A proposal for an overtourism index

IF 7.8 1区管理学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Annals of Tourism Research Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2025.104042

Claudia Burlando , Enrico Musso , Tiziano Pavanini , Susanna Traversa

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Abstract

The rise of mass tourism has led to overtourism, where visitor numbers surpass a destination's sustainable capacity, causing environmental degradation, resource overuse, and social tensions. This study introduces a novel tourism intensity index tailored for small littoral towns, using the Cinque Terre (Italy) as a case study. Employing the Peña Distance method (DP2), the research quantifies tourism pressure and provides a framework for assessing overtourism risks. The resulting index aids in identifying policy interventions and strategies to mitigate overtourism, fostering long-term sustainability for vulnerable destinations. This approach offers a quantitative tool to address the critical challenges posed by overtourism, with implications for sustainable tourism management in similar contexts globally.

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关于过度旅游指数的建议

大众旅游的兴起导致了过度旅游，游客数量超过了目的地的可持续能力，造成了环境退化、资源过度使用和社会紧张局势。本文以意大利五渔村（Cinque Terre）为例，介绍了一种为沿海小城镇量身定制的新型旅游强度指数。研究采用Peña距离法（DP2）对旅游压力进行量化，为过度旅游风险评估提供了框架。由此产生的指数有助于确定政策干预措施和战略，以减轻过度旅游，促进脆弱目的地的长期可持续性。这种方法提供了一种定量工具，可以解决过度旅游带来的重大挑战，对全球类似情况下的可持续旅游管理产生影响。

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来源期刊

Annals of Tourism Research Multiple-

CiteScore

19.10

自引率

9.10%

发文量

135

审稿时长

42 days

期刊介绍： The Annals of Tourism Research is a scholarly journal that focuses on academic perspectives related to tourism. The journal defines tourism as a global economic activity that involves travel behavior, management and marketing activities of service industries catering to consumer demand, the effects of tourism on communities, and policy and governance at local, national, and international levels. While the journal aims to strike a balance between theory and application, its primary focus is on developing theoretical constructs that bridge the gap between business and the social and behavioral sciences. The disciplinary areas covered in the journal include, but are not limited to, service industries management, marketing science, consumer marketing, decision-making and behavior, business ethics, economics and forecasting, environment, geography and development, education and knowledge development, political science and administration, consumer-focused psychology, and anthropology and sociology.