Barcelona. Venice. Paris. Amsterdam. Bali. Machu Picchu. The Great Barrier Reef. These are all popular tourist destinations - maybe even TOO popular. How has overtourism impacted a city? Is overtourism a pro or a con?

During Leah’s most recent travels to the Netherlands, she hung out with friends that lived outside of the popular, Amsterdam. A large discussion was had when they told her about the minor changes being done to prevent more overtourism in the city. This led to learning and hearing more from locals, articles, etc. about the impacts of what tourism can do for the people living there. 

What are your thoughts of overtourism while traveling, and what feasible suggestion(s) do you have to help combat the negative effects of it?

Timestamps:
0:58 Episode intro
2:40 Coffee and Tea of the Episode
4:20 Start of main episode - How do you define Overtourism?
7:30 Oxford Dictionary Overtourism definition
8:05 Overtourism in Barcelona
18:40 Overtourism in Amsterdam
32:30 How Copenhagen is handling overtourism
37:44 Overtourism in Venice
44:45 EU's ENTIAS Entry Fee
45:30 Overtourism at U.S. National Parks
49:00 Thailand's Visa Entry updates

Links mentioned in episode:
• Why you should have a Latin American Summer
• @mauiandtrizzy 's 3 Days in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 

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