Hypertourism vs Sustainable Tourism. Challenges and Prospects

Tourism is a multi-faceted phenomenon that consumes environment, space and culture.

Therefore, for tourism to endure and be truly sustainable as a socio-economic sector, it is an absolute imperative that the industry does not overexploit or degrade the destination that sustains it.

The UIA Sustainable Tourism Programme works on mapping the dynamics of this issue and on investigating it from an architectural and urban standpoint, implementing multi-layered and integrated actions between architectural community, local communities and administrative structures