Navigating the Complexities of Coastal Tourism: A Conversation with Elizabeth Becker | Big Tourism

March 28, 2023

A look into the costs of tourism.

In the special rebroadcast, join Big Tourism’s Host Arica Sears as she catches up with award-winning author Elizabeth Becker at the 2022 Impact Sustainability Conference in Victoria, B.C. Becker began her career as a war correspondent for the Washington Post in Cambodia, became the Senior Foreign Editor of National Public Radio and later a New York Times correspondent covering national security, foreign policy, agriculture and international economics. In 2013, she published ‘Overbooked: the exploding business of travel and tourism. This much-needed critical analysis of the tourism industry describes the industry’s impact to local economies, cultures, and environments. In this interview they cover a variety of tourism topics including the tourism economy, role of government in tourism planning, cruise ships and AirBnb as well as indigenous tourism and geopolitics.

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Arica Sears

Arica Sears is a fourth generation resident of a one stoplight town on the Oregon Coast. She was raised in the hand-me-down wetsuits, life jackets, and rubber boots of her two brothers and the waters of the Nestucca River. Her International Studies degree paved the way for her to research the effects of globalization in Peru on indigenous communities, count by-catch on the Ecuadorian coast, teach English in Spain & France, guide scuba diving in Mallorca, and document timber industry practices on the Oregon Coast. Arica currently works for the Oregon Coast Visitors Association as the Destination Management Coordinator for all 363 miles of Oregon coastline. She works with land management agencies, local businesses, nonprofits, government entities, and citizens to inspire travel and strengthen collaboration to create and steward a sustainable coastal economy.