At first I read Tanzania and not Tasmania at the end and was gonna be like, “well, the Serengeti would be an interesting analysis of overtourism as well.” But really, this is such a huge topic with so many places to discuss. Iceland became very trendy in the early-mid 2010s after the Great Recession, before which is was mostly an obscure and difficult place to visit. There’s also Japan which, like Hawaii, is a known quantity, but its tourism appeal has really grown in the past 10 years (also following a crisis, the 2011 earthquake). I didn’t know the extent of overtourism in Japan until I was in Tokyo in 2019 and dealt with the crushed humanity on Takeshita Street that in hindsight resembled the crowd trampling conditions that proved devastating in Itaewon in Seoul late last year. Some other interesting cases with regards to overtourism I think are Banff, Prague, the Great Barrier Reef, and San Francisco, in addition to the ones you mentioned at the end.
At first I read Tanzania and not Tasmania at the end and was gonna be like, “well, the Serengeti would be an interesting analysis of overtourism as well.” But really, this is such a huge topic with so many places to discuss. Iceland became very trendy in the early-mid 2010s after the Great Recession, before which is was mostly an obscure and difficult place to visit. There’s also Japan which, like Hawaii, is a known quantity, but its tourism appeal has really grown in the past 10 years (also following a crisis, the 2011 earthquake). I didn’t know the extent of overtourism in Japan until I was in Tokyo in 2019 and dealt with the crushed humanity on Takeshita Street that in hindsight resembled the crowd trampling conditions that proved devastating in Itaewon in Seoul late last year. Some other interesting cases with regards to overtourism I think are Banff, Prague, the Great Barrier Reef, and San Francisco, in addition to the ones you mentioned at the end.