In this episode, you will learn how tourism shapes the communities in which we live. Dr. Russo gives us a professional insight into his studies and the activities of the H2020 SMARTDEST project, of which he is the main coordinator. We were used to hearing about the positive effects of tourism, but we often forget the negative sides. Dr. Russo takes a critical look at the problems of tourism in the past and ways to combat them; and ways to tackle them in the currently unforeseeable future. Timeline: Intro - 00:00 Who is dr. Russo? - 00:54 SMARTDEST project - 02:47 Overtourism as a paradigm - 06:54 Social exclusion - 09:53 Overtourism is everywhere - 15:15 Strategy for an emerging destination - 20:21 Do we have too many tourists? - 26:09 Regulation of tourists - 34:19 The new normality - 41:36 Dr. Russo's view on how to start tourism from scratch - 51:53 Visit: https://smartdest.eu/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-paolo-russo-07b6655/ www.localsfromzero.org