overtourism.

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Mass tourism isn't new, but social media has supercharged it. The hashtag #holidayinspo has over 271,000 posts on Instagram and #holiday pulls in more than 12 million views on TikTok.

The serendipity of discovery has been replaced by viral itineraries, GPS geotags, branded content ops and TikTok "travel hacks" that broadcast secret spots to millions. Nary a day goes by when I'm not spammed by a TikToker imploring: "Come with me as I show you London's hidden... [insert market/restaurant/coffee shop]." Invariably, these "hidden gems" aren't hidden at all. Just last week, a video promised to unveil a "secret" flower market, which turned out to be Columbia Road-a renowned tourist trap for the 15 years I've lived in the city.

It's easy to mock this new wave of content, even as many of us fall for it (guilty), but the consequences go beyond not being able to get a table at your favourite local. Take Hallstatt, Austria: a lakeside village of just 700 residents that inspired Disney's Frozen. It now sees up to 10,000 visitors per day during peak season-more than 3.5 tourists for every local. Data from the UN and World Tourism Organisation shows Spain has one of the highest tourist rates in Europe-helping explain the country's recent protests and new tourist caps. "Like Spain, parts of France are also battling overtourism and have introduced caps to control visitor numbers," says Sarah Findlay, a travel expert at Total Travel Protection.

Iceland's waterfalls, the once-silent Scottish Highlands, and Bali's rice terraces are all groaning under the weight of their own commodified beauty.

Bali is the latest victim of the influencer-industrial complex. Zoe Rae, a fitness influencer and older sister to Molly-Mae Hague, is currently facing backlash after claiming she was duped into travelling to the island for her first wedding anniversary by influencers-of which she is one.

Rae spent just 48 hours in Bali, which takes approximately 18 hours to reach from London. Had she not been an influencer herself, with a combined following of over one million across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, her comments might be easier to dismiss as tone-deaf or just poor planning (she seemingly relied entirely on social media to plan the trip).

But Rae isn't just a naïve traveller. She's a part of the aesthetic economy, where likes and views are currency and travel becomes performance. Increasingly, destinations aren't experienced; they're staged. "Social media has undeniably reshaped the travel landscape," agrees Nicholas Smith, Holidays Digital Director at Thomas Cook. He adds: "While it's a powerful tool for inspiration, it's also contributed to the concentration of visitors in a handful of Instagram-famous locations."

Bali, like so many global hotspots, is now catering to this kind of travel. In Ubud, jungle swings dangle over dense canopies-built not for views, but for Instagram photos. Off-camera are queues of tourists and trash scattered below the platforms. This isn't unique to Bali, but Rae seemed surprised nonetheless.

In her 20-minute YouTube video, she complains that influencers depict an airbrushed version of the island: "We had seen on social media that everyone was having such a lovely time. Lovely places to eat and beaches, and lovely gyms and coffee shops." She goes on: "But I don't think the reality of Bali is shown much at all, and I do think it is down to a lot of influencers posting the more luxury side of things."

What exactly she expected isn't clear. But it's obvious that she bought into the same illusion she's complicit in perpetuating. A bit more research might've helped. When I planned a trip to Uluwatu-where Rae stayed-I was spammed with the typical wanderlust fanfare, but peppered within were warnings about rogue monkeys snatching phones and the chaos of (some) inter-island boat transfers.

Says Rae: "We got told Uluwatu, where we are now, is one of the best places to go, so if this is one of the better places, I'm not sure what the other places are like." I think this speaks to the problem with the TikTokification of travel: we're so used to the instant gratification of social media that when places don't immediately align with our expectations, the answer seems to be to go elsewhere (Dubai, in Rae's case).

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The deeper issue, though, is that social media flattens entire countries into easily digestible, marketable aesthetics. A user posts a stunning location. Others flock to recreate it. The destination gains traction. Infrastructure buckles under the weight. Roads, water systems, and waste management the world over have become strained. Cultural landmarks have been disrespected and in some cases, destroyed.

In 2023, a German tourist stripped naked inside a sacred Balinese temple after skipping out on paying several local hotel bills. Another etched his and his girlfriend's names into Rome's Colosseum walls. Someone else did the same at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Earlier today, Nick Kleer, a wildlife guide and photographer, documented huge overcrowding in Serengeti National Park. The photos show scores of tourists outside of vehicles that are blocking the wildebeests' traditional river crossing points. "This isn't nature taking its course," says Nick. "This is people interfering with one of the most iconic and fragile spectacles on Earth."

The post highlights the duality of social media as both a driving force in overtourism and a vehicle for showing the impact of overtourism. It's a complicated paradox, and the answer isn't straightforward. "Social media can be used in an incredibly positive way to support responsible tourism," adds Nicki Tempest-Mitchell, Managing Director at Barrhead Travel.

And while it's easy to scoff at the absurdity of a 48-hour trip to Bali or yet another "hidden gem" that's anything but, the reality is far less amusing-especially for the people who live in these destinations, and for the planet. Bali is a developing country; according to data shared by The Independent, four percent of locals live below the poverty line. Overtourism is undoubtedly a concern, but it's also true that tourism makes up between 60-70% of the regional GDP. Denouncing the island over some supposed 'Instagram versus reality' shortfall-and hightailing it to Dubai so they can "enjoy our anniversary somewhere we know that we love and can relax and can drink the water," on a video that currently has 206k views-can have far-reaching consequences. Side note: bottled water is cheap and readily available across Bali, with many hotels-including, presumably, the Radisson Blu where Rae was staying-using mineral water in showers.

By rushing to capture the perfect moment, we run the risk of turning the world into a backdrop, but real places aren't props and real people live there. Perhaps if paradise feels disappointing, the problem isn't the place: it's the lens you're looking through.

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Seeking tourists: Four countries that are actively welcoming travellers

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Seeking tourists: Four countries that are actively welcoming travellers

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Publisher: BBC

Date: 24th Dec 2024

Factors: Lifestyle, physical and information

Key Points:

Following this summer's heated protests against overtourism, there's some good news. For every overcrowded tourist spot in Europe, there are plenty of places around the world that need more visitors.