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forgotoldacc ◴[] No.44385543[source]
One consequence of "Japanese hospitality" being widely known is that there are now swathes of tourists visiting with the expectation of getting their own "magical experience".

Some people living in places that have become tourist areas are putting up signs announcing their home toilets are not for public use. Because apparently some tourists have said things like "When I needed to use the bathroom and there was nowhere else around, I knocked on a random person's door and they were kind enough to let me use it!" So now a non-zero number of people go there with the expectation that they can (and possibly should) do the same.

Tourists used to be a novelty to Japanese. Now with over 40 million projected for this year, a massive rise from about 6 million in 2012, a large number of them taking extended vacations (in contrast to Euros who might hop a border for a weekend and boost tourist counts quickly), people are getting quickly burnt out with the entitlement many of them exhibit. To tourists, it's a magical, unique vacation and they must have the Ghibli experience someone else posted about. To locals, countless people are harassing you everyday demanding unreasonable things.

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adrianN ◴[] No.44386431[source]
Tourism reliably destroys places. Southern Italy is another example where the sheer masses of tourists have completely ruined a whole area.
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matwood ◴[] No.44386893[source]
Italy is a lot like most places in the EU where tourists visit a few Instagram sites and nothing else. I think it’s incorrect to say it’s ruining southern Italy when the reality is it’s a few areas.

I was just at the Louvre where the wing with the Mona Lisa was overrun - the busiest I’ve ever seen it. The other wings were almost ghost towns.

I understand that when people travel they want to see the highlights, but I wish they would also explore a bit.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/surging-travel-europe-spik...

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abtinf ◴[] No.44387055[source]
The Mona Lisa gets over run, while the room holding the the code of Hammurabi(!!!) is basically deserted.
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1. terribleperson ◴[] No.44387436[source]
I didn't even know they had the code of Hammurabi. Now I want to see it.
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2. Rebelgecko ◴[] No.44387865[source]
When I tried to go recently I believe that room was closed for refurbishment :(