Balancing Heritage Preservation and Visitor Experience: Architectural Interventions to Mitigate the Impact of Overtourism

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10.2991/978-94-6463-682-6_2How to use a DOI?

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Heritage Preservation; Overtourism; Architectural Interventions; Visitor Management; Sustainable Tourism

Abstract

Efforts to maintain the culture assets under the situation created by overtourism are still a major concern for urban developers and other professionals. The focus of this study is concerned with the architectural solutions as enabled by Visitors Management Strategies for heritage preservation against the negative effects of over-tourism. This study is deploying secondary data analyses adopting a quantitative approach on the basis of a sample of 520 respondents drawn in 20 heritage sites in India, but regarding numerous techniques to alleviate overtourism systematically evaluate it. Thus, this study demonstrates the need to apply sustainable design principles in the construction of the heritage sites, as well as the management of visitor flows. Some of the actions include, incorporating green infrastructural solutions in building designs, especially for historic buildings and incorporating information technology to control the flow of tourists and educate them. It, therefore, underpins the fact that there is a call to get local communities, policy makers and conservationists on board in order to come up with a solution to the problem. Negotiated implications for future research and practice are stated, with focus on the necessity of constant assessment and relevant changes regarding developing tendencies of tourism. The findings further enrich the understanding of how strategic architectural and management approaches can be properly aligned in order to protect cultural heritage and development the need for tourism. This study contributes to the methodological framework on overtourism’s management while presenting operational recommendations for improving cultural heritage management sustainability.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vikas Sharma
AU  - Shiv Mohan Verma
AU  - Ankit Srivastava
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/04/17
TI  - Balancing Heritage Preservation and Visitor Experience: Architectural Interventions to Mitigate the Impact of Overtourism
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Synergizing Sustainable Technologies and Management Practices (STAMP 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 4
EP  - 26
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-682-6_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-682-6_2
ID  - Sharma2025
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