describes destinations where hosts or guests, locals or visitors, feel that there are too many visitors and that the quality of life in the area or the quality of the experience has deteriorated unacceptably. It is the opposite of Responsible Tourism which is about using tourism to make better places to live in and better places to visit.
The phenomenon of a popular destination or sight becoming overrun with tourists in an unsustainable way.
Unpredicted visitation growth might create twofolded negative impacts, firstly on the biophysical attributes, to local communities’ life quality and to the existing infrastructures; and secondly a decline in the quality of visitor experience that sites are expected to provide.
To tackle the problem, some parks in Europe established strategic limits on visitation in order to preserve resources and ensure quality of visitor experience.
- 確立經營管理政策（Set management principles）
- 建置經營管理組織架構（Look for a management framework）
- 擬定策略與行動方案（Define a strategy and action plan）
- 執行監測計畫（Implement a monitoring programme）