Overtourism

Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam claimed governments around the globe “have been sleeping” on the issue of overtourism, warning the issue was a threat to both the environment and the industry.

“They [governments] have been completely missing the problems both on value operation and the challenges of overtourism but I think they are waking up now,” he said.

“The combination of politicians who are waking up to this, price mechanisms, and the people’s changing mindsets are quite a powerful combination and that makes me feel very positive about it,”

Intrepid’s Regional Director APAC Brett Mitchell agreed governments needed to up their game, but tour operators also needed “educate travellers...who will ultimately make the right decisions”.