ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to answer two questions: At what point might the phenomenon of tourism overcrowding qualify as overtourism? And, what are the indicators that a destination manager will have to observe upstream to avoid overtourism? To answer these questions, we analyze the literature on the subject to differentiate the concept of overtourism from other similar concepts. In addition, we analyze the case of Montreal to see whether or not the destination suffers from overtourism. The results show that in Montreal (over)tourism is not yet considered a problem even though the city presents similar situations experienced by others, particularly with regard to Airbnb rentals.

摘要

本文的目的是回答两个问题：在什么时候旅游业过度拥挤的现象可以被视为过度旅游？而且，目的地管理者必须在上游观察以避免过度旅游的指标是什么？为了回答这些问题，我们分析了有关该主题的文献，以将过度旅游的概念与其他类似的概念区分开。此外，我们分析了蒙特利尔的情况，以查看目的地是否遭受过度旅游的困扰。结果表明，在蒙特利尔（过度）旅游还算不上是一个问题，尽管该城市呈现出其他人经历过的类似情况，尤其是在Airbnb租赁方面。