AlUla
A 22,561 km² county in north-west Saudi Arabia, home to Hegra and run by a royal commission under a heritage and tourism masterplan to 2035.
Evidence · In progressDestinations
Editorial profiles of countries, regions, islands and cities, each with its sources, its open questions and an evidence reading. A profile is not an endorsement or a certification.
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Bacalar Lagoon
A groundwater-fed lagoon in southern Quintana Roo whose microbialite reefs and water clarity are under pressure from runoff, sewage and fast tourism growth.
Evidence · Announced
Bhutan
Himalayan kingdom that charges most visitors a nightly Sustainable Development Fee under its 'high value, low volume' tourism policy.
Evidence · Documented
Copenhagen
Danish capital whose tourism body has questioned volume as a goal since 2017, while bednights hit records and the council curbs inner-city hotels.
Evidence · Documented
Faroe Islands
Self-governing North Atlantic archipelago managing rapid tourism growth through a 2024 law, a nightly fee, trail access fees and volunteer trail work.
Evidence · Documented
Flanders
Belgian region whose tourism agency has, since 2017, framed tourism as a means for residents and places rather than an end in itself.
Evidence · In progress
Granada & Costa Tropical
Andalusian province with the Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín World Heritage site, tourist-flat limits in dispute and a farming coast.
Evidence · In progress
Greater Maasai Mara
Kenya's best-known safari landscape, where Maasai landowners lease land to tourism-funded conservancies as fences, lodges and court cases test the model.
Evidence · Documented
Hawaiʻi
US island state where a 2026 lodging-tax increase, the Green Fee, is meant to fund conservation, climate resilience and tourism management.
Evidence · In progress
Nepal Himalaya
High-mountain Nepal, where conservation-area fees, community homestays and new Everest waste and permit rules are reshaping trekking and climbing.
Evidence · In progress
Palau
Pacific republic known for its passport pledge and a sanctuary closing 80% of its waters to fishing, now under pressure to reopen.
Evidence · Documented
Roatán
A Honduran Bay Island on the Mesoamerican Reef where sewer connections show gains, while mainland rivers, cruise growth and land disputes press in.
Evidence · Documented
Ruta de los Cenotes
A road inland from Puerto Morelos lined with cenote parks on ejido land, where land-use regularisation and aquifer protection lag behind visitor growth.
Evidence · Announced
Trinidad and Tobago
A two-island Caribbean state with a forest reserve protected since 1776, a UNESCO biosphere reserve and community-run sea turtle patrols.
Evidence · In progress
Veracruz
A Gulf of Mexico state with rainforest, reef and raptor-migration sites, two UNESCO World Heritage properties and a newly announced hotel programme.
Evidence · Announced