Misbehavior, such as littering, etc. are the biggest issues caused by over tourism. There should be zero tolerance for littering, whether it's tourists or locals.
Earth+ its part of it, but most people I've seen just act like assholes no matter what country they come from. It's like going to someone's house and taking a dump in their bathtub. Just rude, disgusting and uncalled for. If that happened to people who are visitors, they might wise up and treat people and places better.
It would help if taxes were actually applied to rubbish disposal instead of locals dumping rubbish sacks in the rivers and sea because there is no official rubbish collection
And cruise ships. With their decadent trash. They have no place other than to cause massive environmental harm while those on board drink themselves silly or dance the night away oblivious to the destruction of resources they are contributing to. Going to be a rude awakening for the sheep.
Even with overtourism why should tourists be pigs. Why throw trash on the ground or in the ocean. I think there should be patrols and HUGE fines and potential prison sentences for dumping trash. If no trash cans, bring it out with you. Being a tourist doesn't mean being a swine.
Agree entirely. Mass tourism has ruined many places because any old human trash can now travel. Monstrous cruise ships are responsible for the ruination of places like Venice, time to ban them from many ancient sites.
I support these statements. I live in Aruba and we have a tourism problem too even if our incompetent government officials don't like to admit that. Unfortunately, tourism is the only economic pillar we got. But it is more unfortunate when this only pillar becomes overwhelming for us citizens. Trash all over (i'd say 50/50 though, cause there are a lot of Arubans who litter also), noise pollution in neighborhoods using Tour ATV's, overcrowded beaches and unnecessary public funding for touristic purposes like more hotels. I don't fully blame the tourists per se, but I feel like the government should enforce some severe rules and restrictions to make the tourists aware that they can't just get away with everything they want to do (personally I'd like them to ban all noisy ATV's that pass through quiet neighborhoods).
That's what I was thinking. I was like "I have been to most of these places and they weren't this crowded." Idk why everyone feels the need to travel in the summer.
Tourism in general is not the problem. Tourism for a lot of places is big business and needed to help with there economy. The problem in that tourist should understand and respect where they are travelling too. Remember that as a traveler you are a guest in someone else’s home.
It is the problem in some places, it's for instance impossible to buy a house in Amsterdam or rent for a reasonable price, just because everything is turned into hotels and Airbnb's. It's getting out of control so that locals are leaving the city.. Of course tourism is great business for most places but it's not like that everywhere..
Though one recurring theme here is cruise ships. They're massively polluting, dump tonnes of waste and don't bring in nearly as much money for a city as tourist who stay in a local hotel.
I do agree with you however that not respecting these places is a huge issue for tourism, but I think that even if you are still being respectful, being in a place as a tourist alone is still contributing to overcrowding. I live in Amsterdam and although people may be nice, they are still crowding up the sidewalks and bike lanes to where getting to and from work is a huge hassle.
Flying has become too cheap and there are too many hostels. I understand that it would be unfair to limit traveling only to rich people. But there is a need to find a balance.
I think one of the reasons for over tourism is social media. Many people visit these places not to see it's beauty but to get pics for their Instagram..Why don't people just enjoy the beauty of these places and yes also maintain the beauty of the place if not for themselves then at least for the future generations..
You couldn’t be more right. You could not have hit the nail more squarely on its head. Bali, a place I lived in for two years, in a country I lived in for 12, is a prime example of this. Instagram changed the island. It changed the tourists that started flooding in. And it’s sadly changing many of the locals as well. I’m all for free speech, but I gotta say it: Instagram has got to go! These places should figure out a way to put up a firewall around the app. Ban it from your country. You’ll thank yourselves in 20 years when you still have an intact set of cultures and a distinct lack of complete assholes coming to visit.
I'm from Greece and this is the case with Acropolis. So many people just climbing up there, taking a selfie and then bam, leaving. No appreciation at all for the historical significance or the ruins themselves!
@@idealsoninlaw definitely, (I'm Dutch) and I'm not denying it's a bad situation in Amsterdam. Statistically speaking, however, Venice is just doing a bit worse.
@@tacdenhaan You're probably right. But the amount of people here in Amsterdam sometimes make me feel like I'm part of a human plague. Crawling around, aimlessly staring at their smart phones while walking in front of my feet all the time... The horror ...
Its actually sad that we call that as having guts. Like countries are selling their environment and culture away for tourists. The environment should come first everywhere. Without a healthy environment we’re all in trouble.
It's pretty naive of you to assume they aren't still putting profits first. Ruined tourism attactions = less tourism revenue. Nothing about their choice indicates a concern for the environment itself.
@@melodramatic7904 I live in Paris I don't know what you people are doing. In New Year's there is a lot of great events everywhere but of course if you go on the champs-elysees for the firework it'll be crowded.
Lived in Bali as a kid. Part of the reason we moved was because of over-tourism back in 2011. Hotels and villas destroyed the beaches natural allures, also there wasn’t an effective waste management system. Most trash is either burned or winds up in the ocean. Only surfable conditions was outgoing tide due to the amount of trash in the water. Seeing Bali in the vid gave me goosebumps. I could go on but I think this should suffice.
I agree with you, but not everyone can travel off-peak. The company I work for closes 3 weeks in summer, so my collegues and I need to travel at peak time.... But for people who can travel off peak it is great. Travelling in autumn can be nice, only for the colorful nature alone!
@@lewitm4591 because they can make places crowded and make the place less enjoyable. At least with venomous snakes, anti venom exists, so they have a cure. However, there is no cure for annoying tourists.
I live in Banff, Canada, which is in the Rocky Mountains, and every year there are more and more tourists. It sucks! I see an increasing amount of litter and stuff in really beautiful spots like lake Louise and Johnston’s canyon and it pisses me off like have some respect! I understand the frustration of locals in these even busier places.
About the mount everest: please don’t forget to mention the sherpas that makes it possible for those „climbers“ to reach the summit. The sherpas go Risk their lives for strangers, they help them with food and set up their tents in a safe place, they carry heavy stuff from and for the „climbers“ just for one or two people to stay on top of the summit and take a selfie and assuming they they reached the summit on their own, without mentioning the sherpas. They pay thousands just to climb that mountain and not even 5% of that money go to the sherpas. I think they should stop letting people go on the everest for years. Just imagine that mountain 5-10 years from now: covered in waist, plastic, garbage and for what? Just for a person to stand on the summit and take a stupid selfie and not even mention the help they got from the sherpas?
One thing that'll help: Don't throw your garbage on the ground! Just think of it as your own house. Do you throw everything on the ground too? No one is going to clean up after you there. But at least that's only a problem for you. In a foreign country or just outside, it bothers more people and you might be the reason why a species died out. I don't think overcrowding is the biggest problem. Littering is.
And the govts don't provide the services needed to tackle the litter problem, some places I've been you see no garbage cans and some places you see over flowing garbage cans. Many places they have not moved over to Electric transport the air stinks of diesel. Some places spend a lot of time cleaning the streets ie washing them down, but around the corner over flowing bins. Stop allowing too many hotels, only allow hotels that are done tastefully that will enhance the local area. Don't allow Taxis and busses to sit with their engines idling constantly at airports and city ranks, news flash they stink. Provide decent trash bins that are not over flowing.
@@michaelvu8776 Which is a shame cos I've been told Vietnam is a beautiful country, but doing this all the time will soon change it. I wonder, if all the businesses put a wooden box outside their shops or by their stalls or whatever they use, and put the words put rubbish in here, and then instead of just leaving it on the road, they put it in one location and a town committee or whatever runs the local towns asked the govt to have their garbage collectors collect it on a regular basis if the govt department would do it in order to help preserve their growing tourist and local industry. Perhaps in a location that would not offend anyone especially the locals. Some times it takes a simple question to get results, not always but it might be worth asking who ever runs the local district for assistance in tackling the garbage problem. They say if you don't ask you don't get, where is the harm is asking?
@@flitsies I went to Japan last year and there was no garbage cans, people take their garbage with themselves to their homes or wait to find one garbage can and will separate the garbage even outside their homes.
@@Paito21Najera Yes but that is Japan a very curious nation indeed. But in general most places it makes sense to either put out garbage cans to collect the garbage or do something. Well it just makes sense really don't you think? I mean if you are going to sell lots of goods with disposable wrappers it makes sense to provide a place for that disposed of wrapping, it's just basic sense. Also if you are going to provide street food, you need somewhere for the waste to be put, cos you know there will be some. But that's what I'm talking about, if a country wants tourists which brings in lots of money then provide the right facilities to cater to their needs, garbage cans, clean transport where possible, regulation on products and services and so on, it's basic sense. Some countries don't bother and some people complain, but it's simple basic sense to provide the services you know will be needed to take care of the locals and tourism.
a small suggestion to foreign tourists who are planning to come on holiday in Italy, there are regions like Emilia Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo or Basilicata, which are not very well known outside Italy, but which have many attractions such as popular destinations. Natural beauty, history, good food, etc. can be found everywhere in Italy.
And as a spaniard who loves italy i advice italians not to mention too much those hidden gems to keep em safe as we do here with our north or central regions, we all got our ruined spots so lets keep the others alive
You can even make a top 50 of places suffering from mass tourism. It's nice that more and more sites and channels are starting to take mass tourism as a huge problem that needs to be tackled. Over tourism is not only damaging to the residents but also to the environment and authenticity of the culture.
@@awsomemodels Yes! Promote countries in need of more tourists and promote alternative destinations. Another problem is cheap travel packages are everywhere now in this age of internet. Cheap travel packages attract cheap travelers who just want to eat and run or travel for the sake of selfie.
People who don't want to visit Amsterdam because of the crowds can visit Dutch cities like Leiden, Den Haag (The Hague), Utrecht, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Delft....all near Amsterdam and near Amsterdam airport. A convenient train system connects all these cities. Cycling the Dutch countryside can be fun too.
I agree Rotterdam is closer to Belgium where I'm from and you can find hotels for 100 euro/night in the center. Try the same in Amsterdam. And Rotterdam is much less crowded.
@@BecomeStemceldonor International architectural sites and books defenitively disagree with you. So does Wallstreet Journal and New-york Times. And of course Trip-advisor. But I assume you're not into that. Dutchman. 😉
I am so glad that I did most of my travels throughout the 70's and 80's from hitch hiking throughout Europe and travelling overland for one year from Europe to Australia when it was still possible to go to Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal and India and Thailand etc with no mass tourism, no Lonely Planet guide, no internet, smart phones, go-pros and drones, just word of mouth exchange. Simple but very rewarding. I have memories of Amsterdam, Prague, Venice, Machu Picchu and so many other places before mass tourism makes it extremely difficult to enjoy the fascination of these wonderful places. I am afraid it is only going to get worse not better.
Tourists are not very kind to the area they visit. I think it has to with feeling of temporary. People like how a place looks but don't think about locals who would like to keep it that way.
Not really true is it, tourists go to these places because they like the way they look and they also consider the locals how friendly they may be. Often the locals look to make money because the country they are in cannot provide a decent living for them, tourism provides them with a living. You also have to consider there are different types of tourists, some who go to places for the sports, for the sun, for the local scenery and so on. You can't blame the tourists for a country that refuses to use electric vehicles and instead use Diesel vehicles for their taxis, or busses. When I was in Dubrovnik I noticed the Busses all diesel, Taxis pretty much the same thing, I didn't see one electric charge point or one electric car or motorcycle. The place was nice, but if they don't update then pollution will get worse, the tourists go and by them going provides work for a lot of people, they also have a tourist tax, not a good idea. Govts seem unwilling to do what is needed to keep an industry successful, if you want tourists to stop going then all those people will be out of work, then the govts will be begging people to go back. It makes more sense to set up a govt agency to tackle the needs of the tourists but in a way that benefits the countries not damage them. You don't charge $1 to do a piss Dubrovnik, small change yes.
I think we can all agree littering and polluting the environment (by tourists and locals are not good). I have seen locals throw trash out their windows in a car or just driving down the road on a motorbike. I throw my trash away always but in my experience it is locals who litter the most. Also, garbage collection and disposal in emerging countries is not like it is in the developed world.
@@boblee4506 Exactly, when I was in Sardinia I noticed the place looked nice except for the garbage all over the place old fridges dumped on the side of the road old cookers on the side of a mountain, plastic bags littered all along the side of the road, garbage bins over flowing. Some how I don't see people carrying their fridge on holiday with them, or leaving their truck on the side of a mountain to rust. Oddly enough that was in what was supposed to be a touristy area. Where the Hotel was and the ground all nice and clean well looked after, outside the grounds it was kinda disturbing to see the lack of care the locals had for their own land. The majority of tourists end up carrying around their trash until they find somewhere to deposit it safely, even if the place is a shit hole. I even saw the locals pissing up against a tree in the main square, because there were no public toilets, em didn't see any tourists doing that.
@@flitsies I carry a small fridge. LOL. JK. It's not the locals' fault becuase it's just how it is over there. But as these places get exposed ro the outside world I think it will change eventually. A benefit of overtourism?
@@boblee4506 Yes I get that if you tour in a camper or caravan, but honestly there simply isn't room for carrying things like fridges on holiday with you as an air traveller, and anyway I'm talking double door fridge freezers and big ass cookers dumped in what is supposed to be one of their national parks.
All these places are being ruined by tourists who go there JUST to look cultured on their instagram and Facebook feeds. If you didn't have social media and those going to these places for the ' perfect picture' I'm certain that these destinations would be less overrun.
When we went to Bali Last July I felt as if there were a lot of Aussie people. Makes sense since they are closer than the Americas. I didn’t feel like it was too crowded though.
@@kp4949 You're probably influenced to go because you've seen these "perfect" places in magazines and on TH-cam in people's "perfect" videos of these places.
@@dahri8680 as is anywhere. My point was I'm not going because of facebook or instagram pics but to enrich my soul in European culture crowded or otherwise
Bali is beautiful.... but some beaches are dirty.... too many tourists and the place became commercial.... everything is expensive.... everything is artificial... but I still love Bali anyway.... 😀. What I like most about Bali is the people know how to keep the tradition. 👍🏻
Literally every other destination in Indonesia is to prefer above Bali. Even the most Islands in the mediterranean sea has more beautiful beaches then Bali.
Bali is commercialized but it is good and bad. Good infrastructure (transport, food, hotels, etc). BAD - not totally authentic Bali. You have to go deep to find the "real Bali."
And this is only beginning 😊 By 2100 the world population will reach 11 billion! Of course we won't be alive by that time but will our planet be able to hold this amount???
True !! Your cities are just amazing but the media doesn't promote you enough if i ever get the chance of travel i would probably chose Uzbekistan. Also fun fact i am from Iraq and tourism here is totally dead unfortunately.
Literally every populair tourist destination in Europe at the moment. As a dutch person I avoid Amsterdam because of the tourists. Cinque Terre should also be in this list by the way. When I travel, I always go where tourists won't.
The problem here is that people are boring and generic, they want to do what everyone else does for the 'I did that too' effect, another problem is we've convinced people that we have to speak well of every place we go and every vacation we take. If you tell someone that a certain location is overrated or shitty - WoW watch what kind of response you get. Btw missing on this list is Barcelona - just terrible, so many tourists, you couldn't pay me to go there again.
personally I would rather go somewhere different I couldn't find anything more boring then following the crowd and just going to one of the cliche holiday destinations. However Im think you should also add lazy to the reason why people go to the cliche destinations its easier to get a package trip its easier to sort out travel and easier to get information on the cliche destinations but personally I like that as it stops many tourists to certain places, the kind of people that have no imagination and just try to go to the cliche destinations are the people I want to avoid anyway. Also I think because of their expectations they also end up English/american enising everything, why would you want to go to Spain (as an example) and instead of eating Spanish food just eat sausage egg and chips??
@@soulspirit842 well I am unable to fly due to a heart condition so It has to be somewhere accessible by train, so I have more of a limit on places. This year I went to Rotterdam a unique city with a unique skyline and lots or architectural wonders also lots of history and a mixture of old and new I really liked it and definitely was unlike anywhere else I have been.
I've lived in San Francisco (California, USA) since mid-1981. It has gone through many "tourist pain" phases throughout the past nearly 4 decades... *but THESE DAYS?* These days (2019) it's NOT so much the tourists as it is for the following reasons. #1) The HOMLESS; #2) The STREET-LEVEL DRUG ADDICTS, many of them homeless; and #3), but NOT least, STINKIN' TRAFFIC. People like driving to get here, as well as driving around to see, as the public transit DOES NOT meet the needs of the public. Also, San Francisco will erect anything over so much as 6-square-feet. The sky views from some of the best "walk streets" are gone. Also, regarding the homeless, San Francisco has become known as *"The city where DOGS must watch out for HUMAN POOP."*
NeoKenni Me I just came back from Bali and I don’t think I will be visiting again. The pollution and traffic has gotten much worse over the past few years. What Indonesian islands should I visit next?
I'm surprised Prague is not mentioned! My worst overtourism experience, along with the Vatican museums. Venice is not that bad. Avoid the path between the station and St Mark's square, and you will literally be alone.
I am from Mallorca (although I'm not Spanish but I live and work here and I consider myself a mallorquín too) and I couldn't agree more with what you said in the video.. sometimes we just have beasts instead of tourists throwing things on the floor or getting wasted at 9am or bothering all the residents like me with noise and shouts and loud music. I really hope the Spanish government will take measure that can help to improve the quality of the turism in this beautiful island
It's a shame and wast because many wild place in Mallorca is really beautiful, and some place not many many visited its possible to find that again , the shitty and stupid tourist visit already the same things.....
Jo sospito que deu haver alguna confusió amb Eivissa, que sí es troba a punt del col·lapse i la implosió. Però de tota manera, Mallorca sí te problemes de massificació en turisme i cotxes a les carreteres, mes que Menorca que tradicionalment ha cuidat mes la qualitat del seu turisme.
For everyone saying Paris, just go off season or if you go in the summer don't stay in the center, go see other districts, go see a play or something if you wanna do museums come in the winter :)
@@timeep Riiiiight. There's a reason why people now keep remote undiscovered places secret now. With Instagram and social media any cool places will be swarmed with tourism the next few years. So the more you advocate tourism and spread the words, the more you contribute to destroying hidden places.
Don’t blame the tourists. If you give an inch, they take a yard. The real culprits are the local city councils. They have the option to control mass tourism. But GREED, yes GREED has gotten the better of them. This will be the ruin of all those must see places in the end. Mass tourism now needs mass(ive) control. We need to get smart or be outsmarted and then have nothing left to show for it. Am I glad I saw what I needed to see before tourism became mainstream. You simply cannot put any city at the top of a list. Once a place gets crowded, people will just move on to another and another until we wise up.
I generally travel in the off seasons especially in Europe. I don’t mind less than ideal weather and you get to know the real culture and locals. It’s also a lot cheaper
You've noted Savannah, Georgia in a few of your travel videos and so I'd like to say that that town is completely overrun with tourist. The native of that town can not afford to live intown anymore because investors have caused the property values to skyrocket beyond what anyone who isn't a millionaire can afford.
Sure, but much of it is empty, inhospitable land. Not exactly the thing the average tourist is looking for. Don't get me wrong, I think Australia is a great place but it's much like Canada where I'm from, and few people visit Canada to see the tundra and permafrost of the Arctic.
I hate how our tourism industry is run here all the advertising is complete rubbish, if people are going too make the massive journey to get here I think they won’t to do more then walk on a deserted beach
@@JJJJ-gl2uf Nothing wrong with embty, inhospitable land. Get a landcruiser and meet nobody for quite a while... I'm from Amsterdam center so driving tracks like Oodnadata was very relaxing for me ;) I should do that more often.
Hi Mojo, as a Dutch citizen I would recommend visiting places like: Vlissingen, Westland, den Haag.. most tourist dive into Amsterdam but the Netherlands outside the cities is much more rural and authentic, take a change and visit local communities! And please STOP using and throwing away plastics.. this is a MUST.
Also Havana,Cuba(touristic booming) Ladakh,India(after''3 idiots'') Kyoto,Japan(I've lived in) Boracay,Philippines(blockaded last year) Lombok,Indonesia (an alternative to ''polluted''Bali) Mt.Fuji,Japan(hustle-bustle at elevation:3776) Lijiang,China(changed to a kind of theme park)
Yes, Cuban Havana is surely the next historical big city in the claws of mass tourism, invaded by Americans and Europeans, from here Barcelona and Catalonia included because many historic relationns. And many Japanese tourists travel to here Barcelona, all they are crazy about Catalan Modernist Style buildings by Antoni Gaudí, and subsequently massified these constructions, when there are many other interesting Modernist Style buildings that simply ignored.
100% guaranteed your destination will be crowded when your tour guide says: "How many people here are Game of Thrones fans?" I speak for Paris, Barcelona, Sevilla, Granada, Morocco, Rome, Israel, Turkey. Be prepared.
Yea Morocco and Israel get crowded just from the locals. And you get hundreds of tourists at a time in Istanbul all visiting the sultenmeht at once. I've been to experience it. What is different about those two in particular is the narrow maze streets in the cities that you can easily get lost it. Because it is so tight it feels crowded very quickly with carts and donkies trying to pass you. Fes is over 2million people alone in the city.
When I went to Thailand I had not a problem at all how many tourists there were. I’ve been in areas with way more tourists. But I really disliked the kind of tourism in Thailand: everything was about alcohol, tattoos and sex. :/
I haven't changed any plans but overtourism does influence my choices. To be honest i go abroad because i want to experience places with their own traditions and culture. I feel it defeats the object of going abroad if i go somewhere packed with tourists. My first rule is that i avoid anywhere if i've seen programs on tv about Brits emigrating there.
That's what everybody wants to do but like the video mentioned, all these hidden places are being found and being overcrowded because people like you want that 'authentic feel' ... there are thousands of LEE ALLENS who think and do the same but on global stage now , and it will ruin these hidden gems. ..the power of the internet for better or worse.
I've been to quite a few of these places: Iceland, Dubrovnik, Venice, Amsterdam, and I thought they were all spectacular destinations despite the hordes of tourists. They are popular for a reason. Don't be such a snob and just enjoy it for what it is.
Add to that list: København, Paris, Rome, Santorini, Barçalona, Luzern. Places that should have more (my opinion) : Taipei, Perth, Cape Town, Lugano, Helsinki, Dakar and Faore Islands
@@georgependarbes5898 Dakar has nice beaches, locals are generally friendly - if you're decent with speaking français, west African cuisine & music. The only downside is petty scams or crimes on tourists. Though it's not bad as is in Brazil
I don’t know if Perth really should get more. Yes in the city itself it would be good, but the main attraction would still be Rottnest Island (where the cute Quokkas, the selfie-famous animals live). And even more tourists on that island would be pretty bad.
As a dutch person, I always thought going to amsterdam is no big deal, but don't be upset that locals can be a little annoyed at you for the literal thousands of tourist coming in every day to do stupid stuff. Go outside of amsterdam and explore more of the Netherlands!!
Thank goodness Switzerland (my home country) is pretty expensive to visit. It somewhat limits the crowds of tourists here, to a degree. Especially compared to other countries!
Wow Amsterdam made it to the list.. I'm Dutch but I hardly go there but when I'm there I get so stressed due all the people, the blinging of the streetcars (we don't have those in my city) and people ignoring some basic rules like stop for a red light, don't cycle on the sidewalk as that is for walking not cycling. I will be going there for a concert this week and was thinking of combining it with some tourist attractions I never been too but they are so crowded I think I skip them again like every time I'm in Amsterdam.
New York's economy and infrastructure can handle the massive amount of tourists it receives. It's been a world destination for a very long time, so it's kind of been built around tourism, it's got an abundance of hotels throughout the city, and plenty of landmarks to go around, not just a few areas that are popular. Not to mention the 3 huge airports that serve the immediate area, and the multiple methods of travel around the city that make it easier for tourists to filter through easily without getting overcrowded in just one area. The only place in New York that can be smotheringly overcrowded is Times Square, but it's kind of supposed to be like that.
I live in Bangkok and I have noticed a significant increase in tourism since 2015. Wherever I go there are tourists. The prices of food and attractions have increased to gain profits from the tourists to the point where it is too expensive for locals. One good example is the train night market. A couple of years ago it was a nice place for locals to shop and eat food but now it is full of Chinese tourists coming in big groups.
I went to Dubrovnik in February, had beautiful weather and it was absolutely empty ! We were able to connect with locals and it turned out to be a great weekend with us being the only tourists!
@@justusdk The season in Dubrovnik lasts from late march to the beginning of november, but mid september should be ok, june july and august are unbearable.
When I came to Bali last two years, it was so crowded I even cant breath the fresh air. Overtourist also caused overprice by craft seller has become greedy.
Kind of a depressing video but a good one. I've lived in a couple places, San Francisco and Bangkok, that are getting shredded by tourism. It's a real issue many places.
Swim God it’s funny how people like you are so quick to blame so-called leftists but when pollution, global warming & the environment is mentioned you have nothing to say.
Brick Brack I’m referring to the rampant increase in crime, homelessness, and drug abuse. San Fran literally has people in the streets doing heroine. They give the police no power. The leaders are down right idiots. Pollution and global warming is a problem, but the reason these city have gone downhill is bad social programs and bad incentive structures
@liacashmere58 not only that you are seeing a changing of demographic ...you're going to see lots of Chinese and Hispanics, it will feel like you are in another country. yes, you will also run into a lot homeless roaming the streets drugged up, that you will think you are in the walking dead. This trend is repeating on most west coast cities...LA,SF,SEA,VAN
I was born in Amsterdam and I have been living in Amsterdam my whole life and i’ll tell you a few things about tourism in our city. First of all we DON’T hate tourists. Dutch people are and always have been really Proud of their culture and heritage especially people from Amsterdam so we want tourists to see what the city/country has to offer. But if you throw garbage on the ground or if you are nonstop high just because you’re in Amsterdam you’re disrespecting the whole city and everything we stand for. And that’s the feeling we get from tourists most of the time which is why we aren’t keen on them. Second of all there are a few basic rules in Amsterdam that we expect tourists to follow such as walk on the sidewalkes so that bikers can do their thing, if you smoke don’t smoke in public, etc and if these aren’t followed it can be frustrating. And finally Amsterdam is just a really small city that just can’t cope with the millions of tourists coming every year.
Venice IS far ahead of Florence and even thought it's crowded o wouldn't day it's generally ocercrowded, just the famous sites, especially la piazza del duomo. You've got to go to Venice to believe it, it's repulsive 😔
Aren't those statistics of people coming to the city? And therefore considering Schippol that number is quite huge. Even that many people just transfer and never see the city itself
Amsterdam is a lovely place to visit in the off-season. You miss the tulips and green grass but you can still see the fantastic museums, history and culture
I went to Bali in the 90's. My first experience with scams, touts, etc. Boy was i a rube!😂 But it gave me some good war stories. I did find it unique and beautiful but annoying. The instant i stepped out of the hotel property i would be surrounded by sellers. One pre-dawn morning in Lovina, i wanted to watch the sun rise and went to the beach. 0445 in the morning and a girl with a stack of sarongs starts walking towards me. Not one single minute could i stop to sit or stand in one place without being seen as a golden opportunity. Even the monkeys in the monkey forest of Ubud would not leave me be without an offering of peanuts😄💖
I'm Indonesian, and if u come here. There are so many alternatives beside Bali. U can go to Pahawang island in Bandar Lampung, Derawan island, Natuna island, Raja Ampat, Ora Beach in Moluccas, etc. Bali is overrated. Not recommended anymore.
Yep. I went to one of the alternative regions of Indonesia in February 2019 and found very few tourists, lots of beautiful water and marine life and delicious food. Never going back to the tourist hell-holes again. There are some parts of Bali that are OK, but it seems most people never venture too far from Kuta etc which is why it's so overcrowded.
@@JJJJ-gl2uf Yes. Even Bali also have other places to visit, such as Ubud, Nusa Dua, or u can go to Nusa Penida (small island close to Bali). Most tourists go around Denpasar which is the most congested place. In here, we also have small towns around big cities, like Karimun Jawa (close to Semarang), Thousand Islands (close to Jakarta), Sibolga/Berastagi/Singkawang (close to Medan), etc.
People don't want to go to the other places in Indonesia because it's Muslim and we don't want to get blasted by chanting on loud speaker systems at 5am in the morning
I was reading an article today which said those places experiencing the greatest increase in tourist numbers often are the destinations now used by low cost airlines. I wonder how much Instagram and TH-cam have contributed to creating a demand for some destinations as well. Great video.
On the other side... who else would visit Floripa if not the Argentineans? Brazil is not among the most visited countries in the world and when people come here they pratically just visit Rio and Bahia. We should be glad tha Floripa still gets international visitors, even they being Argentineans (or Chileans and Uruguayans)
The worst problem is not the number of tourists per se, but a bad tourist culture: littering, making too much noise, disrespecting local culture, not treating monuments with care, etc. For tourism to be sustainable, tourists must be more responsible. We must take care of our world, instead of spoiling it.
Because we dont have peak season like other countries but consistently receiving quite numbers of foreign tourists in whole year. We are top15 countries with most visitors.
I still travel about three months a year. But it's getting massively crowded out there on the tourist trail. Glad I hit so many of the world's 'hot' spots, including most of those mentioned in the video, years ago when the crowds were much less.
Ecuador has actually done a pretty good job balancing tourism and conservation in the Galapagos in the last few years. There are a small handful of inhabited towns and other than that most of the rest of the land is national park where you need a guide present to visit, plus you are limited in time spent in each place and number of visitors at once. They also charge a 100 USD fee (yes, Ecuador uses USD) for entry. The whole place is essentially treated as separate from the rest of Ecuador from a customs standpoint. The customs process for entering Ecuador on an actual international flight is quicker and easier than getting into the Galapagos from the mainland. No one is allowed to move to the islands anymore and even Ecuadorian citizens can be "deported" to the mainland if they are caught in violation.
I worked as a visiting artist on the Arts Centre Campus in Banff, Alberta, Canada one summer. While walking in the National Park's historic downtown, shoulder to shoulder with droves of tourists, I overheard a recognizable Southern States accent exclaim that "this place is lousy with tourists!" I rolled my eyes and pushed my way on down the street. These people won't ever understand that THEY are part of the problem. I also worked for the renowned Stratford Festival of Canada. The small city of Stratford, Ontario hosts the largest classical repertory theatre in North America. Throughout the year (April-Nov) thousands of tourists descend upon the place and many businesses are seasonal. The remaining population is made up of blue collar and agriculture workers. One year a local ran for municipal office with the slogan "If it's tourist season, can I shoot them?"
E Nixon TBH, I’m surprised Banff isn’t busier... I mean, it’s busy, but not like a lot the places listed. The mountains are just spectacular, one of my top visited places on the planet for sure. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse! 🏔
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Are you changing your travel habits because of overtourism?
Will you change your habits and make less videos promoting tourism?
Travel during off season
MojoTravels love you mojo travel
I'm glad you didn't say Machu Picchu Peru because I'm heading there in 2 weeks!
Certainly not. But will travel to unknown places, less crowded whenever we can ☺️
Misbehavior, such as littering, etc. are the biggest issues caused by over tourism. There should be zero tolerance for littering, whether it's tourists or locals.
Earth+ its part of it, but most people I've seen just act like assholes no matter what country they come from. It's like going to someone's house and taking a dump in their bathtub. Just rude, disgusting and uncalled for. If that happened to people who are visitors, they might wise up and treat people and places better.
It would help if taxes were actually applied to rubbish disposal instead of locals dumping rubbish sacks in the rivers and sea because there is no official rubbish collection
Japan has a zero tolerence policy towards littering. You get a fine if you throw anything on the sidewalks. Which is why Japan is so tidy.
And cruise ships. With their decadent trash. They have no place other than to cause massive environmental harm while those on board drink themselves silly or dance the night away oblivious to the destruction of resources they are contributing to. Going to be a rude awakening for the sheep.
Agreed Ships are environmental nightmares...
Come to India its already overcrowded without tourists.
Lol yeah
I would never go there
haha so true
@@fi-geek7256 many places are overflowing with Russians
India superpower by 2020
Even with overtourism why should tourists be pigs. Why throw trash on the ground or in the ocean. I think there should be patrols and HUGE fines and potential prison sentences for dumping trash. If no trash cans, bring it out with you. Being a tourist doesn't mean being a swine.
Erich Stocker
You are absolutely correct. I'd go so far as to see litter-louts being put on the next available plane back to where they've come from.
Agree entirely. Mass tourism has ruined many places because any old human trash can now travel. Monstrous cruise ships are responsible for the ruination of places like Venice, time to ban them from many ancient sites.
I support these statements.
I live in Aruba and we have a tourism problem too even if our incompetent government officials don't like to admit that. Unfortunately, tourism is the only economic pillar we got. But it is more unfortunate when this only pillar becomes overwhelming for us citizens. Trash all over (i'd say 50/50 though, cause there are a lot of Arubans who litter also), noise pollution in neighborhoods using Tour ATV's, overcrowded beaches and unnecessary public funding for touristic purposes like more hotels. I don't fully blame the tourists per se, but I feel like the government should enforce some severe rules and restrictions to make the tourists aware that they can't just get away with everything they want to do (personally I'd like them to ban all noisy ATV's that pass through quiet neighborhoods).
Couldnt agree more, they should come down on them hard!
Erich same goes for you. Nevada is not your waste bin. Watching you!
I go in the off seasons, fewer tourists, friendlier locals!
Cheaper too
That's what I was thinking. I was like "I have been to most of these places and they weren't this crowded." Idk why everyone feels the need to travel in the summer.
@@TheBeardedVagabond because it's warmer
@@joshheinink I generally always travel in spring or fall and have beautiful weather.
Problem with visiting off season is that this period is becoming almost non existent in many places like Rome, Paris, London, Amsterdam etc.
Tourism in general is not the problem.
Tourism for a lot of places is big business and needed to help with there economy.
The problem in that tourist should understand and respect where they are travelling too.
Remember that as a traveler you are a guest in someone else’s home.
It is the problem in some places, it's for instance impossible to buy a house in Amsterdam or rent for a reasonable price, just because everything is turned into hotels and Airbnb's. It's getting out of control so that locals are leaving the city.. Of course tourism is great business for most places but it's not like that everywhere..
@@prins2x It´s just the same trouble here in Barcelona, mass tourism is synonym of gentrification.
Though one recurring theme here is cruise ships. They're massively polluting, dump tonnes of waste and don't bring in nearly as much money for a city as tourist who stay in a local hotel.
I do agree with you however that not respecting these places is a huge issue for tourism, but I think that even if you are still being respectful, being in a place as a tourist alone is still contributing to overcrowding. I live in Amsterdam and although people may be nice, they are still crowding up the sidewalks and bike lanes to where getting to and from work is a huge hassle.
Flying has become too cheap and there are too many hostels. I understand that it would be unfair to limit traveling only to rich people. But there is a need to find a balance.
I think one of the reasons for over tourism is social media. Many people visit these places not to see it's beauty but to get pics for their Instagram..Why don't people just enjoy the beauty of these places and yes also maintain the beauty of the place if not for themselves then at least for the future generations..
Your right I never thought of this.
Especially celebrities and influencers.
You couldn’t be more right. You could not have hit the nail more squarely on its head. Bali, a place I lived in for two years, in a country I lived in for 12, is a prime example of this. Instagram changed the island. It changed the tourists that started flooding in. And it’s sadly changing many of the locals as well.
I’m all for free speech, but I gotta say it: Instagram has got to go! These places should figure out a way to put up a firewall around the app. Ban it from your country. You’ll thank yourselves in 20 years when you still have an intact set of cultures and a distinct lack of complete assholes coming to visit.
I'm from Greece and this is the case with Acropolis. So many people just climbing up there, taking a selfie and then bam, leaving. No appreciation at all for the historical significance or the ruins themselves!
Amsterdam shouldn't be #1. It's bad, yes, but cities like Venice and Barcelona are doing much worse.
In corfu is it very bad too.there are thousands of tourists in the roads
Have you been here lately ???
@@idealsoninlaw definitely, (I'm Dutch) and I'm not denying it's a bad situation in Amsterdam. Statistically speaking, however, Venice is just doing a bit worse.
Paris is
@@tacdenhaan You're probably right. But the amount of people here in Amsterdam sometimes make me feel like I'm part of a human plague. Crawling around, aimlessly staring at their smart phones while walking in front of my feet all the time... The horror ...
I applaud Thai government for having the guts to close a very popular beach to recover its natural beauty!
100% agree with this post!!! I heard the sunscreen lotion was polluting the waters.
And the coral was getting destroyed. I remember seeing a video PACKED with tourists (mostly Chinese) so the boats must have been damaging it.
Its actually sad that we call that as having guts. Like countries are selling their environment and culture away for tourists. The environment should come first everywhere. Without a healthy environment we’re all in trouble.
It's pretty naive of you to assume they aren't still putting profits first. Ruined tourism attactions = less tourism revenue. Nothing about their choice indicates a concern for the environment itself.
The good thing: more people can travel.
The bad thing: more people can travel.
Good thing: more people are richer
Bad thing more richness brings more garbage.
So what people should do? Travel only inside their countries? No more tourism?
More people can travel is never a good thing.
@@oybek1207 It's still turism if you travel around your own country.
You summed it up perfectly!
You're welcome! 😁
10 Mount Everest, Nepal 00:31
9 Thailand 01:21
8 Dubrovnik, Croatia 02:06
7 Iceland 02:49
6 Bali, Indonesia 03:25
5 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 04:09
4 Angkor Wat, Cambodia 04:56
3 Venice, Italy 05:39
2 Mallorca, Spain 06:19
1 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 07:04
Other places to add are Santorini, Paris, Rome, Florence etc etc....
Stavraetina I’d definitely add
Edinburgh
London
Machu Picchu
Paris is still good if it's not summer and don't stay in tourism spots.
@@minuit7915 Paris during New Year's is a nightmare.
And Barcelona and Prague
@@melodramatic7904 I live in Paris I don't know what you people are doing. In New Year's there is a lot of great events everywhere but of course if you go on the champs-elysees for the firework it'll be crowded.
Lived in Bali as a kid. Part of the reason we moved was because of over-tourism back in 2011. Hotels and villas destroyed the beaches natural allures, also there wasn’t an effective waste management system. Most trash is either burned or winds up in the ocean. Only surfable conditions was outgoing tide due to the amount of trash in the water. Seeing Bali in the vid gave me goosebumps. I could go on but I think this should suffice.
ALWAYS travel during off peak season. A much more peaceful visit. Absolutely AVOID major European cities during the summer months.
I agree with you, but not everyone can travel off-peak. The company I work for closes 3 weeks in summer, so my collegues and I need to travel at peak time.... But for people who can travel off peak it is great. Travelling in autumn can be nice, only for the colorful nature alone!
@@marcvanderwee .
No, why the hell do I want to avoid tourists? They're not some kind of poisonous snakes that will try to kill you lmao
@@lewitm4591 because they can make places crowded and make the place less enjoyable. At least with venomous snakes, anti venom exists, so they have a cure. However, there is no cure for annoying tourists.
Amsterdam isn't that bad especially when compares with Venice...
Agreed
Agreed, I've never been there but some of my friends have (I live near Venice), there are too many tourists everywhere!!
It is bad, but doesn't deserve the top spot.
@@Tideman11 è
I live in Banff, Canada, which is in the Rocky Mountains, and every year there are more and more tourists. It sucks! I see an increasing amount of litter and stuff in really beautiful spots like lake Louise and Johnston’s canyon and it pisses me off like have some respect! I understand the frustration of locals in these even busier places.
Much of Western Europe feels like this.
About the mount everest: please don’t forget to mention the sherpas that makes it possible for those „climbers“ to reach the summit.
The sherpas go Risk their lives for strangers, they help them with food and set up their tents in a safe place, they carry heavy stuff from and for the „climbers“ just for one or two people to stay on top of the summit and take a selfie and assuming they they reached the summit on their own, without mentioning the sherpas. They pay thousands just to climb that mountain and not even 5% of that money go to the sherpas.
I think they should stop letting people go on the everest for years. Just imagine that mountain 5-10 years from now: covered in waist, plastic, garbage and for what? Just for a person to stand on the summit and take a stupid selfie and not even mention the help they got from the sherpas?
And they also bring heavy stuff like furniture etc because they know that they have free Sherpa service to carry all that load for them
What else would those sherpas do though without the mountain and the tourism it brings what would those men do ?
One thing that'll help: Don't throw your garbage on the ground! Just think of it as your own house. Do you throw everything on the ground too? No one is going to clean up after you there. But at least that's only a problem for you. In a foreign country or just outside, it bothers more people and you might be the reason why a species died out.
I don't think overcrowding is the biggest problem. Littering is.
And the govts don't provide the services needed to tackle the litter problem, some places I've been you see no garbage cans and some places you see over flowing garbage cans.
Many places they have not moved over to Electric transport the air stinks of diesel.
Some places spend a lot of time cleaning the streets ie washing them down, but around the corner over flowing bins.
Stop allowing too many hotels, only allow hotels that are done tastefully that will enhance the local area.
Don't allow Taxis and busses to sit with their engines idling constantly at airports and city ranks, news flash they stink.
Provide decent trash bins that are not over flowing.
In vietnam we actually throw everything on the ground bcs theres no box to throw in garbage
@@michaelvu8776 Which is a shame cos I've been told Vietnam is a beautiful country, but doing this all the time will soon change it.
I wonder, if all the businesses put a wooden box outside their shops or by their stalls or whatever they use, and put the words put rubbish in here, and then instead of just leaving it on the road, they put it in one location and a town committee or whatever runs the local towns asked the govt to have their garbage collectors collect it on a regular basis if the govt department would do it in order to help preserve their growing tourist and local industry.
Perhaps in a location that would not offend anyone especially the locals.
Some times it takes a simple question to get results, not always but it might be worth asking who ever runs the local district for assistance in tackling the garbage problem.
They say if you don't ask you don't get, where is the harm is asking?
@@flitsies I went to Japan last year and there was no garbage cans, people take their garbage with themselves to their homes or wait to find one garbage can and will separate the garbage even outside their homes.
@@Paito21Najera Yes but that is Japan a very curious nation indeed.
But in general most places it makes sense to either put out garbage cans to collect the garbage or do something.
Well it just makes sense really don't you think?
I mean if you are going to sell lots of goods with disposable wrappers it makes sense to provide a place for that disposed of wrapping, it's just basic sense.
Also if you are going to provide street food, you need somewhere for the waste to be put, cos you know there will be some.
But that's what I'm talking about, if a country wants tourists which brings in lots of money then provide the right facilities to cater to their needs, garbage cans, clean transport where possible, regulation on products and services and so on, it's basic sense.
Some countries don't bother and some people complain, but it's simple basic sense to provide the services you know will be needed to take care of the locals and tourism.
a small suggestion to foreign tourists who are planning to come on holiday in Italy, there are regions like Emilia Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo or Basilicata, which are not very well known outside Italy, but which have many attractions such as popular destinations. Natural beauty, history, good food, etc. can be found everywhere in Italy.
Thank you for the tip!!! I'll keep these places in mind when I made my first visit there!!!
And as a spaniard who loves italy i advice italians not to mention too much those hidden gems to keep em safe as we do here with our north or central regions, we all got our ruined spots so lets keep the others alive
You can even make a top 50 of places suffering from mass tourism. It's nice that more and more sites and channels are starting to take mass tourism as a huge problem that needs to be tackled. Over tourism is not only damaging to the residents but also to the environment and authenticity of the culture.
I think this is partly due to media promotion if they promote other areas that kinda need tourism i think this would help everyone.
@@awsomemodels Yes! Promote countries in need of more tourists and promote alternative destinations. Another problem is cheap travel packages are everywhere now in this age of internet. Cheap travel packages attract cheap travelers who just want to eat and run or travel for the sake of selfie.
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People who don't want to visit Amsterdam because of the crowds can visit Dutch cities like Leiden, Den Haag (The Hague), Utrecht, Haarlem, Rotterdam, Delft....all near Amsterdam and near Amsterdam airport. A convenient train system connects all these cities. Cycling the Dutch countryside can be fun too.
Great idea - let's ruin those cities too!
I agree Rotterdam is closer to Belgium where I'm from and you can find hotels for 100 euro/night in the center. Try the same in Amsterdam. And Rotterdam is much less crowded.
I’m Dutch and I can only say: Rotterdam is shit. All the other cities you listed are nice and especially Leiden is great!
@@BecomeStemceldonor
International architectural sites
and books defenitively disagree
with you. So does Wallstreet Journal and New-york Times.
And of course Trip-advisor.
But I assume you're not into that. Dutchman. 😉
Groningen
I am so glad that I did most of my travels throughout the 70's and 80's from hitch hiking throughout Europe and travelling overland for one year from Europe to Australia when it was still possible to go to Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal and India and Thailand etc with no mass tourism, no Lonely Planet guide, no internet, smart phones, go-pros and drones, just word of mouth exchange. Simple but very rewarding. I have memories of Amsterdam, Prague, Venice, Machu Picchu and so many other places before mass tourism makes it extremely difficult to enjoy the fascination of these wonderful places. I am afraid it is only going to get worse not better.
Tourists are not very kind to the area they visit. I think it has to with feeling of temporary. People like how a place looks but don't think about locals who would like to keep it that way.
Not really true is it, tourists go to these places because they like the way they look and they also consider the locals how friendly they may be.
Often the locals look to make money because the country they are in cannot provide a decent living for them, tourism provides them with a living.
You also have to consider there are different types of tourists, some who go to places for the sports, for the sun, for the local scenery and so on.
You can't blame the tourists for a country that refuses to use electric vehicles and instead use Diesel vehicles for their taxis, or busses.
When I was in Dubrovnik I noticed the Busses all diesel, Taxis pretty much the same thing, I didn't see one electric charge point or one electric car or motorcycle.
The place was nice, but if they don't update then pollution will get worse, the tourists go and by them going provides work for a lot of people, they also have a tourist tax, not a good idea.
Govts seem unwilling to do what is needed to keep an industry successful, if you want tourists to stop going then all those people will be out of work, then the govts will be begging people to go back.
It makes more sense to set up a govt agency to tackle the needs of the tourists but in a way that benefits the countries not damage them.
You don't charge $1 to do a piss Dubrovnik, small change yes.
I think we can all agree littering and polluting the environment (by tourists and locals are not good).
I have seen locals throw trash out their windows in a car or just driving down the road on a motorbike. I throw my trash away always but in my experience it is locals who litter the most.
Also, garbage collection and disposal in emerging countries is not like it is in the developed world.
@@boblee4506 Exactly, when I was in Sardinia I noticed the place looked nice except for the garbage all over the place old fridges dumped on the side of the road old cookers on the side of a mountain, plastic bags littered all along the side of the road, garbage bins over flowing.
Some how I don't see people carrying their fridge on holiday with them, or leaving their truck on the side of a mountain to rust.
Oddly enough that was in what was supposed to be a touristy area.
Where the Hotel was and the ground all nice and clean well looked after, outside the grounds it was kinda disturbing to see the lack of care the locals had for their own land.
The majority of tourists end up carrying around their trash until they find somewhere to deposit it safely, even if the place is a shit hole.
I even saw the locals pissing up against a tree in the main square, because there were no public toilets, em didn't see any tourists doing that.
@@flitsies I carry a small fridge. LOL. JK.
It's not the locals' fault becuase it's just how it is over there. But as these places get exposed ro the outside world I think it will change eventually.
A benefit of overtourism?
@@boblee4506 Yes I get that if you tour in a camper or caravan, but honestly there simply isn't room for carrying things like fridges on holiday with you as an air traveller, and anyway I'm talking double door fridge freezers and big ass cookers dumped in what is supposed to be one of their national parks.
When I went to Venice a massive cruise ship came in and thousands of fat Americans swarmed the city
William Mitchener 😂😂😂😂
LOL. 😂
I resemble that comment!
I’m sorry you didn’t see me, a skinny normal sized American who keeps to myself when I was in Venice.
Thanks...and the Chinese are on a whole nother level...when you see them definitely head in the opposite direction,and fast....
All these places are being ruined by tourists who go there JUST to look cultured on their instagram and Facebook feeds. If you didn't have social media and those going to these places for the ' perfect picture' I'm certain that these destinations would be less overrun.
True
When we went to Bali Last July I felt as if there were a lot of Aussie people. Makes sense since they are closer than the Americas. I didn’t feel like it was too crowded though.
I dont do facebook,instagram,etc so.im going to experience the cultures not the perfect pic.
@@kp4949 You're probably influenced to go because you've seen these "perfect" places in magazines and on TH-cam in people's "perfect" videos of these places.
@@dahri8680 as is anywhere. My point was I'm not going because of facebook or instagram pics but to enrich my soul in European culture crowded or otherwise
10-mount everest nepal
9-thailand
8-croatia
7-iceland
6-bali Indonesia
5-ecudor
4-cambodia
3-italy
2-spain
1-amsterdam
Bali is beautiful.... but some beaches are dirty.... too many tourists and the place became commercial.... everything is expensive.... everything is artificial...
but I still love Bali anyway.... 😀.
What I like most about Bali is the people know how to keep the tradition. 👍🏻
Literally every other destination in Indonesia is to prefer above Bali. Even the most Islands in the mediterranean sea has more beautiful beaches then Bali.
Bali is commercialized but it is good and bad.
Good infrastructure (transport, food, hotels, etc).
BAD - not totally authentic Bali. You have to go deep to find the "real Bali."
@@CAR_NL yea... As an example beaches in Morotai islands, at northern part of Indonesia. No beaches in Bali can beat those...
Too many people on the planet
we need thanos another world war, a pandemic, of any kind in order to help with population control
Don't have kids
@@yementaikor4994 Scary thing is that without proper useage control for antibiotics, we might be closer to that than you think.
And this is only beginning 😊
By 2100 the world population will reach 11 billion! Of course we won't be alive by that time but will our planet be able to hold this amount???
Too many people in Africa and Asia**
Come to Uzbekistan!
We are not suffering from overtourism
In fact, we are glad for everyone!
that's a long shot
True !! Your cities are just amazing but the media doesn't promote you enough if i ever get the chance of travel i would probably chose Uzbekistan. Also fun fact i am from Iraq and tourism here is totally dead unfortunately.
I definitely will. Maybe next year. I would also like to visit your southern neighbor Turkmenistan, but I've heard it's hard to get a visa.
@@testcardsandmore1231 Turkmenistan is sooo interesting it would be like a dream to visit it .
Can we become friends in Skype? Coz I never seen or spoke with a person from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
I am surprised that Santorini wasn’t mentioned here! The island is getting more and more crowded every year!
Literally every populair tourist destination in Europe at the moment. As a dutch person I avoid Amsterdam because of the tourists. Cinque Terre should also be in this list by the way.
When I travel, I always go where tourists won't.
The problem here is that people are boring and generic, they want to do what everyone else does for the 'I did that too' effect, another problem is we've convinced people that we have to speak well of every place we go and every vacation we take. If you tell someone that a certain location is overrated or shitty - WoW watch what kind of response you get. Btw missing on this list is Barcelona - just terrible, so many tourists, you couldn't pay me to go there again.
personally I would rather go somewhere different I couldn't find anything more boring then following the crowd and just going to one of the cliche holiday destinations. However Im think you should also add lazy to the reason why people go to the cliche destinations its easier to get a package trip its easier to sort out travel and easier to get information on the cliche destinations but personally I like that as it stops many tourists to certain places, the kind of people that have no imagination and just try to go to the cliche destinations are the people I want to avoid anyway. Also I think because of their expectations they also end up English/american enising everything, why would you want to go to Spain (as an example) and instead of eating Spanish food just eat sausage egg and chips??
@@mintomax2 they're the worst
mintomax2 what kind of unique different holiday would you go to then?
@@soulspirit842 well I am unable to fly due to a heart condition so It has to be somewhere accessible by train, so I have more of a limit on places. This year I went to Rotterdam a unique city with a unique skyline and lots or architectural wonders also lots of history and a mixture of old and new I really liked it and definitely was unlike anywhere else I have been.
mintomax2 will have to bare Rotterdam in mind. I hate large crowds, over populated areas that ruin beautiful buildings/landmarks.
I've lived in San Francisco (California, USA) since mid-1981. It has gone through many "tourist pain" phases throughout the past nearly 4 decades... *but THESE DAYS?* These days (2019) it's NOT so much the tourists as it is for the following reasons. #1) The HOMLESS; #2) The STREET-LEVEL DRUG ADDICTS, many of them homeless; and #3), but NOT least, STINKIN' TRAFFIC. People like driving to get here, as well as driving around to see, as the public transit DOES NOT meet the needs of the public. Also, San Francisco will erect anything over so much as 6-square-feet. The sky views from some of the best "walk streets" are gone. Also, regarding the homeless, San Francisco has become known as *"The city where DOGS must watch out for HUMAN POOP."*
I'm glad I saw Iceland in the 90s when the Blue Lagoon wasn't so touristy and crowded
Its a good thing that you have banned cruiseships from Venice
Steven Cassidy I am over the moon this has happened as it was literally insane when the ships pulled up! You couldn’t move and it was so dangerous!
was it recently banned because i heard that there was a cruise ship accident a couple days ago.
A cruise ship crashed a few days ago. Several hurt....
Í hope they should banned any cruiseship for Good. The City doesn’t get anything from them. Its Like á Hit and Run tourist.
cruiseshis should be banned everywhere!
I'm Indonesian. I myself avoid visiting Bali recently.
NeoKenni Me I just came back from Bali and I don’t think I will be visiting again. The pollution and traffic has gotten much worse over the past few years. What Indonesian islands should I visit next?
@@anderskvale I suggest Sumba or Flores
@@anderskvale Eastern Indonesia
@@anderskvale Papua island to visit Raja Ampat. It has great diving site and beautiful crystal clear water beach.
@Anders Kvale Java Island, you can visit Borobudur Temple, Jogjakarta, and Mount Bromo.
I'm surprised Prague is not mentioned! My worst overtourism experience, along with the Vatican museums.
Venice is not that bad. Avoid the path between the station and St Mark's square, and you will literally be alone.
I am from Mallorca (although I'm not Spanish but I live and work here and I consider myself a mallorquín too) and I couldn't agree more with what you said in the video.. sometimes we just have beasts instead of tourists throwing things on the floor or getting wasted at 9am or bothering all the residents like me with noise and shouts and loud music.
I really hope the Spanish government will take measure that can help to improve the quality of the turism in this beautiful island
I hate places like that... Oh wait; I live in the center of Amsterdam.
I am mallorcan too and I agree
I hate places like that. That's why next week I'm going to Albufeira on holidays. And next year to Chersonisos. Mallorca is so busy.
It's a shame and wast because many wild place in Mallorca is really beautiful, and some place not many many visited its possible to find that again , the shitty and stupid tourist visit already the same things.....
Jo sospito que deu haver alguna confusió amb Eivissa, que sí es troba a punt del col·lapse i la implosió. Però de tota manera, Mallorca sí te problemes de massificació en turisme i cotxes a les carreteres, mes que Menorca que tradicionalment ha cuidat mes la qualitat del seu turisme.
For everyone saying Paris, just go off season or if you go in the summer don't stay in the center, go see other districts, go see a play or something if you wanna do museums come in the winter :)
A travel youtube channel complaining about tourists while encouraging more tourists to travel the world.
There's a difference between overtourism and visit a place without damaging it
It's called objectivity.
@@timeep Riiiiight. There's a reason why people now keep remote undiscovered places secret now. With Instagram and social media any cool places will be swarmed with tourism the next few years. So the more you advocate tourism and spread the words, the more you contribute to destroying hidden places.
What’s wrong with encouraging people to travel to less touristy destinations?
@@Braxton432 because those destinations will be destroyed in 5 years again?
Don’t blame the tourists.
If you give an inch, they take a yard.
The real culprits are the local city councils.
They have the option to control mass tourism. But GREED, yes GREED has gotten the better of them.
This will be the ruin of all those must see places in the end.
Mass tourism now needs mass(ive) control.
We need to get smart or be outsmarted and then have nothing left to show for it.
Am I glad I saw what I needed to see before tourism became mainstream.
You simply cannot put any city at the top of a list. Once a place gets crowded, people will just move on to another and another until we wise up.
I generally travel in the off seasons especially in Europe. I don’t mind less than ideal weather and you get to know the real culture and locals. It’s also a lot cheaper
You've noted Savannah, Georgia in a few of your travel videos and so I'd like to say that that town is completely overrun with tourist. The native of that town can not afford to live intown anymore because investors have caused the property values to skyrocket beyond what anyone who isn't a millionaire can afford.
1st rule: respect the country you are visiting!
Most of these places aren't "ruined", but they ARE seriously diminished.
Australia definitely could use more tourists... we have lots of space!
Sure, but much of it is empty, inhospitable land. Not exactly the thing the average tourist is looking for. Don't get me wrong, I think Australia is a great place but it's much like Canada where I'm from, and few people visit Canada to see the tundra and permafrost of the Arctic.
I hate how our tourism industry is run here all the advertising is complete rubbish, if people are going too make the massive journey to get here I think they won’t to do more then walk on a deserted beach
I felt that Sydney and Melbourne were overrun by tourists
@@JJJJ-gl2uf Nothing wrong with embty, inhospitable land. Get a landcruiser and meet nobody for quite a while... I'm from Amsterdam center so driving tracks like Oodnadata was very relaxing for me ;) I should do that more often.
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Hi Mojo, as a Dutch citizen I would recommend visiting places like: Vlissingen, Westland, den Haag.. most tourist dive into Amsterdam but the Netherlands outside the cities is much more rural and authentic, take a change and visit local communities! And please STOP using and throwing away plastics.. this is a MUST.
Everest should be number 1 because the overcrowding literally kills people.
Ah yes gotta get those selfie pic
Also
Havana,Cuba(touristic booming)
Ladakh,India(after''3 idiots'')
Kyoto,Japan(I've lived in)
Boracay,Philippines(blockaded last year)
Lombok,Indonesia (an alternative to ''polluted''Bali)
Mt.Fuji,Japan(hustle-bustle at elevation:3776)
Lijiang,China(changed to a kind of theme park)
Yes, Cuban Havana is surely the next historical big city in the claws of mass tourism, invaded by Americans and Europeans, from here Barcelona and Catalonia included because many historic relationns.
And many Japanese tourists travel to here Barcelona, all they are crazy about Catalan Modernist Style buildings by Antoni Gaudí, and subsequently massified these constructions, when there are many other interesting Modernist Style buildings that simply ignored.
Mount Fuji is just a site, it should be removed. To put it on your list is like putting Times Square.
Nr. 1 is Paris, if we talk about the total number.
HK, if we talk about density.
Going to Poland because it isn’t overrun with tourists
Well that is because of Racist Polish people obviously
purberri I wouldn’t even dare to set a foot on Poland. The polish can’t behave in Holland I wonder hoe they behave in their own country
@@tru9437 racism has nothing to do in the whole equation you libtard
@@Onneukbaar Nothing wrong with the Polish people in Poland and nothing wrong with the Polish people in Holland.
Krakow does attract many tourists, I am not saying that it is overrun but it is on the beaten path.
100% guaranteed your destination will be crowded when your tour guide says:
"How many people here are Game of Thrones fans?"
I speak for Paris, Barcelona, Sevilla, Granada, Morocco, Rome, Israel, Turkey. Be prepared.
Israel or Morocco? Who visits there compared to those you mentioned. Lol
Yea Morocco and Israel get crowded just from the locals. And you get hundreds of tourists at a time in Istanbul all visiting the sultenmeht at once. I've been to experience it.
What is different about those two in particular is the narrow maze streets in the cities that you can easily get lost it. Because it is so tight it feels crowded very quickly with carts and donkies trying to pass you. Fes is over 2million people alone in the city.
Morocco is so vast it is easy to avoid the crowds. Just dont go to the cities
Your welcome to Thailand. Don't worry about Thailand . Bangkok ,Phuket ,Chiangmai, Pattaya ,Krabi, Huahin ,Samui ,Koh tao, Koh Lanta , Phi Phi Ayuttaya ,Chiangrai ,Pai . Khop khun krap.
Thailand is nice, greeting from indonesia
I loved Thailand when I visited. I want to return soon.
When I went to Thailand I had not a problem at all how many tourists there were. I’ve been in areas with way more tourists. But I really disliked the kind of tourism in Thailand: everything was about alcohol, tattoos and sex. :/
I haven't changed any plans but overtourism does influence my choices. To be honest i go abroad because i want to experience places with their own traditions and culture. I feel it defeats the object of going abroad if i go somewhere packed with tourists. My first rule is that i avoid anywhere if i've seen programs on tv about Brits emigrating there.
what nationality are you
@@joshheinink British, hence the reason for my first rule. I live in Britain and have done all my life. I go abroad to see something different.
@@leeallen463 oh meto yeah I prefer others to our own
That's what everybody wants to do but like the video mentioned, all these hidden places are being found and being overcrowded because people like you want that 'authentic feel' ... there are thousands of LEE ALLENS who think and do the same but on global stage now , and it will ruin these hidden gems. ..the power of the internet for better or worse.
I've been to quite a few of these places: Iceland, Dubrovnik, Venice, Amsterdam, and I thought they were all spectacular destinations despite the hordes of tourists. They are popular for a reason. Don't be such a snob and just enjoy it for what it is.
Add to that list: København, Paris, Rome, Santorini, Barçalona, Luzern.
Places that should have more (my opinion) : Taipei, Perth, Cape Town, Lugano, Helsinki, Dakar and Faore Islands
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Dakar? Who told you that?
@@georgependarbes5898 Dakar has nice beaches, locals are generally friendly - if you're decent with speaking français, west African cuisine & music.
The only downside is petty scams or crimes on tourists. Though it's not bad as is in Brazil
Helsinki? Is like a downgraded Saint Petersburg
I don’t know if Perth really should get more. Yes in the city itself it would be good, but the main attraction would still be Rottnest Island (where the cute Quokkas, the selfie-famous animals live). And even more tourists on that island would be pretty bad.
As a dutch person, I always thought going to amsterdam is no big deal, but don't be upset that locals can be a little annoyed at you for the literal thousands of tourist coming in every day to do stupid stuff. Go outside of amsterdam and explore more of the Netherlands!!
Thank goodness Switzerland (my home country) is pretty expensive to visit. It somewhat limits the crowds of tourists here, to a degree. Especially compared to other countries!
Definitely Venice. I would think that Florence is headed in the same direction.
Wow Amsterdam made it to the list.. I'm Dutch but I hardly go there but when I'm there I get so stressed due all the people, the blinging of the streetcars (we don't have those in my city) and people ignoring some basic rules like stop for a red light, don't cycle on the sidewalk as that is for walking not cycling. I will be going there for a concert this week and was thinking of combining it with some tourist attractions I never been too but they are so crowded I think I skip them again like every time I'm in Amsterdam.
why didnt u add taj mahal, agra town,india
and new york City, usa....they are the most deserving to be called overflowing with tourists....
Tourists are only visiting the Taj Mahal. Agra town itself is not great. I much preferred visiting the nearby Fatehpur Sikri.
India was screwed before the turism, people shit on the streets and do all kinds of primitive things there...so it was not ruined by tourists.
New York manages to tourism pretty well
New York's economy and infrastructure can handle the massive amount of tourists it receives. It's been a world destination for a very long time, so it's kind of been built around tourism, it's got an abundance of hotels throughout the city, and plenty of landmarks to go around, not just a few areas that are popular. Not to mention the 3 huge airports that serve the immediate area, and the multiple methods of travel around the city that make it easier for tourists to filter through easily without getting overcrowded in just one area. The only place in New York that can be smotheringly overcrowded is Times Square, but it's kind of supposed to be like that.
I live in Bangkok and I have noticed a significant increase in tourism since 2015. Wherever I go there are tourists. The prices of food and attractions have increased to gain profits from the tourists to the point where it is too expensive for locals. One good example is the train night market. A couple of years ago it was a nice place for locals to shop and eat food but now it is full of Chinese tourists coming in big groups.
Popular destinations are just going to get more and more crowded with cheap flights and TH-camrs making certain places more popular!
I went to Dubrovnik in February, had beautiful weather and it was absolutely empty ! We were able to connect with locals and it turned out to be a great weekend with us being the only tourists!
anyone who knows what Dubrovnik is like midt september?
@@justusdk The season in Dubrovnik lasts from late march to the beginning of november, but mid september should be ok, june july and august are unbearable.
I almost always travel in the off season. Fewer annoying tourists, meaning a more pleasant atmosphere in general.
Not to mentions shorter lines, cheaper flights and motels all for a much more more fulfilling experience.
Don't worry about the crowded ,come to Malaysia ❤️ enjoy the spectacular iconic city and the city of green, divercity and truly Asia .
When I came to Bali last two years, it was so crowded I even cant breath the fresh air. Overtourist also caused overprice by craft seller has become greedy.
Kind of a depressing video but a good one. I've lived in a couple places, San Francisco and Bangkok, that are getting shredded by tourism. It's a real issue many places.
Thomas Affolter San Fran is ruined by the leftist politics that are hated by both sides. Same with Seattle
Swim God it’s funny how people like you are so quick to blame so-called leftists but when pollution, global warming & the environment is mentioned you have nothing to say.
San Fransico I hear has destroyed itself, so many are no longer choosing to visit and some even moving out because of the high cost of living.
Brick Brack I’m referring to the rampant increase in crime, homelessness, and drug abuse. San Fran literally has people in the streets doing heroine. They give the police no power. The leaders are down right idiots. Pollution and global warming is a problem, but the reason these city have gone downhill is bad social programs and bad incentive structures
@liacashmere58 not only that you are seeing a changing of demographic ...you're going to see lots of Chinese and Hispanics, it will feel like you are in another country. yes, you will also run into a lot homeless roaming the streets drugged up, that you will think you are in the walking dead. This trend is repeating on most west coast cities...LA,SF,SEA,VAN
Mt Fuji is jam packed in summer. It's nice and clean, but it's like climbing in a queue
I was born in Amsterdam and I have been living in Amsterdam my whole life and i’ll tell you a few things about tourism in our city. First of all we DON’T hate tourists. Dutch people are and always have been really Proud of their culture and heritage especially people from Amsterdam so we want tourists to see what the city/country has to offer. But if you throw garbage on the ground or if you are nonstop high just because you’re in Amsterdam you’re disrespecting the whole city and everything we stand for. And that’s the feeling we get from tourists most of the time which is why we aren’t keen on them. Second of all there are a few basic rules in Amsterdam that we expect tourists to follow such as walk on the sidewalkes so that bikers can do their thing, if you smoke don’t smoke in public, etc and if these aren’t followed it can be frustrating. And finally Amsterdam is just a really small city that just can’t cope with the millions of tourists coming every year.
What about Florence and Rome? I so hated the crowd in Florence. Vatican City can become suffocating too.
Tourism = money...........................
I was there in October (off season is called 😁). Guess what?
@@powertower4072 You loved it
What I find weird most tourists were outside but many museums had no tourist inside
Venice IS far ahead of Florence and even thought it's crowded o wouldn't day it's generally ocercrowded, just the famous sites, especially la piazza del duomo. You've got to go to Venice to believe it, it's repulsive 😔
What about greece?especialy greek islands
I'm dutch, still shocked Amsterdam is no.1 on this list 😯
Aren't those statistics of people coming to the city? And therefore considering Schippol that number is quite huge. Even that many people just transfer and never see the city itself
Congratulations!
Try to walk around close to Central Station..... 🤷🏻♀️
Since when did Mojo Jojo stop fighting with powerpuff girls and started youtubing?
1999.
Lol
The Belgian town of Bruges as well. I live here and I see them in mass everyday here. Rome, Florence is also aweful...!
You can just go out early in the morning and everything will be OK
I went to Bruges a few days ago I liked the boats and horses
@@edboss36 . Brugge is Beautiful...walking around...& a boat tour also worth it.
Bruges used to be so great - I was there in the late 70's. I have some lace from there.
@@DarcieGlam . Nice ....you are always welcome back!! It's still charming, still they do laceworks & lacework workshops & classes here!
Very good... welcome to tangier Morocco 😀👌
We need to remember our manners when we go on holidays
Amsterdam is a lovely place to visit in the off-season. You miss the tulips and green grass but you can still see the fantastic museums, history and culture
venice. can confirm. it's way too overcrowded
It will soon be more overcrowded - the fish are moving in!
I went to Bali in the 90's. My first experience with scams, touts, etc. Boy was i a rube!😂 But it gave me some good war stories. I did find it unique and beautiful but annoying. The instant i stepped out of the hotel property i would be surrounded by sellers. One pre-dawn morning in Lovina, i wanted to watch the sun rise and went to the beach. 0445 in the morning and a girl with a stack of sarongs starts walking towards me. Not one single minute could i stop to sit or stand in one place without being seen as a golden opportunity. Even the monkeys in the monkey forest of Ubud would not leave me be without an offering of peanuts😄💖
Not my problem.i cant afford to travel.besides there is still so much of my own country i want to visit.
I'm Indonesian, and if u come here. There are so many alternatives beside Bali. U can go to Pahawang island in Bandar Lampung, Derawan island, Natuna island, Raja Ampat, Ora Beach in Moluccas, etc. Bali is overrated. Not recommended anymore.
Yep. I went to one of the alternative regions of Indonesia in February 2019 and found very few tourists, lots of beautiful water and marine life and delicious food. Never going back to the tourist hell-holes again. There are some parts of Bali that are OK, but it seems most people never venture too far from Kuta etc which is why it's so overcrowded.
@@JJJJ-gl2uf Yes. Even Bali also have other places to visit, such as Ubud, Nusa Dua, or u can go to Nusa Penida (small island close to Bali). Most tourists go around Denpasar which is the most congested place. In here, we also have small towns around big cities, like Karimun Jawa (close to Semarang), Thousand Islands (close to Jakarta), Sibolga/Berastagi/Singkawang (close to Medan), etc.
People don't want to go to the other places in Indonesia because it's Muslim and we don't want to get blasted by chanting on loud speaker systems at 5am in the morning
I like to visit it! But iam now in Malaysia :-)
Dylan Ferrier agree with you🙏🏻
I'm not changing my vacation plans because of over tourism. Even so, my wife and I try to go during the off season.
It's cheaper and less crowded. Weather is not always ideal BUT the above makes up for it.
I was reading an article today which said those places experiencing the greatest increase in tourist numbers often are the destinations now used by low cost airlines. I wonder how much Instagram and TH-cam have contributed to creating a demand for some destinations as well. Great video.
FLORIANOPOLIS, southern Brazil!!
It’s full of argentineans crowding the city! Summer is the most terrible season here.
On the other side... who else would visit Floripa if not the Argentineans? Brazil is not among the most visited countries in the world and when people come here they pratically just visit Rio and Bahia.
We should be glad tha Floripa still gets international visitors, even they being Argentineans (or Chileans and Uruguayans)
@@Rogerioapsandrade but this can affect the environment, especially for the natural beauty that Floripa has
What about
1. Barcelona, Spain
2. Rome, Italy
3. Paris, France???
These cities are suffocating from tourists and immigrants
What about Prague Czech republic. I wont be possible to go anywhere in 2050 when the population reaches 10 billion
Stop bombing the Middle East and people won't have to flee their countries.
Definitely Edinburgh and London as well.
@@IlariaMuller at least London is more spread out
Pacman_ king_01 Prague unfortunately also got completely out of control. Love this city, but the tourism is really bad :(
Sometimes it’s tourism but sometimes it’s the locals too.
11,000 kgs of trash was removed from everest during a recent clean up drive. Pretty insane that much could be removed from one place.
I don't get how people can't be responsible for their litter
We don't have that problem in Kenya, in fact, we don't get enough tourists.
I want to go really badly! Where would you recommend ?
It is my dream to go for the annual migration of the wildebeest. When is the best time of year for that?
where's the best place to go in Kenya to get a real feel of the country?
I'm there
Because it's super expensive. I could visit Cambodia, Bali and Thailand all combined in the same budget as Kenya
The worst problem is not the number of tourists per se, but a bad tourist culture: littering, making too much noise, disrespecting local culture, not treating monuments with care, etc. For tourism to be sustainable, tourists must be more responsible. We must take care of our world, instead of spoiling it.
They forgot to put Prague on the list.
Lemarkipu Sylvers as a Czech, I completely agree it’s a huge problem
Budapest the same. London has tourists all year round, so its a problem almost everywhere.
Places to add: Los Cabos, Cancún, Brazil, Japan, California, Machu Pichu, Dominican Republic, Canary Islands, Turkey, and Greece.
Medellin as well. Tourism is ruining Medellin.
My country, Malaysia, does not have many tourists! We need more!
Preserved our places way more important than overcrowded tourist.
Because we dont have peak season like other countries but consistently receiving quite numbers of foreign tourists in whole year. We are top15 countries with most visitors.
I went to Malaysia such a beautiful country!! The islands are a dream and a secret escape but Malacca was flooded with Chinese tourists
Malaysia top 15 most visited country and no 4 in Asia and no 2 in South East Asia after Thailand....
There are still plenty of great places to go in all those destinations if you're willing to pass on the iconic shots and go off the beaten path
Next up top 10 places that deserve tourism/ have tourism potential/ have 0 tourism
Please don't. They'll all be in this video in 5 years time.
@@el_vee_ee Probably but who knows? we just have to sit and see.
Mars
@@kenlee1416! Tolibu dibu douchuu!
Georgia, uzbekistan, albania, montenegro, kenya, philliphines, peru, ecuador
I still travel about three months a year. But it's getting massively crowded out there on the tourist trail. Glad I hit so many of the world's 'hot' spots, including most of those mentioned in the video, years ago when the crowds were much less.
This is why I always travel during the off seasons.
Ecuador has actually done a pretty good job balancing tourism and conservation in the Galapagos in the last few years. There are a small handful of inhabited towns and other than that most of the rest of the land is national park where you need a guide present to visit, plus you are limited in time spent in each place and number of visitors at once. They also charge a 100 USD fee (yes, Ecuador uses USD) for entry. The whole place is essentially treated as separate from the rest of Ecuador from a customs standpoint. The customs process for entering Ecuador on an actual international flight is quicker and easier than getting into the Galapagos from the mainland. No one is allowed to move to the islands anymore and even Ecuadorian citizens can be "deported" to the mainland if they are caught in violation.
we are a disease
We’re down with the sickness
A vaccination is soon coming to wiping out this disease.... It is long overdue
@@ajmalsafi13 Well said.
the edge in this comment section..
I worked as a visiting artist on the Arts Centre Campus in Banff, Alberta, Canada one summer. While walking in the National Park's historic downtown, shoulder to shoulder with droves of tourists, I overheard a recognizable Southern States accent exclaim that "this place is lousy with tourists!" I rolled my eyes and pushed my way on down the street. These people won't ever understand that THEY are part of the problem.
I also worked for the renowned Stratford Festival of Canada. The small city of Stratford, Ontario hosts the largest classical repertory theatre in North America. Throughout the year (April-Nov) thousands of tourists descend upon the place and many businesses are seasonal. The remaining population is made up of blue collar and agriculture workers. One year a local ran for municipal office with the slogan "If it's tourist season, can I shoot them?"
E Nixon TBH, I’m surprised Banff isn’t busier... I mean, it’s busy, but not like a lot the places listed. The mountains are just spectacular, one of my top visited places on the planet for sure. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse! 🏔