Balancing Tourism
Balancing Tourism
Podcast Description
Balancing Tourism explores how to align the needs of the environment, local communities, travelers and economic goals in the face of tourism’s challenges. Featuring industry leaders and pioneers, the podcast examines strategies like low-season travel, niche markets and innovative solutions to create balanced, sustainable tourism. Discover how destinations can manage visitor flows, foster collaboration and benefit all stakeholders. Whether you're a tourism professional or passionate about responsible travel, join us to rethink tourism for a more equitable, sustainable future.
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The podcast delves into a variety of topics related to sustainable tourism, including community-driven travel, innovative capacity management, and the challenges of over-tourism. Episodes feature discussions on redefining tourism models, such as incorporating regenerative tourism principles, as highlighted in conversations with guests like Chalana Perera and Bastian Hiller, who offer concrete strategies for creating a balanced travel ecosystem.
Balancing Tourism explores how to align the needs of the environment, local communities, travelers and economic goals in the face of tourism’s challenges. Featuring industry leaders and pioneers, the podcast examines strategies like low-season travel, niche markets and innovative solutions to create balanced, sustainable tourism. Discover how destinations can manage visitor flows, foster collaboration and benefit all stakeholders. Whether you’re a tourism professional or passionate about responsible travel, join us to rethink tourism for a more equitable, sustainable future.
In this episode of Balancing Tourism, host Ged Brown moderates a panel at the CAPA Airline Leaders Forum in Athens on one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: overtourism.
Ahead of the forthcoming Tourism Seasonality Summit and with international arrivals surging past pre‑pandemic levels, destinations across Europe and beyond are facing grassroots protests, new regulations, and mounting pressure to rethink tourism flows. Airlines, often seen as enablers of mass travel, are now being asked: what role can they play in creating more sustainable, balanced tourism?
Panelists:
Peter Glade, Chief Commercial Officer, TUI Airline
Majid Khan, CEO, Saudi Air Connectivity Program
Sascha Feuerherd, Senior Associate Partner, Aviado Partners
Key Themes:
Why “overtourism” is really about mismanagement of tourism capacity
How airlines can diversify routes and extend seasons to ease pressure on hotspots
The impact of tourism taxes and regulations on demand and network planning
Aligning aviation strategies with national tourism visions
The importance of engaging local communities and stakeholders in shaping tourism futures
Takeaway: Airlines cannot solve overtourism alone, but they can be powerful partners in redistributing demand, supporting sustainable destination strategies, and ensuring tourism remains in harmony with local communities.
The conversations will continue in Rimini at the forthcoming Tourism Seasonality Summit no doubt.
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