Tourism

Axios -  Popular destinations around the world are contending with a surge in tourism that's getting too big to bear — driving up prices, polluting cities, damaging historical sites and angering locals. The tourism tsunami shows no signs of slowing down, and some of the planet's most beautiful and iconic places are in its path...Some 80% of travelers visit just 10% of the world's destinations, National Geographic notes. And while tourism dipped during the pandemic's peak, the UN's tourism arm projects that the number of global tourists will hit 1.8 billion by 2030 — up from 1.5 billion in 2019... A key driver of the modern surge in tourism has been the rise of China's huge middle class. MORE