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overtourism

overtourism noun: excessive tourism.

Noun

overtourism (uncountable)

  1. Excessive tourism.
    • As evidenced in the overtourism concept, residents may become resentful of the intrusions of visitors and visitors' impacts on their ways of living (Figure 9.2). Thus, it is essential that residents are involved and have a strong say […]2018, Alastair M. Morrison, Marketing and Managing Tourism Destinations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 94
    • If tourism is a capitalist phenomenon, overtourism is its demented late-capitalist cousin: selfie-stick deaths, all-you-can-eat ships docking at historic ports, stag nights that end in property crimes, the live-streaming of the ruination of fragile natural habitats, et cetera.2019 June 4, Annie Lowrey, “Too Many People Want to Travel”, in The Atlantic

Forms of overtourism

alternative formover-tourism

Origin of overtourism

From over- + tourism.

Questions about overtourism

What does overtourism mean?
Overtourism means excessive tourism.
What part of speech is overtourism?
Overtourism is a noun.

Words near overtourism in the dictionary

  1. overtorques
  2. overtorquing
  3. overtour
  4. overtoured
  5. overtouring
  6. overtourism
  7. overtouristed
  8. overtouristic
  9. overtours
  10. overtout
  11. overtouted

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