Last night I went to Miami Beach to attend an event hosted by a European city. About a dozen travel writers, bloggers, and agents sat at a long table in a luxury hotel where, between servings of foie gras au torchon and Wagyu filet mignon – we watched videos and heard talks about the city. And I wondered how long before tourist offices – responding to the growing problem of overtourism – start inviting travel writers to watch boring videos and eat bad food in the hope that we will dissuade people from visiting.
