Don’t go to Tahoe, tourists are warned: The 10 places on Fodors No List for 2023

Lake Tahoe is one of 10 destinations that the Fodors travel experts are warning tourists away from in the coming year.

The travel guide publisher released its 2023 No List, “highlighting destinations to reconsider visiting.” It is not a boycott or ban, it says, but a call for travelers to be aware of the impact of crowds on these areas.

Tahoe is included in the category of “nature that needs a break,” primarily because of the effect that sediment and emissions from heavy traffic have on the lake’s clarity.

The Fodors article quoted Andy Chapman of Travel North Tahoe as saying tourism and hospitality leaders are trying to find “creative solutions to take cars off the road” without telling people to stay away.

Also on the list was the drought-stricken American West, with a specific mention of Mendocino.

THE NO LIST:

Nature that needs a break

• Lake Tahoe
• France’s cliffs and calanques; suffering from erosion.
• Antarctica; warming temperatures and wildlife declines.

Suffering cultural hotspots

• Venice and the Amalfi Coast; locals being pushed out, threat to lagoon ecosystem.
• Cornwall, England; infrastructure stretched to the limit.
• Amsterdam; intensely overcrowded.
• Thailand, particularly Maya Bay; ecological damage.

Destinations suffering from water crises

• Maui
• The American West
• Southern European watershed, including the Rhine and Danube rivers, Spain and Greece.

Fodors also released its Go List of recommended destinations. The one spot in California is Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove — but even that comes with a hint of doom: Fodors says wildfire threat makes seeing the grove “at once more precious and urgent.”

Find the full lists for 2023: No List and Go List.