Crowd near San Marco, just before Carnivale in Venice. Photo by Alessandras Bianchi, Reuters.

Venice waterfront cruise ship

Traditional travel journalism is being superseded by coverage of overtourism – cities, towns and remote places overwhelmed by cruise ships, busloads disembarking into neighborhoods, the proliferation of Airbnb conversions, huge wait lines to enter luxury shops, lots of litter.  It’s on every continent, and it’s not sustainable!  We’ll cover the statistics, the facts, and what communities and wild places are doing to recover their authenticity.

A front end loader removes trash that was left on Bourbon Street after last night’s Mardi Gras Celebration, Early Wednesday morning Feb. 25, 2009, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)