It’s no secret that people love islands.
But sometimes, we can love them to death. When tourism overkill strikes, the end result is not such a nice place.
National Geographic Traveler and its National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations conducted the fourth annual Destination Scorecard survey, aided by George Washington University. A panel of 522 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship donated time to review conditions in 111 selected islands and archipelagos. Whidbey Island wasn’t in the mix, but Washington’s San Juan Islands and British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island were included in the survey.
0-25: Catastrophic: all criteria very negative, outlook grim.
50-65: In moderate trouble: all criteria medium-negative or a mix of negatives and positives.
86-95: Authentic, unspoiled, and likely to remain so.
This entry was posted in Archives on November 21, 2007 by Gulf Islands Alliance.