The conceptualization of overtourism and the impact of COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2021-45-3-341-353Keywords:
excess tourism, anti-tourism, mass tourism, coronavirus infectionAbstract
The urgency of studying this problem is due to the rapid spread of coronavirus infection and the closure of borders, which led to a halt in tourist activity, including overtourism. The increased tourist flow harms the landscape, destroys beaches, and puts a huge load on the tourist infrastructure. The purpose of the study is to determine the degree of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on overtourism and the tourism industry in general. The pandemic has exposed the skeleton of the interaction between tourism, the environment and society. The results of the study showed that COVID-19 accelerates the transition to sustainable patterns of consumption, production and qualitatively improves tourism. There has been a decline in mass tourism and the emergence of new isolated destinations, as the poster cities of over-tourism (Venice, Barcelona) were empty for most of 2020, as COVID-19 stopped the flow of almost 30 million tourists. Domestic tourism in the Russian Federation, on the contrary, may encounter an episodic manifestation of overtourism, for example, in the resort city of Sochi.
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