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Τρίτη 22 Μαΐου 2018

Macao government tourism office chief warns PATA about over tourism









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‘Over tourism’ is currently one of the greatest risks for the global travel industry. The head of the Macao Government Tourism Office has warned the Pacific-Asia Travel Association (PATA) about this growing threat.

Macao tourism office director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told the PATA annual summit in Gangneung, South Korea, “It is a painful thing to say that we are creating our own problem, but we have to face it. We face a capacity problem. It is one of the highest risks we face. The UN World Tourism Organisation projected annual growth in international tourism arrivals of 3.8% a year to 2020. But international arrivals last year were up 7%. These figures do not account for domestic travel. In China last year there were five billion domestic trips.”

She added further: “The sheer numbers are causing problems – site overcrowding, transport congestion and a deteriorating quality of life for local residents. We believe we are doing good for local economies – bringing economic revenue, funding for public projects and benefits such as cultural exchange. [But] we need to look at it. Some destinations may feel they don’t have a problem yet, but we need to build tourism capacity management. We should try to relieve the peaks in demand, disperse visitors and try to reduce the environmental impact of tourism.

Fernandes said that Macao in its small space had 32 million visitors last year.

Fernandes insisted: “We don’t do tourism for the sake of tourism. It has to be good for communities and for tourists.”

Minister of Tourism for Jamaica Edmund Bartlett said, “Overcrowding is a problem of management.”

PATA chief executive Mario Hardy agreed with the minister, “Over tourism is a term I don’t like, it should be tourism dispersal. It is [about] poor management.”