Abstract:
The research presents a theoretical introduction that aims at defining causes and impacts of
Overtourism on the environment, the culture, and the society of a destination. The
literature has recently started to investigate the impacts of excessive tourism on the society
and awareness on the importance of quality of life of residents and of the experience of
tourists, for the success of a destination, is increasing. Social movements theory will be
therefore analysed with the attempt to understand how residents has started to
organize first to fight against tourists and then, to try to find solutions and define common future
perspectives. This first part will build the base knowledge to analyze possible strategies to tackle the phenomenon, theorized and implemented so far.
Given this theoretical background the second part of the research is based on
empirical knowledge gathered through interviews, events, and seminars participation, in order to
deeply understand causes and impacts of Overtourism in Venice, present the challenges the
city and its stakeholders are facing and discuss the role of social movements to invert the process.
