Tourism around the world has grown quickly, but it\\\'s often caused problems for local people, the environment, and culture. This write-up checks out overtourism—when too many tourists swamp a place. This hurts its stuff, society, and nature. It suggests a fix: Smart Eco-Regions. These spots would use new ideas to mix tech, rules, being green, and helping locals. The aim is to rethink travel destinations as spaces where people can live together well without hurting longevity and come up with cool ideas. By taking a close look at places hit hard by overtourism like Venice, Barcelona, Machu Picchu, and Santorini, the research points out ways to stop just reacting to problems and start fixing places up before they get ruined. Some important moves are changing how things are run, getting locals involved, using green ways of doing tourism, and adding digital stuff. The paper gives a plan for turning trashed tourist traps into nice, green places to be. These places would balance what visitors want with keeping the environment and people healthy for a solid amount of time.
Aphisavadh Sirivadhanawaravachara (2026) studied this question.