Tourism: Conflicts of a trillion-dollar business

Billions of people went on vacation in 2023 as global tourism was almost hitting pre-pandemic levels. Money has poured into the tourism industry, but it’s come at a cost in many other ways. Popular destinations like Mallorca and the Mexican city of Cancún are almost collapsing under the masses of people. This not only pushes locals out, it brings heaps of garbage, polluted water and soaring rents.