Beautiful places tend to become popular destinations for tourists and outdoor recreationists. Visitors tell their friends and post pictures on social media, and businesses that serve those visitors — bars and restaurants, hotels, gear stores — proliferate. Soon, people with financial means start moving in, driving up housing prices and reducing available stock. Unable to […]
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Western Resort Towns Risk Being ‘Loved to Death’
A new report details the downsides of tourism and population booms – and what communities can do about it
