KYOTO—City officials are attempting to combat a return of graffiti marring Arashiyama’s bamboo forest, one of Kyoto’s most beloved tourist destinations.
Tourism is a cancer and generates nothing but misery for the people living in beautiful places.
It also generates money (through tourism-related jobs) for people living in those places. I get your frustration, and governments should absolutely be doing a lot more about overtourism, but plenty of ordinary people benefit from tourism.
If your area can only survive due to cancerous tourism, then it’s time to move. Tourism not only makes life shit for the residents because of tourists, it also increases living costs for the people. Any income you get from it is immediately lost on everything else.
It also generates money (through tourism-related jobs) for people living in those places. I get your frustration, and governments should absolutely be doing a lot more about overtourism, but plenty of ordinary people benefit from tourism.
If your area can only survive due to cancerous tourism, then it’s time to move. Tourism not only makes life shit for the residents because of tourists, it also increases living costs for the people. Any income you get from it is immediately lost on everything else.