Harald Pechlaner is head of the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy and Professor and holder of the Chair of Tourism, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany.

Elisa Innerhofer is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Greta Erschbamer is a Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Overtourism explores this growing tourism phenomenon which is currently creating tensions in tourist destinations worldwide. This volume proposes a framework for possible solutions and management strategies for dealing with 'overtourism' and the various negative impacts that large quantities of tourists can impose.

Part 1: Overtourism - Introduction to the topic. 1. Overtourism: the challenge of managing the limits 2. Overtourism and resistance: Today's anit-tourist movement in context 3. Strategy is the art of combining short- and long-term measures - empirical evidence on "overtourism" from European cities and regions. 4. Problem and solution awareness in overtourism: A delphi study. 5. UNESCO, cultural heritage sites and tourism: a paradoxical relationship. Part 2: Management Concepts and Possible Solutions 6. Development of core indicators for the assessment and analysis of sustainable city tourism. 7. Constantly adapting - approaches for effective visitor monitoring and adaptive visitor guiding in the Black Forest National Park. 8. Visitor management in highly-visited attractions: Lessons that practitioners can learn from the U.S. Theme Park Industry and the National Parks. 9. Key themes for tourism development management. Lessons from Venice. 10. Between seasonability and overtourism in seaside destinations. A multi-stakeholders' perception of hosting music events during summer season. Part 3: Governance, monitoring and Outlook. 12. Overcrowding of tourism destinations: some suggestions for a solution. 13. How to manage the threatening phenomenon of 'overtourism'? Early detection measures in Vienna. 14. Visitor management in world heritage sites: Does overtourism-driven traffic management affect tourist targets, behavior and satisfaction? The case of the Dolomites UNESCO WHS (Italy). 15. The end of tourism through localhood and overtourism? An exploration of current destination governance challenges