// infrastructure contradiction

Source: NYT > Business (paywall)

Venice, Barcelona, and Mallorca are simultaneously restricting tourist arrivals while their airports invest billions in capacity—a structural contradiction that exposes how fragmented local governance actually is. Airport authorities, often semi-independent entities with their own growth mandates and revenue models, operate outside city tourism limits, creating a dynamic where supply-side infrastructure undermines demand-side policy. Solving overtourism requires alignment across dozens of actors with conflicting incentives, not just a city council vote.