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No Room Left: When Tourism Growth Pushes Residents Out

Clinical impacts and solutions | Staying healthy and caring at home

Sustainable Travel International
Sustainable Travel International

This webinar will explore how island destinations can recognize the early warning signs of overtourism and make informed decisions about how much tourism is enough, before frustration hardens into backlash. It will also examine how much responsibility tourism businesses share in addressing this challenge. This conversation is not about stopping tourism. It’s about giving destinations the tools to manage growth before residents say “enough.”

  • Date (DD-MM-YYYY)

    26-03-2026

  • Time (GMT/BST)

    16:30 - 17:30

  • Cost

    Free

  • Education type

    Virtual

  • CPD subtype

    Scheduled

Description

Across island destinations, tourism growth has delivered jobs and revenue — but it has also come with a growing sense of loss.

Residents feel crowded out of their own communities. Housing is harder to find. Everyday access to beaches, roads, and services is changing. Infrastructure designed for small populations is stretched to serve peak-season surges and cruise arrivals. What once felt manageable now feels overwhelming.

A single cruise ship can unload thousands of passengers into port towns at once. In popular destinations, visitation can exceed 100 tourists per resident, leaving locals feeling like minorities in their own communities.

When residents begin to ask, “Who is this destination really for?” support for tourism begins to erode.

What You'll Learn

  • How destinations decide how much tourism is enough, and when growth starts to undermine livability.
  • Practical tools destinations are using to protect local access to housing, beaches, and everyday services.
  • Managing water, wastewater, and waste systems when tourism demand spikes far beyond resident capacity.
  • Reducing pressure in hotspots, including hard choices around cruise arrivals, seasonality, and visitor caps.
  • How tourism businesses can help prevent tourism pressure from escalating into community conflict.

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