Responsible Travel: Fodor’s ‘No List’ & Overtourism Concerns

Fodor's 'No List' highlights destinations needing a break from overtourism. Issues in Canary Islands and Antarctica raise sustainability concerns. Consider responsible tourism practices.

“The No List is the rare traveling listing that motivates both need and restriction in the very same breath– a truth check wrapped in accountable wanderlust,” Jeremy Tarr, Digital Editorial Supervisor at Fodor’s Travel, said in a declaration.

Fodor’s ‘No List’ Explained

Mike Gunter, professor of political science and chair at Rollins University in Florida, thinks there could be some value in traveling to Antarctica, “offered the vacationer uses their experience to significantly influence bigger problems of sustainability”– but several vacationers don’t do so.

Some normal destinations are missing from the listing this year– such as Venice and Barcelona– not since they’ve been “magically cured,” yet because the normal hotspots can pull focus away from other areas that need a break from stomping travelers.

Canary Islands Tourism Concerns

The Canary Islands in Spain made the list again this year. Citizens have actually been concerned over the record-breaking amount of tourists pertaining to the islands, taking to the roads to object the growing tourism.

“Residents have actually begun opposing because they’re genuinely fed up,” John Dale Beckley, founder of the sustainability platform CanaryGreen.org, claimed. “Traffic is one of the greatest problems. What accustomed to be a 40-minute drive from the north can currently take more than an hour each method.”

Antarctica’s Fragile Ecosystem

“The environment is breakable, and it’s a rare setting. That’s why individuals intend to go there, but it’s also why it can’t really sustain high numbers of tourism,” Jessica O’Reilly, associate teacher of sociology at Indiana College and an expert to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Conferences, claimed.

There are currently no caps on visitation in Antarctica, and as tourism has actually expanded and much more upscale tourists are accessing the area with private ships, it’s “most certainly worrying the system,” O’Reilly clarified.