Tourism can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to sustainability, especially for popular sites that draw a lot of people. Here's a snapshot on the National Geographic Traveler site of how some of the most popular sites in the world are measuring up on the sustainability front...
World Heritage has been popular. It now totals 830 sites. To see how some of these places are doing, National Geographic Traveler and our National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations, with George Washington University, conducted our third Destination Scorecard survey. A panel of 419 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship rated 94 World Heritage destinations.
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