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Twelve Apostles visitors to be charged entry fee to see natural wonder (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

These tour bus companies are a disservice to our entire tourism industry.

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure if I blame them more than the people who go on these tours, though, for some people it's literally just "been there, done that".

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

A lot don't speak English though, so they may not be aware what they are signing up for

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago*

Fair enough, but nowadays there's so many options in terms of translation. Doesn't really work if some talking head talks you into it but you shouldn't take offers like that anyway imo.

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