Am also in Wyoming and can confirm.

I had the absolute fortune to make my way through there at the end of last year. It was so bizarre to me that for the most part people are left alone to follow the rules with no oversight

And for the most part I saw everyone behaving well and not doing anything stupid; except the group of people trying to take pictures of a bison who was clearly unhappy about how close they were getting. He was grazing and would walk away a couple steps and they would follow. The boi was swishing his tail and showing what I saw were "leave me the fuck alone" signs and I had to at least shout to the people to leave him alone and they were fucking idiots. I was HOPING that they got charged and had some sense knocked into them

My partner and I had had discussions previously about what we'd do if something like that was about to happen and the kiddo in the car. If it's just us adults then we'll stay and watch the carnage but we'll take off if they're with us

It's a frequent issue in Hong Kong too where people from the mainland will just shit right in the street and walk away like its no big deal.

Tourists are usually mindful of the country they're visiting, but then most Mainland Chinese are former farm peasants who suddenly got wealthy for some reason and live in big cities, so able to even travel abroad, but unfortunately have little to no understanding of etiquette and how to properly conduct themselves elsewhere.

about the damn unable to find the toilet: I'm sure some have trouble communicating in a foreign country, or worse, unable to comprehend symbology, they end up rolling back to default behavior by just squatting and dumping where they see as convenient to them.

Indians also are famous for pooping and being unhygienic. Recently japan has allowed a lot of indian people to enter the country.

I doubt it.

Americans and Brits tourists here in Europe do indeed have a certain reputation, but Chinese tourists have such a bad reputation that Brits and Americans are welcomed with open arms.

The biggest problem are the groups though. Any group is going to behave badly, nationality doesn't matter. And that in combination with how different Chinese culture is in some aspects just has given them a bad reputation worldwide.

Strangers making claims on the internet is all this place is. There’s no “proof” needed or available here.

They do but I don't know if there is a significant conversion from tourism to immigration. I think most tourists are taking advantage of the weak yen, not trying to live there long term.

Fun fact about this meme:

Is from when the guy with the microphone tried to table legislation that would give immigrants a path to Japanese citizenship

Every South-West European country needs immigration, and practically they are facilitating it, but it doesn't seem that the political speech is any different…

Talked to a friend that lives in Japan and he was confused about the defecating thing but definitely corroborated the dislike for Chinese tourist groups.

There are public bathrooms at the park. It was packed with tourists and their litter when I went in 2024 though.

Soooo, the festivals are probably put on by the city or area. If the bathrooms at the park were packed, then the city and area should provide more porta potties. It's kind of simple. The cities probably wanted the tourism, but are now realizing that it might not be worth it? That I get. The pooping thing though, that I don't get.

If the public bathrooms are already packed, and people are finding other places to go, there clearly aren't enough bathrooms to manage the number of tourists. Temporary extra bathrooms like porta-potties are completely reasonable here. Surely they're less of an eyesore than shit in a yard or street.

The city should