Every year Fodor’s publishes a Go-List and a No-List for the approaching year. According to the respected travel publisher, its No-List for 2020:
“… highlights issues – ethical, environmental, sometimes even political – that we’re thinking about before, during, and long after we travel. For this year’s No List, as we do every year, we highlight places and issues that give us pause. The underlying issues are ones that we’ll certainly be grappling with in the decade to come.”
Fodor’s 2020 No-List
- Barcelona’s overtourism issue isn’t just about inconvenience – there’s literally no room for the numbers who just keep coming. Airbnb has made matters worse for locals by flooding the market with short-term rentals.
- Big Sur California is becoming overwhelmed – between the free publicity from the massively popular award-winning HBO series Big Little Lies and Monterey County’s hospitality association and tourism campaign
- Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Cambodia’s most visited attraction, is suffering under its own popularity. The literal wear and tear brought on to the 900-year-old temples is having damaging effects on its foundations and structural integrity.
- Bali has suffered the effects of overtourism in the last few years to the point that the government is weighing a tourist tax to help combat some of the more sinister effects on the environment
