Hidden tourism costs need to be addressed with new solutions

A recent report says that there are hidden costs in tourism that urgently need to be addressed with new solutions. The report also named South-east Asia among the regions that are most vulnerable to such “invisible burdens”.Failing to do so would put ecosystems, cultural wonders and community life at increasing risk, and would place the tourism industry on a weak foundation that might crumble under its own weight.Either residents would have to pay these costs, or they are simply not paid, and this would increasingly lead to environmental crises, spoiled tourism assets and growing dissatisfaction among local residents.Thus destination authorities need access to new resources, systems and expertise in an urgent manner to ensure that the true costs of every new visitor are fully covered as tourism grows.