NEW FORM OF OVERTOURISM IN PANDEMIC TIME

The presence of tourist flows in a destination can be positive, in some cases, for the creation and development of the territories, in other cases, however, it can have devastating impacts in the destinations, both in the natural and cultural resources of the territory and in relation to the local population. In the pandemic time, in which tourism is living a global crisis, the analysis of overtourism phenomenon could appear off topic. Yet, as in the pre COVID-19 the flow of tourists appears not homogeneously distributed on territories - i.e. creating overtourism phenomenon in cities and its main point of interests -, even during the two waves of COVID-19 in Italy, it appeared an inhomogeneous distribution of the small flows of tourists, but, this time, not in cities, rather in alternative destination. The paper aims to reflect on the overtourism new form that involved the pandemic time.