Contents1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Overtourism 1Richard Butler and Rachel DoddsPART I EMERGENCEIntroduction to Part I - Emergence 11Richard Butler2 Factors contributing to overtourism in destinations 13Rachel Dodds and Richard Butler3 Progress in overtourism discourse measured through thewell-being-centred sustainable tourism paradigm 33Tanja Mihalic4 Results of overtourism: an overview of media coverage 49Sarah Qianlin Wang5 The impact of technology on overtourism and strategies forpromoting the dispersal of visitors 63David SimmonsPART II CASES AND EXAMPLESIntroduction to Part II - Cases and examples 77Richard Butler6 Overcrowding in Boracay: causes and effects 81Reil G. Cruz7 Overtourism in Malta 95Lino Briguglio and Marie Avellino8 venice: entry tickets and other proposals 107Dominic Standish9 Overtourism mitigation and nuisance control in Amsterdam- finding a balance 119Rami K. Isaac10 The Asian perspective and Chinese perceptions ofovertourism 133Jigang Bao, Zengxian Liang, Chaozhi Zhang and Yujie Sun11 Cultural implications of overtourism: a Middle Easternperspective 147Jahanzeeb Qurashi12 Overtourism and North American national parks: exploringthe hotspot phenomenon 161Joe PavelkaPART III IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIvESIntroduction to Part III - Implications and alternatives 177Richard Butler13 Centring the local community in critical conversations onovertourism 179Chloe King and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles14 Constructing 'overtourism': critical reflections on a newconcept 193Jim Butcher15 Overtourism and resident well-being: a framework foranalysis 207Larry Dwyer16 Mitigation measures 221Richard Butler and Rachel Dodds17 Conclusion to A Research Agenda for Overtourism 231Richard Butler and Rachel Dodds.