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Overtourism is reshaping communities in Europe – could Australia be next?

  • Written by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, University of South Australia
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A media frenzy erupted over the recent Jeff Bezos “wedding of the century” in Venice.

Also notable were the public protests that showed tensions around tourism, especially mass tourism, are increasing. Leading the action was the activist collective No space for Bezos, which declared:

[This wedding] is at the...

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