In 2023, Fodor’s was very worried about Lake Tahoe’s tourism problems. During the pandemic, droves of tourists sought outdoor recreation and left behind a trail of trash–all of which threatened the iconic transparent waters that make the area famous. Locals were fed up. Environmentalists were fed up. And even leaders in the area’s tourism industry admitted crowds were too much. So, how is Lake Tahoe doing today after landing on last year’s No List? The latest news isn’t great. On July 5, 2023, the region made headlines when the League to Save Lake Tahoe found more than 8,000 pounds of trash during a post-holiday beach cleanup–more than twice as much as in 2022. A week later, the scientific journal Nature published a study that found Lake Tahoe has more microplastics than the infamous Pacific Ocean trash heaps, “which are at present considered some of the greatest plastic-accumulation zones in the world.”