Feature Papers in ‘Overtourism Revisited: Managing Tourism Pressure in Urban, Natural, and Cultural Destinations’

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue titled “Feature Papers in ‘Overtourism Revisited: Managing Tourism Pressure in Urban, Natural, and Cultural Destinations’” in Tourism and Hospitality. This Special Issue aims to explore the increasing complexity of overtourism and tourism congestion across a diverse range of destination contexts, including iconic urban centres, ecotourism hotspots, cultural heritage sites, island communities, and national parks.

As international travel rebounds post-pandemic, many destinations once again face the challenges of overconcentration, environmental degradation, and community resistance associated with overtourism. This Special Issue aims to reframe overtourism not only as a phenomenon of excess numbers, but as a multidimensional sustainability challenge intersecting with urban planning, visitor experience, socio-political dynamics, and ecological resilience.

We welcome contributions that critically examine how destinations are defining, measuring, and responding to tourism pressure using innovative methods, technologies, and governance strategies. Submissions may be theoretical, empirical, policy-focused, or methodological, drawing on perspectives from tourism management, geography, environmental studies, economics, cultural studies, and planning.

This Special Issue will feature a curated collection of high-quality research articles authored by distinguished scholars and experts in the field. Scholars interested in contributing are encouraged to contact the Editorial Office for an invitation.

Prof. Dr. Lewis Ting On Cheung
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Tourism and Hospitality is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.