House Sitting Magazine: Issue 32 July 2020

OUR NEW TRAVEL STYLE IS CHANGING POST COVID-19 From battling overtourism to becoming truly conscious travellers

by Sandra Ryken

Only a year ago, Paul and I would go out of our way to avoid the hordes of tourists in the Old Town of Dubrovnik, and dodge the day trippers from up to four cruise ships in the otherwise charming Bay of Kotor.

There was a term for what we experienced: OVERTOURISM. A term minted to put into words the sad reality tourism had become in many popular destinations.