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Overtourism: Can travel hotspots cope with the crowds?


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2024 is expected to be a record-breaking year for tourism, with more travellers going on holiday than ever before. But hotspots like Venice, Hawaii and Bali are also struggling from overtourism.

Rajan Datar, host of the BBC's Travel Show, has been meeting people who live in some of the world's tourism hotspots and tells Lucy Hockings about the impact huge numbers of visitors are having on communities and the environment.

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Producers: Alice Aylett Roberts, Richard Moran and Eleanor Sly

Sound engineers: Johnny Hall

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