[RERUN] What is last chance tourism?

Last chance tourism is a travel trend whereby tourists increasingly seek to experience the world’s most endangered sites before they vanish or are irrevocably transformed, according to the definition given by the Current Issues in Tourism magazine.

Last chance tourism is also sometimes referred to as doomsday tourism. The term was first coined in the early 2010s in Britain, before catching on in other countries. So basically, last chance tourism is a way of kissing some of the Earth's most spectacular sites goodbye.

What kind of endangered sites are we talking about? One would think an influx of tourists will only contribute to these sites’ deterioration. Is that the case? What can we do to put an end to last-chance tourism? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !

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