Your Instagram vacation? It's destroying someone else's home. Pack your guilt.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe tourism industry is in constant evolution, but with a projected 4.3 billion people expected to travel every year by 2050, have we reached its peak?
If money makes the world go round, perhaps nothing makes money go around the world like tourism. It has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world. But have the planet’s must-go-to destinations become victims of their own success? Overbooked explores the complexities of an industry that on one hand caters to the basic human desire of movement and hospitality but on the other, highlights the economic, environmental and social harm of mass travel.
Direction
Lam and Robillard let locals speak, tourists squirm.
Editing
Juxtaposing influencer fantasy with ground-level exploitation.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michel Lam previously directed undercover footage at all-inclusive resorts, getting hired as staff to capture working conditions.
The series dropped as 'overtourism' became a mainstream anxiety, with cities like Amsterdam and Venice implementing visitor caps during filming.
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