When Visitor Numbers Lie: Better Ways to Gauge Destination Success
Every year, another destination celebrates a record. “Two million arrivals!” the press release shouts. But who asks whether those two mill...
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Every year, another destination celebrates a record. “Two million arrivals!” the press release shouts. But who asks whether those two mill...
In 2019, the town of Moab, Utah, received a $500,000 stewardship grant from a federal program. By 2022, the money was gone. The trails were still ther...
A hotel manager in Costa Rica once told me: 'We buy offsets because guests ask for them. But the forest behind the property is still being cleared for...
The protest sign outside the cafe in Gracia read, in English: 'Tourists, your vacation is my crisis.' It was 2017, and Barcelona residents had had eno...