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Crowd Control: The Events Industry and Overtourism

As cities around the world recalculate the cost of tourism to their communities, business event organizers have an outsized opportunity to make a positive difference. But that doesn’t mean that it’s business as usual.

BY BARBARA PALMER AND JENNIFER N. DIENST

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL THURLBY

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