Measuring Overtourism: A Necessary Tool for Landscape Planning
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article presents a vast bibliographical research on the subject, seeking to capture all contributions on Overturism. The presentation was exhaustive, and could perhaps be summarized, dedicating itself more to the suggested model. I believe that the proposed model needs to be explained a little better, but the great contribution presented by the authors is already recognized. content_copy share
Author Response
Review and Comments for Measuring Overtourism: A Necessary Tool for Landscape Planning
Dear reviewer,
We would like to thank you for your constructive and very thoughtful comments regarding the submitted version of our paper. We believe that your comments have considerably contributed to improving its shape and clarifying the previous version of the paper. The revised version of the paper includes the changes and corrections as detailed below (the comments of the reviewer are in normal font; and our answers are given in red italics ). These changes and corrections appear in red colour in the new version of the text.
The article presents a vast bibliographical research on the subject, seeking to capture all contributions on Overturism. The presentation was exhaustive, and could perhaps be summarized, dedicating itself more to the suggested model. I believe that the proposed model needs to be explained a little better, but the great contribution presented by the authors is already recognized.
The Introduction has been modified in order to highlight the contribution of the paper to the existing literature and to explain the proposed model a little better. Specifically, the need of a measurement model for overtourism that systematizes both the factors that must be measured for the diagnosis of overtourism and the most appropriate tools for it, as well as the reference thresholds has been justified. Thus, the main shortcomings of the previous literature have been highlighted and, throughout the text, some examples have been included. Moreover, some examples have been included in Section 4 such as, the cases of Bruges, Brussels or Barcelona in order to improve the explication on the proposed model. In the same way, at the end of section 4 the following paragraph has been added: “Proper management of overtourism requires that all the aforementioned be periodically monitored and included in the new governance models of tourist destinations. Therefore, it would be advisable to establish links between the proposed model for measuring overtourism and Smart cities”.
Thank you once more for taking time to review this paper.
Sincerely,
The authors.
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript focuses on a rarely studied area, namely the measurement of overtourism in an urban context. The structure of the paper is appropriate; however, some content-related issues might be fixed before acceptance. The scientific added value of the paper is slightly hidden, this aspect must be improved during the revision. The following detailed comments include some remarks to improve the quality of the manuscript:
- The Introduction section is basically well-written; however, some aspects and further clarification are needed. Firstly, please explain the relevance of your paper. As the authors mentioned in lines 28-30, it is a relevant topic considering the pre-Covid period. Why is it a relevant issue in 2021? Secondly, please add some examples to illustrate the rate and impacts of overtourism in some destinations. Finally, please clarify the scientific added value of your paper. What is the relevant difference between your manuscript and the other review papers on this topic?
- Line 82-86: please clarify the exact searching words instead of mentioning "overtourism". How can you select the urban-level overtourism, as you indicated in the title of the paper?
- Line 130-132: please clearly explain why these aspects are identified as relevant ones?
- The fourth and fifth sections are complete; there is no need to modify them.
- Nevertheless, the urban context must be more emphasized in the text since the title of the paper proposes heavily urban-related content. In contrast, the word "urban" can be found twice in the manuscript. It is not clear whether what aspects you recommended regarding the measurement of overtourism are related to urban landscape planning and how? Please clarify this issue through the revision process in a really emphasized way.
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors asked all of my questions and made a really thorough revision of their paper; therefore the manuscript can be accepted.
