Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
有风险的目的地：旅游业的无形负担

Overview  概述

On 26 March 2019, “Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism” was released. This report was commissioned by the Travel Foundation and co-published with Cornell University’s Centre for Sustainable Global Enterprise and EplerWood International.
2019年3月26日，“有风险的目的地：旅游业的无形负担”。该报告由旅行基金会委托，并与康奈尔大学可持续企业和埃普尔伍德国际公司（Eplerwood International）共同发布。

Summary  概括

The report describes how destinations must uncover and account for tourism’s hidden costs, referred to as the “invisible burden”, to protect and manage vital destination assets worldwide. Failing to do so puts ecosystems, cultural wonders, and community life at increasing risk, and places the tourism industry on a weak foundation that could crack under its own weight.  Click here for examples of the invisible burden, and learn more in this animated infographic:
该报告描述了目的地如何揭示和解释旅游业的隐藏成本，即“无形负担”，以保护和管理全球重要的目的地资产。不这样做会使生态系统，文化奇观和社区生活处于越来越多的风险，并将旅游业置于一个薄弱的基础上，可能会在自己的体重下破裂。单击此处以获取无形负担的示例，并在此动画信息图中了解更多信息：

Amid increasing concern about “overtourism” and calls from within the travel industry for improved destination management, the report uncovers root causes for the problem and offers logical and integrated analysis of why it is transpiring. It concludes that destination managers will need to sit at the new nexus between data on tourism demand the supply of resources to support the tourism economy.
在越来越关注“超级旅游”并呼吁旅游行业呼吁改善目的地管理的情况下，该报告发现了该问题的根本原因，并提供了逻辑和综合的分析，分析了为什么它是蒸蒸日上的。它得出的结论是，目的地经理将需要坐在有关旅游数据之间的新联系，需要资源供应以支持旅游经济。

The report suggests that the risks tourism destinations and businesses face must be openly and transparently reviewed with more science-based, data-driven analysis including,
该报告表明，旅游目的地和企业面临的风险必须通过更多基于科学的，数据驱动的分析进行公开和透明地审查

• New local accounting systems that capture the full range of costs stemming from the growth of tourism, in place of an incomplete set of economic impact measures.
  新的本地会计系统捕获了由于旅游业的增长而代替一系列不完整的经济影响措施，捕获了全部成本。
• New skills and cross sector collaboration, underpinned by data and technology, to achieve effective spatial planning, manage demand for public utilities and services, and evaluate the availability of vital, local resources.
  由数据和技术支撑的新技能和跨部门协作，以实现有效的空间计划，管理对公用事业和服务的需求，并评估重要的当地资源的可用性。
• New valuation and financing mechanisms to redress debilitating under-investment in infrastructure and local asset management and enable the transition to low-carbon destination economies.
  新的估值和融资机制使基础设施和本地资产管理的投资不足，并使其能够过渡到低碳目的地经济体。

The report draws upon academic literature, case studies, expert interviews and media reports, and provides a wealth of examples of the invisible burden.  Examples are drawn from Thailand, Mexico, and the Maldives, as well as Europe, Africa, and Latin America. The report also gives insights into types of data-driven systems, such as GIS mapping tools and the Smart Cities concept, which can address growth issues and facilitate new forms of investment.

Report authors:

• Megan Epler Wood (Managing Director, Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Program at Cornell University; Owner and Principal of EplerWood International)
• Mark Milstein (Clinical Professor of Management at Cornell University)
• Kathleen Ahamed-Broadhurst (Senior Writer & Researcher, EplerWood International)