# Why overtourism could ruin your next vacation

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@BCG
- Speaker: Suresh Subudhi
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/suresh_subudhi_why_overtourism_could_ruin_your_next_vacation)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When was your last unforgettable trip? Travel industry expert Suresh Subudhi believes joyful moments of connection are the reason we explore the world — but with vacation hotspots overrun and locals pushed to the brink, tourists have become unwelcome guests. Proposing a new way to use technology to stop loving our favorite destinations to death, he shows what travel could look like if we got it right.

## Lectures

1. [Why overtourism could ruin your next vacation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/suresh_subudhi_why_overtourism_could_ruin_your_next_vacation/48cc3b4d1516), 12 min (TED's player)