https://www.scmp.com/rss/525605/feed Dr Divya Singhal is a Japan Foundation Indo-Pacific Partnership Programme Research Fellow, currently at NUCB Business School. She is a professor and chairperson of the Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action at the Goa Institute of Management, India. Her teaching and research focus on development, gender, sustainability, responsibility, pedagogy and management. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Divya Singhal,Rebecca Chunghee Kim Divya Singhal,Rebecca Chunghee Kim Can tourism be considered successful if arrivals increase, but the local communities – the very soul of the destination – feel strained and excluded? Too often, tourism success is measured in arrivals, occupancy and revenue. These numbers matter. But they tell only a fraction of the story. We must ask: who is this success really for? Traditional growth metrics are no longer sufficient to protect the residents who host the world or the workers who power the experience. To prevent cultural... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3351699/japan-india-overtourism-cries-out-new-success-metrics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3351699/japan-india-overtourism-cries-out-new-success-metrics?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:30:08 +0000