Photographer Lois Hechenblaikner has documented the excesses of mass tourism in Ischgl in all its facets. His book of photographs shows the excesses of après-ski before the corona pandemic.
Tourism reflects the society that creates it: Cheap packages lure ‘cheap’ tourists – as more of those people are coming that hosts would have better not welcomed. Opening up more destinations and making them affordable to ever more travelers has been the quantifiable goal to date. Has there been any justification to pricing flights for less than airport fees? – Needless to say that we are caught in a system of false efforts to make Tourism seem more ‘democratic’, which means affordable for everyone - an aberration of democracy reduced to price dumping. - eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News
The Catalan capital is suffering from a sore lack of tourists. While politicians are calling for vacationers to return, critics of mass tourism find it difficult to make their voices heard.
Remote places or mass tourism? Sustainable tourism has increased during the pandemic. Is this a change that will last when popular destinations fully reopen?