Overtourism: “If the areas planned to accommodate people are full, so much the better”. Jean Pinard, director of the Occitanie Regional Tourism Committee, calls for remaining measured in judging the phenomenon, and thinking in the long term.
“We must regulate tourist flows, take care of natural and sensitive areas and even prohibit access to certain places,” he says. ‘We do not say that the Stade de France is overcrowded if it accommodates 80,000 spectators, its maximum capacity’.