VOA慢速英語：旅游開發(fā)過度了嗎?

Too Much Tourism?

旅游開發(fā)過度了嗎?

Cities – particularly in Europe – are increasingly taking steps against tourists.

各個城市，尤其是歐洲的城市都開始越來越多地對游客采取措施。

Venice, Italy, for example, is planning to bar some large passenger ships. Barcelona, Spain, has placed restrictions on apartment rentals. The problem these cities say they are dealing with is "overtourism" -- too many tourists visiting at once.

例如，意大利的威尼斯正計劃禁止一些大型客輪。西班牙的巴塞羅那已經(jīng)對公寓出租施加了限制。這些城市稱他們是在處理“旅游開發(fā)過度”問題，即一次有太多游客瀏覽。

Debate over tourism

關(guān)于旅游的爭論

Jonathan Keates is the chairman of the Venice In Peril Fund, an aid and activist group. He said too many people are crowding the walkways and canals of Venice, interfering in what he calls a "still living city."

喬納森·凱茨(Jonathan Keates)是拯救威尼斯基金會的主席，這是一家援助和維權(quán)組織。他說，威尼斯的人行道和河道里擠滿了人，干涉到了他所謂“有生命的城市。”

Taleb Rifai is the secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). He spoke recently to tourism ministers at London's World Travel Market. He said the rise of slogans, such as "tourists go home" and "tourists are terrorists," was "a wake-up call."

塔勒布·瑞法依(Taleb Rifai)是聯(lián)合國世界旅游組織的秘書長。他最近在倫敦的世界旅游博覽會上對各國旅游部長做了發(fā)言。他說，“游客回家去”和“游客是恐怖分子”這類口號的興起“敲響了警鐘。”

Anger about tourism could continue to grow as more people travel every year. The UNWTO estimates tourists will take 1.8 billion trips by 2030, up from 1.2 billion in 2016.

隨著越來越多人每年旅游，對游客的怨氣可能會繼續(xù)增長。聯(lián)合國世界旅游組織估計到2030年，游客旅游次數(shù)將從2016年的12億次增加到18億次。

Low-cost airline tickets are helping fuel the growth in tourism numbers, along with increasing travel from China.

廉價航空機票以及中國人旅游增加正在幫助推動游客數(shù)量的增長。

Yet many places depend on tourism for jobs and wealth. Around 10 percent of the world's gross domestic product, or GDP, comes from tourism.

然而很多地方依賴旅游業(yè)提供就業(yè)機會和財富。全球約10%的GDP來自于旅游業(yè)。

Taleb Rifai said that growth is not "the enemy." But, he said tourism must be made "sustainable and responsible" to help local communities.

瑞法依表示，這種增長并不是“敵人。”但是他表示，旅游必須做到“可持續(xù)和負責任”以幫助當?shù)厣鐓^(qū)。

What are countries and cities doing to limit tourism?

各國和各城市如何限制旅游?

Ecuador permits only 100,000 visitors to the Galapagos Islands each year. The Croatian city of Dubrovnik is considering permitting only 4,000 visitors daily. Visitors have flooded the Adriatic Sea town since it was used as a setting for the television series "Game of Thrones."

厄瓜多年每年只允許10萬游客前往加拉帕戈斯群島?？肆_地亞城市杜布羅夫尼克正在考慮每天只接待4千名游客。由于《權(quán)力的游戲》這部電視劇以此地為背景，游客已經(jīng)淹沒了這個亞得里亞海的小鎮(zhèn)。

Other cities are urging tourists to visit less famous parts of town. Prague, for example, has an "off the beaten track" tourist program. London is promoting neighborhoods such as Greenwich and Richmond.

其它城市則督促游客游覽城鎮(zhèn)中一些不太出名的地方。例如布拉格就有一個“不走尋常路”的旅游項目。倫敦也正在推廣格林威治和里士滿等社區(qū)。

Barcelona has cracked down on unofficial housing rentals and established a tourism council that includes residents, businesses, and unions.

巴塞羅那對非官方的房屋租賃進行了打擊，并建立了一個包括居民、企業(yè)和工會在內(nèi)的旅游委員會。

Is there a solution?

有解決方案嗎?

Gloria Guevara is the president and CEO of the London-based World Travel & Tourism Council. "There is no one solution for all. Every destination is different," she said.

格洛里亞·格瓦拉(Gloria Guevara)是總部設(shè)在倫敦的世界旅游業(yè)理事會的總裁和首席執(zhí)行官。她說：“沒有統(tǒng)一的解決方案，每個旅游目的地的方案都有所不同。”

Tim Fairhurst leads planning and policy at the European Tourism Association. He said businesses do not want to put their customers in places where they are treated as unwelcome. He said simple measures can make a difference, such as changing opening hours or increasing parking space.

蒂姆·費爾赫斯特(Tim Fairhurst)負責歐洲旅游協(xié)會的規(guī)劃和政策。他說，各旅游企業(yè)不希望將他們的客戶帶到不受歡迎的地方。他說，一些簡單的措施就能起到作用，例如改變開放時間或增加停車位。

"There are lots of ways in which we use our cities inefficiently," he said, "We could do better."

他說：“我們利用城市的很多種方式效率都非常低下，我們可以做得更好。”

I'm John Russell.

約翰·羅素報道。