Anti-overtourism sentiment has grown across the world (Image: GETTY) Holiday hotspots trying to tackle overtourism should not fall into the trap of over-regulating and risk hurting the tourism sector so many countries nowadays rely upon, an expert said. Pam Knudsen, a short-term rental tax compliance and regulation expert at Avalara , spoke of the two extremes when it comes to trying to deal with mass tourism, the negative impact of which is being suffered by more and more seaside cities and towns around the globe. Stressing the importance of finding "balance", she told Express.
co.uk: "There is a value in some regulation. You can over-regulate - if you look at New York City they have chosen to go down the over-regulation path - and then you can have no restrictions at all.
" As noted by Ms Knudsen, New York City has been requiring short-term rental hosts to register their homes with the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement, be present in the city when hosting guests and provide paying guests with full access to their houses. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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