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Controlling Overtourism Requires Destination Councils

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Jonathan Tourtellot
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At GSTC’s annual meeting, this year in Chile, hot topics included overtourism and the need for destination stewardship councils. Here, a set of recent news and comment on these topics. Continue reading →

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