Challenge 6: Tourism

Mass tourism harms host destinations and their residents, and is a global phenomenon in numerous destinations where the number of travelers has reached excessive proportions. The trend is described as "Overtourism": the excessive growth in visitor numbers that causes a place to become overcrowded, with residents suffering the consequences and permanent changes to their lifestyles, social well-being and access to common services and goods. This impact of tourism also exacerbates problems related to energy and waste. 

• Air quality
• Gentrification
• Energy deficit
• Waste management
• Water deficit
• Conflicts between cultures and classes
• Waste generation
• High energy requirements

• Awareness. 
• Leveraging proximity to design a more efficient society in all its practices. 
• Exchange of knowledge between cultures. 
• Work on inclusion and equality. 
• Designing new forms of recycling that encourage the entire population. 
• Creation of communities in rural areas that promote urban renewal and coexistence with nature. 

FOUNDING TEAM: Jorge Robles del Salto

INNOVATION: Recreate historical scenarios on site with augmented reality glasses.

WEBSITE: pastviewexperience.com

Past View is a startup that recreates historical scenarios in situ with glasses that place scenes of past life before the user's eyes in the main streets and tourist sites of a city. The recreation is already available in Seville, Ephesus (Turkey), Athens, and Barcelona.

FOUNDING TEAM:

INNOVATION: Peer-to-peer travel platform to connect directly with local hosts in rural areas.

WEBSITE: backstreetacademy.com