Following some well publicised problems associated with tourism in Antarctica, in April 2009, the signatories to the Antarctic Treaty are proposing to limit tourist numbers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8005467.stm
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Ecotourism does not immediately spring to mind when Benidorm in Spain is mentioned, but it could be the future for this popular destination:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7402603.stm
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This article shows some of the effects that the political crisis in 2007-8 has had on tourism:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7179577.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7372298.stm
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