Overtourism in India: Impacts, Challenges, and Solutions for Sustainable Destinations

Abstract: Overtourism occurs when the number of tourists within a destination surpasses its carrying capacity. It has justly become an extremely pressing global concern, notably affecting places such as Venice, Barcelona, and the Maldives. This tourist inflow, in the face of low-cost travel, its subsequent demand driven by social media, and greatly improved worldwide mobility, has become strong drivers of essential negative impacts on the environment, local communities, and cultural heritage. Such are environmental, pertaining to pollution and habitat destruction, social, related to the displacing of residents and cultural dilution, and economic, in that tourism revenues are very unevenly distributed. In fact, this will call for multilevel control of overtourism, which shall involve enhancing sustainable tourism practices, improving infrastructure, and stakeholder involvement in strategic planning. Solutions have to aim at preserving natural and cultural integrity at destinations while keeping economic viability. Effective management strategies balance tourism benefits against destination protection through diversification, visitor management, and community involvement. Keywords: Overtourism, Sustainable Tourism, Environmental Degradation, Cultural Heritage, Strategic Planning. Title: Overtourism in India: Impacts, Challenges, and Solutions for Sustainable Destinations Author: Dr. Bhupinder Singh, Mangal Chhering International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM) ISSN 2349-7807 Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2024 - September 2024 Page No: 92-98 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 29-August-2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13472122 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/Overtourism%20in%20India%20Impacts%20Challenges-29082024-1.pdf