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 Pushback against ‘over-tourism’ is gathering pace. Maui, Hawaiian archipelago’s second-largest island, is set to can vacation rentals to meet a housing shortage made worse after a wildfire destroyed neighbourhoods. Reportedly, over a fifth of Maui’s housing is built for tourists. Last month, Spaniards turned water guns on unsuspecting vacationers in Barcelona and Mallorca. They were protesting mass tourism that’s ‘fuelling a housing crunch and erasing their hometowns’ character.’ Protests in Italy, Greece, Belgium and Bhutan have forced authorities to tweak policies that promote tourism unchecked at the cost of upending a destination’s living costs, draining its water, altering its character and degrading the environment. World’s most-sought spots are in ecologically fragile areas – or have turned vulnerable after tourism’s push. Think: 75% of solid waste in J&K’s Pahalgam is courtesy visitors.  

India’s groaning with car-choked roads, dry water sources and shaky mountains across Himalaya’s favourite spots. Landour’s population is less than 4,000. Mussoorie’s is 30k-35k. In 2024, the two had about 20L holiday-makers. A growing pain for locals are off-season crowds – post-Covid, tourism’s a year-round affair. Climate change meets OTT-tourist infra to deal a double whammy: a landslide in Sikkim stranded 1,600 tourists this June. Who’s thinking solutions? Limiting numbers was attempted in some hill stations. But little has moved on dispersing the travelling hordes to new cool-climate spots, or building satellite destinations around hotspots. Tourist masses need new destinations.

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Pushback (noun) – resistance, opposition, backlash, defiance, protest

विरोध

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Gather
up (phrasal verb) – pick up, collect

इकट्ठा करना

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Archipelago
(noun) –an extensive group of islands.

द्वीपसमूह

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Pace
(noun) – speed, rate, swiftness, quickness

गति

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Set (to) (verb) – Prepare, ready, gear up, arrange, position
तैयार होना

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Can (verb) – to stop doing something

रोकना

 

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Meet
(verb) – fulfil, achieve, accomplish

पूरा करना

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Make worse (phrase) – aggravate, worsen, compound, intensify, escalate

बिगाड़ना

 

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Neighbourhoods (noun) – Localities, districts, areas, regions, quarters

पड़ोस

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Reportedly
(adverb) – supposedly, seemingly, apparently, allegedly

कथित तौर पर

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Spaniard (noun) – Spanish person, Iberian, European, native of Spain, Castilian

स्पेनवासी

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Unsuspecting (adjective) – Unaware, naive, innocent, unsuspecting, oblivious

अनजान

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Vacationer (noun) – Tourist, traveler, holidaymaker, sightseer, visitor

पर्यटक

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Fuel (verb) – intensify, provoke, ignite, boost, incite

बढ़ावा देना

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Crunch (noun) – crisis, shortage, squeeze, scarcity, pinch

संकट

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Erase
(verb) – remove, wipe out, obliterate, wipe away

मिटाना

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Unchecked (adjective) – Uncontrolled, unrestrained, rampant, unbridled

बेकाबू

 

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Tweak
(verb) –  to make small changes to a machine, system, etc. in order to improve the way it works

सुधार करना

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Upend (verb) – Upset, overturn, flip over, turn turtle

उलटना

 

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Alter (verb) – Change, modify, transform, adapt, amend,

बदलना

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Degrade (verb) – pollute, spoil, deteriorate, ruin, erode

बिगाड़ना

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Ecologically
(adverb) – in a way that relates to ecology or the environment

पारिस्थितिकी

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Fragile (adjective) – Delicate, Breakable, Frail, Vulnerable, Brittle

नाजुक

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Vulnerable (adjective) – At risk, exposed, susceptible, open to, prone to

असुरक्षित

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Courtesy visitor (noun) – tourist waste, visitor-generated garbage, guest-caused debris, traveler litter, non-local refuse

पर्यटक जनित कचरा

 

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Groan (verb) – moan, complain, lament, grumble, protest

कराहना

 

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Shaky
(adjective) – unstable, unsteady, wobbly, uncertain, insecure

अस्थिर

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Infra (noun) – infrastructure, facilities, systems, amenities, framework

अवसंरचना

 

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A double-whammy (phrase) – twofold blow, dual setback, twin strike, double trouble, compound effect

दोहरी मार

 

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Landslide
(noun) –  landslip, rockfall, mudslide, earthslip, earthfall

भूस्खलन

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Stranded (adjective) – Marooned, isolated, stuck, trapped, abandoned

फंसा हुआ

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Dispersing (verb) – Spreading, scattering, distributing, disseminating, diffusing

फैलाना

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Horde (noun) – crowd, multitude, swarm, throng, mass

भीड़

 

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Hotspot (noun) – tourist center, focal point, attraction, nucleus, magnet

प्रमुख स्थल

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Mass (noun) – Crowd, multitude, group, gathering, congregation

जनसमूह