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This is a bonus episode from The Global Story - Overtourism: Can travel hotspots cope with the crowds?

2024 is expected to be a record-breaking year for tourism, with more travellers going on holiday than ever before. But hotspots like Venice, Hawaii and Bali are also struggling from overtourism. Rajan Datar, host of the 大象传媒's Travel Show, has been meeting people who live in some of the world's tourism hotspots and tells Lucy Hockings about the impact huge numbers of visitors are having on communities and the environment.

This episode was made by Alice Aylett Roberts, Richard Moran and Eleanor Sly. The technical producer was Johnny Hall. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, from the 大象传媒 World Service. For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you got this podcast.