Overtourism and the Local Community Well-Being

摘要: This chapter aims to provide a general overview of overtourism related-impacts on local communities’ well-being in nature-based tourism destinations. It emphasises the interdependencies multiple stakeholder groups and need for their collaboration address contemporary challenges. To deliver our conclusions, we analyse Mediterranean area survey relevant literature addressing with particular attention paid destinations well-being. The recent relates concept detrimental effects destination level. While tourism-induced environmental economic impacts have been extensively addressed literature, sociocultural impact, especially context European protected areas, remained unattended. Thus, this focuses communities quality life Protected areas vibrant regions, those near coast, management approaches that will enable usage-protection equilibrium They often represent setting rites, rituals, customs, traditions associated spiritual, physical, emotional, mental health. overuse by industry can disrupt essence locale. In these fragile but complex ecosystems, take indispensable responsibility nature protection stewardship. Therefore, development should be based its capacity annul prevent negative overtourism, communities. builds upon scholarly managerial perspectives foster understanding overtourism-related challenges discuss potential responses areas.