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are you dreaming of a European holiday

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floating through Venice on a gondola

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marveling at the architecture in Athens

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basking in the sun on the beaches of

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Barcelona if you are beware Europe and

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the world is overrun with tourists and

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it looks like cities have had enough

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they're replacing come to us incentives

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with stay away restrictions tourism was

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once the Golden Goose for these hotpots

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but they're now tired of

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it why because of over tourism you see

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the pandemic was a bad time for travel

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borders were shut flights were grounded

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people were stuck at homes so when the

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World opened up tourism boomed everyone

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wanted to travel there was even a term

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for it they called it Revenge travel but

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2 years later countries are fed up

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tourism numbers may be up but they moods

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not so much over tourism has been a

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problem for some time but now cities are

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fighting back so what explains this

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trend when does tourism become over

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tourism and why should you

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care

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hello and welcome to between the lines

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I'm py Sharma and on this show we'll try

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to read between the lines the stated and

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the unstated the obvious and the hidden

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to bring you the full

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story imagine a Scenic location azour

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Blue Waters pristine beaches Scenic

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mountains you would want to visit right

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well Instagram has made it easier it all

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begins with a humble hashtag or a viral

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dream meal a picturesk location is

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discovered an influencer snaps a

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breathtaking shot and that's it a On's

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Hidden Gem becomes a must visit

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destination all thanks to the magic of

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social

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media but when does this fast rising

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tide become a tsunami what happens when

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there are just too many tourists it's

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called over tourism it's

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self-explanatory too many visitors at a

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particular destination in an era where

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Globe trotting is as accessible as

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ordering your morning coffee it is a

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quiet catastrophe hidden beneath the

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picturesque selfies and the thrill of

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discovering new destinations according

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to the world tourism organization by the

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end of 2030 International tourists will

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surpass 2 billion yet the sites and

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places they want to see remain the same

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their capacity Remains the Same they

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won't magically grow in size which makes

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this the perfect recipe for disaster

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there's wear and tear on fragile sites

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disruption for local people plus visit

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visitors receive a less than ideal

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experience picture this long traffic

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jams endless skes rampant littering

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overpriced food and no place to just

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take a breath does it sound like your

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ideal holiday I'm sure it

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doesn't now the causes of over tourism

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are many but there are three main Trends

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the first is population the global

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population has tripled since the 1950s

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and more people are traveling reason

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number two growing influence the world's

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middle class is as as big as 4.2 billion

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people that's a very large number a lot

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of them can afford to travel and that's

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what they're doing as we speak the third

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is accessibility easier permissions

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cheap regional carriers airbnbs and

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social media all of this has fueled the

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travel boom it brings in the money too

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but countries are increasingly unhappy

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about it over tourism is killing cities

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so many governments are now imposing

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restrictions first on the list is Venice

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the poster child of over tourism the

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city is so overwhelmed with with

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tourists that canals have Bumper to

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Bumper Rush our traffic Venice gets an

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estimated 30 million visitors every year

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its population is not even

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300,000 so hosting 30 million is just

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too much for the city the delicate

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ventian ecosystem cannot handle it as a

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result the floating city is losing its

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Essence so Venice has decided to act it

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will now charge tourists to enter the

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city in a bit to curb overcrowding the

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fee is €5 which which doesn't sound like

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much when you think about it all

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visitors over the age of 18 will have to

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pay

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it5 Venice hopes that this will deter

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some day

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Trippers it wants only the most

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committed tourists to visit then there

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is Greece it is limiting daily visitors

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to the Acropolis the ancient

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archaeological site attracts thousands

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of people every day so much so that

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there are bottlenecks outside Athens has

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had enough it wants to cap daily

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visitors at $2,000 now if you want to

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visit you must book in advance Amsterdam

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on the other hand is Banning cruise

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ships it wants to control tourist influx

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Italy's porino is introducing no waiting

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zones basically they're saying no to

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tourists brandishing selfie sticks some

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parts of Spain are launching tourist

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taxes but it's not just Europe that is

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fed up places in Southeast Asia too are

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done with tourists places like Bali it

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has a new set of rules for them like

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dress appropriately do not climb volcano

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do not disrespect holy sides there's a

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whole list and they're taking it very

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seriously because over tourism is not

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just about too many people it's also

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about the lack of cultural sensitivity

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Rowdy tourists have a knack for turning

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sacred temples into impromptu yoga

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studios and quaint neighborhoods into

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drunken party zones for them it's not a

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trip unless you've offended locals with

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inappropriate behavior in India too the

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situation is no different tourism in

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India is a $194 billion Market it

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contributes to 6.8% of the GDP it

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employs more than 40 million people so

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clearly it is big and important as a

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sector but all of this comes at a cost

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from Kashmir to kanyakumari tourist

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spots are brimming with people and the

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impact can be social economic as well as

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environmental take the town of jimut for

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example it was once a bustling tourist

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spot a gateway to famous pilgrimage

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sites but no one talked about the impact

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this tourism had the loss and damage to

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the Iman

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ecosystem the vibration caused by the

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vehicles the filth left behind by

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Travelers and the erosion of the

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sensitive Mountain ecosystem now the

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small Himalayan town of jimat is sinking

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its locals were forced to abandon their

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homes and the land around is not safe to

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live in goes to show what over tourism

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can

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do like I said before this is not just

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about too many people the consequences

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of over tourism go far beyond that

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there's a threat to the environment to

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the cultural heritage plus it Fosters

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inequality when tourists flood into

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impoverished areas they often drive up

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prices making it unaffordable for local

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residents this erodes the purchasing

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power of locals fracturing the sense of

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community in these

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cities so what do we do to curb over

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tourism do we just stop traveling well

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travel is not wrong but we should start

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with responsible travel we must choose

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quality over quantity valuing the depth

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of experience over the number of

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destinations checked off lists also

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choose sustainable tourism practices

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like supporting local businesses and

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respecting local

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Customs it can make a significant

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difference additionally governments and

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local authorities have to act they must

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prioritize the well-being of their

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citizens over short-term Financial

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gains currently over tourism is a global

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crisis which means it needs Global

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awareness and Global action it should be

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a wakeup call for the world our planet's

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Treasures are not inexhaustible and it's

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time to protect what we hold

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