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[–] 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Okay, good points, but have you had to live where tourists visit?

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  • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, both in places that are overcrowed, and places with a healthy tourism industry without overcrowding. If kept at a number that doesn't disrupt the lives of people trying to do productive work, tourists can even have a positive effect on local life.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    An important part of keeping the local population happy is to completely ban airbnb, so people can still afford to live in tourist areas

    Sadly only a few big cities are doing that

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    That's the idea, but it's an idea that is hard to achieve these day, where a single viraled socmed post can turn the place upside down in a matter of days.

    Mayday, a very popular Taiwanese band, went to Beijing for their concert recently, and they took a picture of the lead singer in front of a toilet, then soon after the place is flooded with fans lining up to take a picture of a toilet with the similar post, turning locals life into hell.

    Some tourism influencer(dry-heave) can just post "this 100 years old shop is closing next month due to the lack of customer" and by next week the street is unwalkable.

    It's an issue that's hard to solve at time, and if it's super crowded, they might have a hard time to do any festival because it's very likely lead to another stampede. They could've redirect the tourism to another city though.

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