Travel demand is here to stay, so cities need to transition from marketing to managing tourism to avoid problems associated with overtourism, Randy Durban, CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” Monday.
Overtourism isn’t the problem — it’s ‘lack of management’ by cities, says sustainable travel expert
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