Over-tourism, Protests and Holidays
After a day of anti-tourism protests in a string of holiday hot spots across Europe we look the issues over tourism, and explore alternative travel destinations.
This programme takes a detailed look at the rising issue of over-tourism. It follows a day of protests across Europe against tourism as demonstrators chanted the words “your holidays, my misery”. We hear from Canary Islander Jaime Coello about what these protests are really about and Winifred Robinson talks to the Chief of Tourism Market Intelligence and Competitiveness at the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Sandra Carvao and Lisa Minot Head of Travel at The Sun about the background to what's going on and how things could change.
The cruise industry is sometimes criticised for the impact it has when large number of tourists suddenly descend on a location, so Winifred asks Andy Harmer Managing Director for the UK and Ireland of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) what his industry is doing to mitigate the impact.
And we look at how over-tourism impacts communities - not only abroad - but also here in the UK, as we visit the village of Castleton in the Peak District and Bernard Donaghue from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions is on the programme to explain what's happening with tourism more generally across the UK.
PRESENTER - WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER - CATHERINE EARLAM