Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214618 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2019-09
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
We propose a radically new approach to deal with major negative effects resulting from overtourism. The major attractions of heavily visited historical sites are to be identically replicated in a new location emphasizing a vivid historical experience supported by modern technology. In the near future, an enormous increase in the number of tourists is predicted due to low flight prices and a great increase of cruise ship passengers. The local populations will be exposed to strong negative external effects, the cultural site will be damaged, and the environment polluted. Under our proposal, tourists will no longer visit the historical sites but will be exposed to Historical Replicas (HIRE) with more intense historical experience achieved through modern technology (such as holograms). Our proposal provides an alternative to today's overcrowded historical sites doomed to destruction by overtourism.
Subjects: 
Historical Replication
overtourism
overcrowding
cities of culture
impacts of tourism
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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