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Overtourism in Cox’s Bazar in the Pre, During and Post COVID-19 Period

In: Overtourism, Technology Solutions and Decimated Destinations

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  • Rashed Karim

    (East Delta University)

  • Azizul Hassan

    (The Tourism Society)

Abstract

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, overtourism was one of the most buzzing terms in many of the world’s popular tourism destinations. Overtourism was featured as a problem for decades, and evidently, protests of the residents against the visitors were common. Simultaneously, the tourists reported frustrating holiday experiences owing to overcrowding, longer queues, and socio-environmental degradation of the destinations. Cox’s Bazar that is Bangladesh’s one of the most popular tourist destinations during the peak season, is not an exception. Thus, this research aims to figure out the causes and repercussions of overtourism in Cox’s Bazar before COVID-19. The study then analyses the overall scenario of overtourism in Cox’s Bazar during and after the post-COVID-19. This study is carried out relying on both primary and secondary data sources. Besides in-depth interviews of the locals, tourists, industry stakeholders, journal articles, organizational and government publications, website materials, and other sources are used as sources of data and information generation for pre, after, and post COVID-19 overtourism scenario in Cox’s Bazar. Based on findings, the chapter suggests guidelines to monitor and mitigate the detrimental influences of overtourism in Cox’s Bazar. As expected, this study can support tourism destinations to tackle possible issues generated from overtourism and guide the authorities for the more beneficial tourism industry.

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  • Rashed Karim & Azizul Hassan, 2021. "Overtourism in Cox’s Bazar in the Pre, During and Post COVID-19 Period," Springer Books, in: Azizul Hassan & Anukrati Sharma (ed.), Overtourism, Technology Solutions and Decimated Destinations, chapter 0, pages 171-185, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-2474-2_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2474-2_11
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