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30 Of The Most Annoying Tourist Moments Shared By People Who Live In Holiday Destinations
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Have you dreamt of moving to the Big Apple your entire life? Starting each morning with a bagel in your hand and the sound of angry New Yorkers shouting at taxis and slow-walkers as you make your commute to work. Or perhaps Paris is more your speed? A buttery croissant and the scent of urine on the streets might be your preferred way of waking up. As much as we enjoy taking vacations to these popular tourist destinations, the experience of being a local is quite different than what we might imagine.
So to help visitors understand what the locals are begging them to stop doing, we’ve consulted this Reddit thread where the residents of popular getaways dished about what drives them crazy, and even reached out to the person who sparked this conversation in the first place, Winterbeers on Reddit. Below, you'll also find interviews with travel expert and creator of the blog The Invisible Tourist, Alyse, and a representative from the sustainability organization, The World Counts. So if you’re planning your summer holiday right now to a tropical beach or a sprawling city, keep these tips in mind to avoid being angrily chased out by locals. And then if you’re looking for even more insight from residents of popular vacation spots, check out this Bored Panda piece next.
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#1
Caribbean island ... people who complain that they can't get a Heineken or a Bud Light here. People who complain that they can't get fast food or chain food here. People who basically are angry that a tiny sland in the Caribbean isn't just like the Houston suburbs.
If you want everything you have in the US, stay the f**k in the US.
Also infuriating during the pandemic: "Your island requires masks and negative tests!? Well if you keep that up we will NOT be visiting and will take our money elsewhere!"
Fine. Go elsewhere. We don't want you on our island, where the entirety of our healthcare is a small clinic with five beds. Don't threaten people with money, f*****g entitled assholes.
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
I feel this to my core. Just have a Red Stripe or a Carib with some Royal Castle and mellow on a beach somewhere. Always with the complaining. Not to mention being surprised when we all have regular 8-5 jobs. Like yes, we work too.
Corey Smith 3 years ago
And enjoy the local cuisine. Some of the best food I've ever had was from a small beachside restaurant or a roadside stand.
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Featherytoad 3 years ago
If I was to go to a foreign destination I would not be wanting to eat Mcdonalds or anything I normally eat here at home. You go to a foreign destination to experience their food, culture, etc. What a bunch of rednecks.
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Never understood this. Always felt like the point of going to visit other places is to have new experiences. At first I thought it was a little harsh, but you're right. If you go somewhere and expect it to be EXACTLY like wherever you're from, then just stay the f**k home! Why be annoying as s**t to people who graciously allow you to partake in their country and culture?
Florence O'Grady 3 years ago
Very truthful. People if you cannot handle the differences you will encounter while traveling. STAY HOME. There will be less stress on the natives of that country, less stress on visitors who want new experiences
Florence O'Grady 3 years ago
sorry about the break... , and less stress on those whole choose to dislike new experiences. Please STAY HOME and do not ruin other people's choice to travel.
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Muriel Burrows 3 years ago
I was at a restaurant in Spain and suddenly I heard this American man yell out loud, "What do you mean you don't have cheeseburgers and fries?" Sigh...
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
That is so incredibly sad. Spain has some of the most incredible food and a plethora of tasty dishes to try. I don't know why people go abroad if they are scared to step out of there comfort zone.
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SirWriteALot 3 years ago
To be honest, europeans can do that too. Complain about not getting their schnitzel, complaining about "pissbeer" because only european beer is good beer ... etc.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
yes I once had the unpleasant experience in the UK of listening to an italian man complaining that the food was not as good as italy and that there were no pastas on the menu.
Load More Replies... Ethan Boatmer 3 years ago
I’d hate to find I’d paid good money to spend a week next to one of those idiots…
Mariele Scherzinger 3 years ago
Sure, it may be an inconvenience now that you are on your vacation you don't get your expected 100% creature comfort. But then you should not travel at all. Travelling should be about making new experiences, learning to accept different situations.
Mayrene Chester 3 years ago
Yes, I don't understand why they have to make a declaration of their intentions NOT TO COME. Just don't come. Everyone has options including the destination.
Claudia Schmid 3 years ago
No watery "beers" and no fast food chains? Where is this place? I need to visit!
We all know what it’s like to be a tourist. You’ve been looking forward to this vacation for months, possibly even years, and you finally have the chance to visit the Colosseum or swim in Thailand’s most beautiful beaches. The excitement of traveling can lead some of us to forget that there are plenty of people in that city or town who are not on vacation. They are just minding their own business, going to school and work and the grocery store, with a massive amount of tourists around.
Tourists have to try to put themselves in the shoes of the locals of wherever they are visiting and remember that they probably would not be too happy to find litter in their backyard or in their favorite park. They likely would not be thrilled to find drunk tourists wandering through their neighborhood loudly at 3am either. And there is no way they would want to find a visitor sitting on their property. It is a wonderful thing to live in a beautiful city that can make a lot of money from tourism, but it is crucial that tourists don’t leave a mess for someone else to clean up after they’ve gone home.
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#2
Leave. The. Wildlife. Alone.
And this doesn't just extend to tourists but to people that live here too. 45+ coyote attacks last year in no small part because of people giving them food leading to a cull, bears getting habituated to people because they're being given food leading to them getting killed, otters and sea lions getting fed. They're not cute cuddly things. They're wild animals and will kill you and then, because they're doing what they do, they'll get killed because they're "dangerous to humans". When in reality they're only dangerous to ignorant rubes with no respect for nature.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
There was a sign in a park in South Africa "you feed 'em, we shoot em" because tourists fed the wild animals and the animals became too familiar with the cars and people.
Vic 3 years ago
The correct thing should be: 'You feed them, we shoot you' nip the problem in the bud!
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WordWeaver 3 years ago
Darwin Award nominees? Sometimes OUR gene pool needs culling of the weakest links.
Lee Kerr 3 years ago
That crossed my mind too; people don’t understand that farm animals are not pets!
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forestgirl7 3 years ago
Omg THIS! Feeding them and going off the marked trails leads to their deaths. Infuriates me. If you go off the marker trail and get attacked your damn fault. Stupid effing people.
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago (edited)
I love animals, and bless you if you do too. That being said, before you start being "mother nature" and feeding all the woodland creatures, think about the chain of consequences. As an example, the developers in my neighborhood put a lot of thought into conservation for the local flora and fauna. They specifically ask that if you move in the area, you "observe but don't interfere." Of course, some misguided but well-meaning citizens started feeding the wildlife. Not just here and there, but seriously feeding them. Especially the deer, whose population EXPLODED! Now there are so many deer, that there is like a 40-50% chance that you or your vehicle will be moderately to severely injured at some point if you live here. Also, they started feeding the squirrel, wild rabbits, etc. So now it's a smorgasbord for owls, hawks, wolves, and bobcats that have no issues with grabbing the family pet. Leave👏 The👏 Wildlife 👏 Alone 👏
Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
Wildlife doing what wildlife do and then being killed because humans do stupid things. Frankly it's the stupid humans who need to be trained.
Thomas Ewing 3 years ago
National parks are not run like Disneyland. You don't get to pet the WILDlife! No selfies with Moose or Bears!
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
A lot of alligators get killed because people ignore the signs not to swim in ponds, canals, and certain lakes, then get killed themselves. Recently three alligators were killed from one pond because someone ignored warnings and lost 3 limbs and his life. Necropsies were performed, but none of the 3 gators were the killer. Makes me so angry.
We reached out to Winterbeers on Reddit to hear what inspired them to start this conversation in the first place. We asked if they had ever lived in a tourist destination or had recently been traveling, but they told us they're just a nosy person. We also wanted to know why they think locals often find tourists obnoxious, and they said, "If you have to ask, you don't live in a vacation spot." I might not currently, but I have lived in Los Angeles, so all I can say is, fair enough.
Lastly, we wanted to know if they learned anything from this thread that they will remember the next time they plan a trip. "Yes, actually people posted some really good information I think," they told us. "Not just what not to do (which mostly seems like common sense) but some even offered information on destinations. You have to really sort through the comments but next time I travel I’ll probably look into some of the things various people have mentioned."
#3
I live in Alaska. My home is a rustic log cabin build and sits about 1/2 a mile off a major hiking trail. Despite the NUMEROUS no trespassing signs and a gate, I still get tourists coming on my property and even getting so bold as to sit in my rocking chairs on my porch. My house overlooks the chugach mountains and has a great view….but that’s my view… that I pay a mortgage on.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago (edited)
When I lived in a home that had a large, sloping lawn, I regularly had to tell people to move because they'd just plop down to have lunch or even set up picnics there. Someone's residential yard. So yes, I actually had to tell multiple people to get off my lawn!
Bi-Polar Express 3 years ago
Came home to people basically having a photo shoot on my deck one time. Yes, it's a nice view. No you can't continue. Someone once sent their kid up onto the same deck to get my child's sled to use in the snow because we weren't using it at the moment.
Zdenka Dsouza 3 years ago
I’d be so taken aback, I’d not be able to react at all. And then furious, spitting cuss words into my coffee.
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Kusotare 3 years ago
Put up a sign that says something like "Worldwide Church of God The Most Holy Missionary Training Center - Welcome, Trainees" on the path leading to your cabin.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Ever sat with a loaded firearm pointed at you for 6 hours until the police can be bothered to come and arrest you? No? Means you haven't trespassed on someone's property in a remote area, where the cops tell the caller to "hold onto them, we'll be there as soon as we can!" If you're planning to visit Alaska or any other remote area in the world, ignoring a No Trespassing or Private Property sign may be the last thing you do before dying...and the Property Owner will be patted on the head and told they dun good!
What is it about traveling that makes some people lose all sense of judgment? Perhaps it’s the excitement of finally being away on holiday and trying to make the most of their week off from work. Or maybe visitors feel entitled to do whatever they want if they've paid a large sum of money for their trip. Traveling internationally might also lead to tourists acting particularly ignorant when they don’t understand the language or culture of wherever they are.
But these are not valid excuses. The internet is an amazing tool that can provide travelers with plenty of information about their destination and how to get around seamlessly. Countless blogs can teach tourists the best spots to see that won’t charge them an arm and a leg, and a quick Google search can usually help visitors learn enough about the culture of any location to avoid being offensive. Just because tourists benefit the economy of wherever they travel to does not mean that their actions have no consequences. The least they can do to enhance their experience, and to prevent disrupting locals, is do a bit of research before traveling. I promise, it’s not very hard. In fact, you will likely find it exciting!
#4
Clean up your f*****g trash.
I used to live in a spring break destination which was a small surf town. After spring break, people would be cleaning up pounds upon pounds of beer cans, broken bottles, needles, used condoms...f*****g revolting.
Edit for you nitpickers: I meant "stop throwing your garbage on the ground." There, now get off my cheeks.
June 5 months ago
I'm a smoker and I always throw my cigarette butts in a bin, otherwise it's in my pockets. Littering makes me so angry. I regularly pick up trash, ended up founding money a couple times 🙃
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Dynein 3 years ago
Littering is one of these relatively minor asocial behaviors that still makes me rage. Although, wait - ALL such inconsiderate behaviors make me rage! Anyway, I've long felt that there ought to be a punishment for such people consisting of everyone *else* being allowed to do the same stuff at those peoples homes. So, if you litter? Everyone gets to treat your place like a garbage bin.
Sue Chef 3 years ago
Glastonbury UK. If you want to listen to speakers evangelising about saving the planet from climate change then driving to a music festival on a working dairy farm and leaving field upon field of camping equipment behind because you are too lazy to carry it home for use next year is a tad hypocritical. Remember it was called manmade climate change before someone realised it was easier to blame belching cows and farting sheep rather than accept responsibility for their own actions.
We got in touch with travel expert and creator of the blog The Invisible Tourist, Alyse, to hear her thoughts on this topic. When asked why locals tend to dislike tourists, Alyse told us, “Tourists can sometimes forget people need to live and work at their vacation destination. They can be loud, get in the way and do disrespectful things in public they likely wouldn't at home. A lack of understanding of their culture means tourists can also unintentionally offend locals.”
Alyse also explained how her idea of being an “invisible tourist” can prevent upsetting locals. “Traveling in this way helps to preserve the local cultural heritage. Making a conscious effort to ‘blend in’ helps to minimize any negative social, cultural and economical impacts of tourism,” she says. “Learning local customs, etiquette and basic language before our trips will lead to more positive encounters with locals once we're there. What may seem like small things can actually make a big difference!”
#5
There are a lot of really good points and suggestions, but people forgot to mention the most important thing.
Don’t expect everything and everyone to be or behave the same as where you came from. I see so many tourists complain they can’t have this or that, how shocked and insulted they are by someone’s behavior… You came to a different country with a different culture and no you can’t have a free refill just because that’s how you do it in USA Karen.
Karin L 3 years ago
You'd think they would go there to experience something new or different, but hey maybe not..!
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
It frightens and angers them to realize that not everyone lives exactly like they do, even.
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Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Ridiculous, isn't it? My family refuses to vacation anywhere but Disney or Vegas, because they can't find their fast food, Starbucks coffee, or FOX News if they were to go anyplace else. My friend finally had to ditch her father after several days in London because he would NOT stop complaining about not being able to get a drip coffee like at his local Dunks. The manbaby actually refused to go to museums, try a restaurant, or even smile in a picture because he was so "irritated" that he couldn't get "a simple coffee." Dude, there's even Dunks in London if you know where to look, but FFS, have ONE Costa coffee and STFU.
Chris Jones 3 years ago
Some people do love their routines and habits! At least your family stay where they can get what they like I suppose, no going elsewhere with unreasonable expectations. Your poor friend though. Do you think her father realised that barista coffee is still hot water going through grounds? Just forced, not dripped? Tastes way better to my mind but ho hum...!!!
Load More Replies... Lisa H 3 years ago
You're a guest in someone's house, respect their rules. Don't go to another country expecting to be treated like a "guest of honor". No, you behave, dammit. At least TRY to learn some of their customs so you can be respectful and then the locals will respect you back. Unless you go to North Sentinel Island.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I would strongly recommend that all of these types of tourists visit north sentinel. It has a friendly welcoming committee and quaint customs. Many tourists would enjoy the visit. And hopefully stop complaining afterwards.
Load More Replies... Minath 3 years ago
I once saw an American tourist call a black gentleman an f***ing N-word. Unfortunately for him he said it in earshot of a member of our police force. Now the police here generally will only have a quiet word with you and call you a naughty boy and not to do it again. Unfortunately, the American dude decided to cause a scene about his "rights" etc when told if he didn't calm down he would be arrested on a public order offence. Eventually, it was only the fact that the black gentleman said if he received an apology he wouldn't press charges that saved the other guy's a*s. It was quite something to watch a slightly more humble guy issue an apology, twice because the police thought the first time wasn't genuine enough. Personally I think the police didn't really want to arrest him because they didn't want the excessive paperwork, nor did they want to be at risk of having to deal with the US Embassy.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
In our country I think he would have been beaten to s**t. (South Africa).
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Pheebs 3 years ago
It’s stuff like this that make me not want to travel. I have a laundry list of countries I want to visit, but I’m so paranoid about committing errors because I wasn’t able to memorize every rule of the country I’m in. And then being from the US, being looked down upon for being a “typical American”. Yes, sorry we have ignorant assholes. That’s not unique to the US. Unfortunately the attitude toward them ruins it for the rest of us that genuinely want to be respectful.
Zoe Duddle 3 years ago
If you’re polite it’s all good. Take this example; if you go to get a free refill and someone tells you it’s not free just apologise and buy one/leave. It’s only when people insist that it should be the way they want that they look ignorant.
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forestgirl7 3 years ago
I agree with this post except for the snarky Karen. Can we let that tiresome trope rest? That's not even why the trope exists, it was for white entitled women calling the police on Black people going about their damn business.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I think it's just become a convenient shorthand for "entitled white woman". Quicker to type. That's all.
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Mary Bank 3 years ago
A Karen blew up on a concession stand working at Wonderland (amusement park) IN Ontario because she wanted a plastic straw with her xl coke " Well in AMERICA we have straws, damn liberal Canada. I WANT A STRAW". Like damn, it's a straw calm down woman.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
Tell her in your second amendment of your constitution, straws are illegal. The exact wording is, "A well-kept park, necessary for the preservation of nature, shall have no plastic straws."
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I've had several American friends visiting on different occasions. They all complain about the same things, namely shops not being open 24-7, or no free water / refills / ketchup etc in restaurants, fast food places,...
We also asked Alyse what she thinks tourists need to keep in mind when visiting extremely popular destinations. “Consider staying longer in busy places to experience more. While it sounds counter intuitive, staying longer means we can visit popular places before day trippers arrive and after they leave for a less crowded experience,” Alyse explained. “Staying in locally-owned accommodation and spending at small businesses means giving back to locals, rather than contributing to economic leakage (where tourism money is sent abroad from the big global chains, not trickling back down to local communities).”
Lastly, Alyse added that, “We can experience more from our trips by being prepared: Pre-purchase any popular tickets days (if not weeks or even months) beforehand to avoid disappointment; Research in advance how to get around at the destination to avoid winging it and wasting precious time when we're there; participate in cultural experiences to learn new ways of thinking and enrich our trips. And most importantly, travel with an open mind - it can change our lives!”
If you’re interested in hearing about Alyse’s personal travels or getting more tips from her, be sure to check out her blog The Invisible Tourist right here and her book How to Not Look Like A Tourist: Unlocking Your Hidden Power for Overtourism Solutions right here.
#6
Don't fricking carve your name on stuff!!!
The amount of people who need to carve their names onto historical buildings and statues are just crazy. Don't be an a*s. You are ruining the place.
And respect peoples properties. Yeah, it's a cute street with cute houses and charming gardens. But that does NOT give you the right to enter peoples private properties to peep in their windows, walk in their gardens and try to open their doors. A colleague is selling his house because he's tired of people peeping in their windows and trying to open their door to have a look inside. He got yelled at for beeing inappropriate while he was sunbathing in his own garden by a tourist who let themself in the gate and walked around the house to have a look at his garden.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
People let themselves in?! My god, what is wrong with people?? It's so sad that that person is selling his house because of these utter fools. That's made me incredibly angry. People can be such c*nts!
michael penman 5 months ago
i have had this, seems to be america tourist everytime, like just cause it looks old doesnt mean its a muesum or some shyte
Load More Replies... Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
Same happens on my land with fruit and olives (foreign) tourists walking through photographing fruit for some reason. Pomegranates last year. The land here is open, owners know whose is whose but foreign tourists think it's fine because it's pretty and they are entitled.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Well, at least those don't hurt the crops - it's better than people walking through sunflower fields, or coastal protection dikes etc....
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Chich 3 years ago
I put up a fence and gate to keep the clueless out. They would just wander through the yard and look at you like you are the idiot when you tell them to leave.
rumade 3 years ago
Most historic places in the UK have gates and fences and dry stone walls. Doesn't keep them out.
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3 years ago
I have a small orchard of fruit trees along the entrance to my house and all arounf my house, can't tell you how many times tourists have walked straight up and picked fruit off the trees. Some lady even had the audacity to bring a bag and fill it with lemons off my tree. It's my house, not a supermarket.
Historyharlot93 3 years ago
Why do people like this have the money to travel and I don’t? *bitter sigh*
A. 3 years ago
An estate sale company had posted the address of a house on the next block, but typo'd it to be my address. House numbers were the same, street number was 1 digit off. Gate was padlocked but the lock wasn't latched. I walked outside to find half a dozen people in my yard. Luckily nobody got hurt that day, but it could have gone VERY wrong. I ended up w/ some free stuff from the estate sale company, so not a total loss.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
In the Native Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico, they charge you to walk through their village. That is only fair, but awkward. There have been idiots who have hiked in to see prehistoric cave drawings and decided to add their own 'doodles'. One group did jail time for that! It is as if they see someone has carved on a brick, and they figure they can, too. Forget the 20 or 30 signs that say not to!
Jay Cee 1 year ago
We have this stone monument in England, Stonehenge it's called, more than 4500 years old and yet some b@stard called Christopher Wren had to carve his "tag" on it. I don't care if you DID become an architect Chris, how would you like it if somebody tagged you St Paul's Cathedral?
Load More Replies... MonicaChicagoGal 3 years ago
God just when you think you've heard it all, people walking into people's homes WTF?
Segovax the Pict 3 years ago
A big problem in the western us is people carving their names spray painting over ancient Native American petroglyphs. It's really sad that people think it's fine to destroy precious, irreplaceable cultural artifacts so people will know NH hearts SD.
We also reached out to The World Counts to hear about some of the ways tourism can be harmful to the environment. They told us, "Tourism can put enormous pressure on local use of land and natural resources, and can lead to soil erosion, increased pollution, natural habitat loss, and increase the pressure on endangered species. These effects can gradually destroy the very basis on which tourism itself depends. On the global scale tourism is also a major contributor to CO2-emissions."
They went on to explain that, "The harmful impact of tourism is partly explained by the massive growth of the industry in the past decades." They also provided us with some harrowing statistics about the tourism industry. For example, "There are 1.4 billion tourists arriving at their destination every year. That’s 45 arrivals every single second."
#7
I live in Berlin and this goes for German and international tourists: please don’t run, take selfies, play hide and seek or sit on the holocaust memorial ffs.
The Scout 3 years ago
The architect that had built it would probably disagree, as he told in an interview in the "Spiegel" in 2005: "People will picnic in the field. Children will play catch in the field. There will be mannequins posing here, and movies will be shot here. I can well imagine how a shootout between spies will end in the field. It is not a sacred place."
Dynein 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah, that comment felt harsh. I've never run around at the memorial,but I've totally sat on the smaller blocks. Multiple times, probably! Honestly, while the memorial is bleak - and intentionally so - it's mere position in the town makes it an inviting place to sit down and have a quick snack. There are not that many places in the town center where out can sit without people walking past right in front of your nose. And also the memorial is kind of *made* for interaction, you can't experience it properly by looking from the outside, you've got to walk through it. And when you do, it's kind of natural to check out different perspectives and climb onto the lower blocks... which, incidentally, doesn't prevent one from *thinking* about the reason this was built. In fact it's kinda hard to forget, it's a pretty good memorial in that way. That said... I do draw the line at influencer selfies.
Load More Replies... Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
The 'grammer selfies in front of concentration camps are particularly gross.
Ember Holleran 3 years ago
This is true. The memorial was meant for that, not the actual camps. You should treat them with somber reflection on the tragic things that happened there, but too many people only care for themselves and not their brothers and sisters
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Neil Dowling 3 years ago
When I was there, I saw obvious "Instagrammers" taking these pictures, half dressed, draped over the blocks. Horrifying and unbelievably disrespectful.
Jay Cee 1 year ago
More than one obnoxious "influencer" has had their photo taken on the railway tracks leading into Auschwitz NYPICHPDPI...3833-1.jpg 
Lutz Herting 3 years ago (edited)
Ah, yes. The old "don't you dare to do what the artist SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED IT FOR". The contrast between the brutalist, cold look (which looks like both a graveyard and ruins of bombed towns) of the monument and the life of people interacting with it is LITERALLY THE POINT. We have the concentration camp museums and the "Stolpersteine" all over the country as solemn and depressing memorials for the dead. The whole point of this particular one is #1 we will never forget and repeat that past, but especially #2 ON TOP OF THAT PAST we have built a new nation of freedom and inclusion, we filled the broken ruins with new life. The artist planned the heights and distances between the concrete slabs very specific to invite people to interact with them, sit on them, climb over them and run between them. To put life OVER and ON TOP of the dead ruins beneath is literally the meaning of that structure.
"The number of tourists arriving at a destination somewhere in the world has grown by a factor of 56 between 1950 and 2018 - from 25 million to 1.4 billion. The level of tourism worldwide has seen a drop in recent years due to COVID 19, but numbers are expected to catch up again," The World Counts explained.
"Transport-related emissions from tourism are expected to account for 5.3% of all man-made CO2 emissions by 2030, up from 5% in 2016. This means that by 2030, transport-related CO2-emissions from tourism will reach 1,998 million tons. The level of tourism is very likely to keep growing together with the growing number of consumers globally. By 2030, we will be 5.6 billion consumers (compared to 3.5 billion in 2017)."
#8
For your sake, STOP TRYING TO PET THE BUFFALO! Or don't, some of us are entertained by the videos of you flying through the air.
Ka Se 3 years ago
I like the second part. It also made me think of cows on alpine pastures, which have also transported some tourists to the afterlife.
Dynein 3 years ago (edited)
Yeah - cows, too, can be scary and should be respected! Especially at dusk... learned that on a trip in Sweden when we followed a hiking trail that lead over a pasture. Not usually a problem in our experience - you make clear to them that you're just minding your business and they generally just mind theirs. But *that* evening... the cows started following us. We walked faster, the cows walked faster. My boyfriend insisted on *not* running (so that their herbivore "prey instinct" wouldn't kick in I guess) but when I looked behind me I saw the leading cow lower her head as if about to charge and I just screamed "RUN!!!" and we legged it back to the fence where we could cross it. When I looked back again I saw the cow standing in victory pose... not following us anymore, thank god. Later, we checked this on the internet - turns out that cows *do* get very sensitive about strangers at dusk! They don't like potential predators in their place while they sleep... very sensible, really.
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Janet Graham 3 years ago
I watched a video of some tourist in Yellowstone walking along a boardwalk path, right past several buffalo. The bull was shaking his lowered head and bellowing and throwing dirt. They stopped and took some pics and then continued along the boardwalk which was actually walking towards him. He charged them, the Dad got his little girl out of the way and took the horn in his arm before the Bison backed off. And then the idiot teenagers started walking towards him along the boardwalk, again! The Dad got the family turned around to get out of the Bison's space. Dis they think the Bison could not get on the boardwalk? Did they think that it was their safe space? This family got away with their lives, although dad was ambulances to a hospital for wound care.
René Studer 3 years ago
Do it. Pet the buffalo. Take a selfie with the tiger. Try to cuddle with a bear. I’m all for natural selection.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
True, but definitely do NOT go pet the African buffalo either. Absolutely do no. That's ... about as bad as cuddling a hippo and petting a rhino or hand-feeding a lion.
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James G. Currie 3 years ago (edited)
What is a buffalo / bison? One tonne off pissed of bovine, wearing axe heads on it's feet, razor tipped clubs on it's head - which is made up of a bulldozer blade, incidentally - who cares more for the steaming patty it just dropped than you...unless you approach it, in which case it will gleefully use it's weapons on you, just to make sure you don't hurt one of the herd.
Paul Pienkowski 3 years ago
Wolves, too. Those little fluff balls wagging their tail at you from the forest probably have momma just waiting for you to try petting one. Wolves may be dogs, but they are NOT tame and they will kill you if you touch their puppies.
Disgruntled Pelican 3 years ago
I swear there's at least one story every winter of some passionate (stupid) tourist who tries to save a baby buffalo by putting it in the back of their vehicle. They're then FLOORED when they get in trouble.
#9
Deciding they like it so much here that they are going to purchase our homes for over market value so they can turn them into AirBNBs. And in turn, pricing the locals out of ever owning homes in their own town.
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
Or evicting long term tenants in favour of doing short stay Airbnb. That's been a massive issue close to where I live, and it's also making it so hard to find anywhere else for people to rent. Those who do live there find these short term tenants noisy and that they don't respect the surrounding communities as they are just there for a short holiday.
TheBoringRogue 3 years ago
Exactly the same in my area. A small town that now has over 250 holiday homes/Air BnB's. all 2/3 bedroom properties which is exactly what local families can not rent anymore. Also forced house prices well above any local pay scale
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Lyn Mason 3 years ago
Starting to think that AirBNB should be taxed out of existence. It worked well when people were letting out a spare room or two, but now it is causing homelessness when greedy people are using it for short term lets.
Bi-Polar Express 3 years ago
This has ruined my home. No one can afford to rent here right now. So tourists get upset over the lack of service. You can't buy everything, price it like crazy and then expect people to afford to live here on the wages they are offered. No one is driving up this mountain to work for nothing.
Roxy Rousseau 3 years ago
Reminding me of smaller costal towns in Australia. All bought up as holiday holes or to rent to tourists, No locals can afford to live there anymore, so they moved away and come tourist season, there’s no one to work hospitality/entertainment jobs that tourists want! Vicious cycle.
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30_Helens_Agree 3 years ago
This is happening in my town and it’s pretty devastating to see. We have a severe labor shortage because “investors” and the wealthy have bought up all the affordable housing for short term rentals.
Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
Same here. Half of Belgium and England seem to have a holiday house in my little Mediterranean town. They are not good advertisements for their country getting drunk and buying very little except pizza and booze.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
This happens a lot in cape town. Locals basically can't really afford the coast anymore. Sickening. I hope we pass a no-foreign-ownership law at some stage.
Christine Melano 3 years ago
Same happening here. Some new landlords switched to Airbnb thus removing rentals from the market to make loads of money but creating an even more scarce market for affordable housing. We are living an affordable housing crisis because of alot of Airbnbs.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
More and more US communities are making them illegal for those and other reasons.
We asked if The World Counts would advise that people stop traveling altogether. They told us, "No, but we do recommend that people think about ways to travel in more sustainable ways, including: take the train instead of flying, look for 'eco-tourism' options at the destination that offer greener practices/alternatives compared to traditional traveling, make an effort to buy local products and support local businesses that are environmentally conscious, travel locally instead of going across the globe, observe earth-friendly habits also when travelling, i.e. paying respect to nature, stop littering, no excessive use/consumption."
"It is also worth mentioning that while tourism certainly can have negative impacts on the environment, eco-tourism can promote sustainable awareness and solutions in travel destinations, which in turn can help to both conserve natural resources and contribute to local economies," they told Bored Panda. "And not to forget, embracing eco-tourism can also help us adopt better and more earth-friendly habits at home as well."
#10
Stop trying to hike up a mountain in flip-flops!
Also, don't try to use an air mattress as a mode of transport between islands.
Several of these every year...
piruoztek 3 years ago
So many foreign people do it in Slovak mountains and then there are news how helicopter had to save foreign tourist or that they didn't survive. Also they went there in shorts, but while in valley is heat, up there is much colder and weather can change in few minutes.
AnotherAtheist 3 years ago
Same in Slovenia and we only have mitilary helicopers.
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Claudia Schmid 3 years ago
The flipflop thing applies to all mountainous regions
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Sharkyra 3 years ago
Happens a lot in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. Tourists lie on their floats (we also call them "air mattresses" in the region) or try to even paddle to a nearby island or sea rock. They may even fall asleep and the sea currents or winds take them to high waters. Usually the coast guard or a passing boat finds them if they're lucky...
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Higgleton 3 years ago
Met two guys climbing Mt Fuji, one wearing a silk dressing gown and the other wearing a three piece suit. They'd been drinking and thought it would be funny. On the way down I saw them lying on the floor, shivering with the cold (5am 2000m up) I checked on them but they said they were fine. Often think about them.
Gregory Birkett 3 years ago
I live in Florida. Wear leather sandals year round.. and there are MANY countries that are the same. (India comes to mind rather quickly) Don't think the issue is "flip flops" as much as the person wearing them not able to navigate in them. I can and do hike in ALL sorts of terrain in my sandals
Sharkyra 3 years ago
The problem is that tourists wearing inadequate footwear think it will be no problem walking around on karst rocks. The buses sometimes take them to the tops of nearby mountains on the Adriatic coast to enjoy the view of the shore below. They are ALWAYS warned to dress appropriately but they neglect the warnings and go wandering off into the woods alone. They fall somewhere (because NO, you cannot hike on karst with flip-flops, no matter how skilled you think you are), break a limb or two, and freeze at nightfall. Then organized searches usually find them. It's the same story every year.
Load More Replies... Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
As an avid hiker this makes me rage. It is one of the stupidest and incredibly dangerous things that you can do. I think that a lot of tourists severely underestimate and under-prepare for hikes abroad.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Likely because they have never actually hiked anywhere...
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Shortstuff 6 months ago
Coming to New Zealand and hiking in the mountains with little or no experience, then rescuers putting their lives at risk trying to find them. All funded by the taxpayer.
#11
Deface world heritage sites for souvenirs or internet clout.
For example: **The Colosseum** in Rome has graffiti carved into it's walls by arsehole tourists and **Stone Henge** is closed off to the public because arseholes were chipping pieces off for souvenirs.
WordWeaver 3 years ago
I would use much stronger language. Interestingly, this desire to record one's presence goes right back to the historic eras of the buildings. I bet the owners back then were pissed off at it!
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And if it says "Do not climb the walls", do not climb the walls. Your half open busted scull will damage the 2000-year old building and we don't want that
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I suggest the Saudi punishment here would deter people. Have a guy in a centurion uniform patrolling and have him chop off hands.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
The day before I went to visit Stonehenge, graffiti was sprayed on every stone. Because it was obscenities, they were covered by black plastic. Disgusting pricks.
Jay Cee 1 year ago
Especially that prick Sir Christopher Wren - fancy carving his "tag" on Stonehenge! Don't care if he DID design St Paul's Cathedral.
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basil 3 years ago
Stonehenge is STILL a sacred religious site that we should respect, and it's one of the oldest relics we have.
Jay Cee 1 year ago
If you mean the druids then BS. Stonehenge circa 3000 BCE - first druids circa 350 BCE.
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Seán Hannan 3 years ago
The Colosseum has probably got more graffiti from locals than from tourists. Italians seem to be unable to resist writing stuff on walls. Also, there is probably graffiti on those walls that date back to when it was new. Like I said, Italians love to write on walls.
Guillaume O'Perucha 3 years ago
Well to be fair the colosseum has had graffiti craved into its wall for more than 2000 years, nothing new. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/130129-roman-italy-graffiti-colosseum-archeology-photo
Aleksa Boo 3 years ago
you have these in every country, even among the natives. in Lithuania, we have stones stolen from local ancient castles by local Polish minority (I am not saying that all Poles are like these, mind it) to build their houses from them
#12
Amsterdam. Walking around like they're at Legoland, blindly stepping into traffic, oblivious to the fact that people actually live here. We use the bike to get to work, to get groceries, we're not just aimlessly cycling around for the fun of it.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
I've had people peering into my house! I have curtains but they are not closed in daytime. I caught them at it and sent them impolitely on their way.
WordWeaver 3 years ago
Like you were an actor in a theme park. Rude and ignorant.
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Rod 3 years ago
I'm French and lived in NL for 7 years (A'dam and Den Haag) and I loved to yell, in French of course, at silly French tourists while I was riding my bike.
Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
Amsterdam has been badly impacted by tourists. I used to visit as a child with my father 50 years ago. Relaxed and elegant.
Jan van den Broek 3 years ago
Being born there (almost 60 years ago), Amsterdam isn't Amsterdam anymore.
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This has been my experience living in several major cities: tourists not only treat our functional, working spaces like their amusement park, they actually expect us to make accommodations for them accordingly. Sorry, Kevin and Debbie, I'm trying to get to work. You and your stupid family need to move to one side the sidewalk/away from my door/not take up the entire front of a building or middle of the street to take multiple pictures.
MJ 3 years ago
Not in Amsterdam but we encounter the similar situation of tourists stopping in the middle of the freaking road to take pictures of peoples houses and s**t because they want a 'quaint farmhouse Instagram vibe' or whatever. It's incredibly annoying and honestly unsafe to pull over without warning or reason in the middle of the road while driving.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Part of that may be a bit cultural. Some places travel on the right, some on the left. That can cause lots of crowded conditions when they all get together.
Juniper 3 years ago
Dutch person here. There are so many rural Dutch villages and towns or quieter cities which has less tourist traps, is cheaper for a holiday and has less..marijuana
Maggie Man 3 years ago
Been to Amsterdam and Utrecht. The latter is much more charming, with cleaner air! I hope the locals didn't mind me taking photos of their houses though. They have very pretty gardens!
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wv10014 3 years ago
Yes, I understand, but it's also a big adjustment (as a tourist) to get used to crossing a street on Amsterdam. Even on the smallest streets you have 4 lanes of traffic - with cars and bikes going both ways - at different rates of speed. You can't step off the sidewalk (on a larger street) or take one step to either side (on a smaller street) without checking in all directions to see if a bicyclist is coming from somewhere going at a speed like a bat out of hell. It's absolutely miserable to walk the streets of Amsterdam (or any other Dutch town) because you are constantly afraid of getting in someone's way or getting hit by a bicycle!
Etienne Brinkman 3 years ago
Maybe public transport is a better option for you?
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Lastly, we asked The World Counts what they think travelers should keep in mind before making their next trip. They told us, "That our choices of products and services have global consequences that are very real. This is true at home, but certainly also (and maybe more so) when it comes to travelling. Put an effort into making your next trip contribute to your own understanding of sustainability and habits, and how it contributes to our planet’s health."
"To illustrate the pressure, consumers in western countries put on the planet: If everyone lived like the average American consumer, we would need 5.2 planets to support us."
If you'd like to learn more about how to protect our planet and live a more sustainable life, be sure to check out The World Counts right here.
#13
[Bangkok - Thailand] dating and f#cking girls half or less your age.
Yes, there are many, many old pervert men here.
Libstak 3 years ago
When an older man tells me he has holidays in Thailand with mates I steer clear of him and his mates every time.
Ray Heap 3 years ago
Some years ago, I was in Pattaya in a work assignment. Airport, Customer, Hotel. Repeat until two weeks later. Never got to see much. Recently I mentioned that I would like to go back for a visit. The „you dirty old man“ looks I got. I know that there is a lot of sex tourism, but Pattaya and indeed Thailand have so munch more to offer. Perhaps I’ll just go and enjoy Thailand without telling anyone. Not everybody goes there for a quick shag.
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FreshGanesh 3 years ago
I was in Thailand for a few months (with trips to Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam & Laos, sometimes to extend my visa for Thailand) as part of 2.5 years I spent in SE Asia/India. I was a somewhat naive 20-something gay boy and had no idea just how disgustingly perverted some people can be. I was propositioned so many times by underage kids and sickened that the power of the money of the wealthy tourist has normalized this to the point that even not looking for it, it was offered. It seriously made me sick. As an older male, I can’t imagine the perception if I traveled there alone. Because when I hear of middle aged & older men going to Thailand, I assume they’re sick in the head. Sucks to have to think this, even worse is the chances of it being true.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Yep. It's horrible. And you being a male tourist doesn't help ... They see you with a dollar sign on the forehead. It is very very sad.
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Mioux Mioux 3 years ago
The fact that the phrase "sex-tourism" even exists tells you everything about how f*****g disgusting humans can be.
M Calad 3 years ago
I (F) used to work on construction vessels. While onboard, one colleague (M) told me to stay away from an old creepy dude who was part of the deck crew. I asked why and he told me that earlier that day the dude merrily told some of the guys onboard how cheap it was to sleep with underage girls in Thailand and that you could even pay to be with virgin girls who were disturbingly young. He was travelling there every time he had the chance. He even offered them his contact in Thailand. My colleague stood up and left the convo in shock. It was just sickening to hear. How sad 😥
SirWriteALot 3 years ago
"Holidays in Thailand" is simply synonymous with sex tourism. If you visit Thailand for its culture, you usually do it for longer than a week.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
Thailand is a fun place to visit though... unless you're my ex who had explosive diarrhoea at the side of the road in some tiny little village we were passing through. Do try to keep your s**t in toilets, however. I think that goes without saying. xD also be sure to try the local food, it's far better than "westernized" Thai food. (which I often find tastes too much of lemongrass, and thus like soap .-. ) and no, it won't give you the shits. That was just unfortunate coincidence.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Well, it has a reputation for a reason. If the Thai people want to clean it up, they can. But, I think they enjoy the revenue. The rest of us just from ever going there.
#14
Stopping dead in a crowd in the middle of the sidewalk.
Adi A. 3 years ago
Yeah becuase sidewalks are just far walks, if I want to catch my breath or just stop for any reason I can teleport into a forest.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
I'd actually love to be able to teleport into a forest any time I want. But that said, I still will stop when I feel like it on a sidewalk. There is no noticeable time lost if people have to walk around me, I'm not that bulky
Load More Replies... Featherytoad 3 years ago
I am sometimes guilty of this in the grocery store. Yep, sometimes I'm that person. But I do catch myself and say sorry to the person if someone is behind me.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago (edited)
I learned living in NYC that you don't stop for them. Nope, just walk right through them. Give 'em an authentic rude city person experience.
Greta Kolding 3 years ago
If people would just put their phones away and watch where they are going.
CatsWearingHats 3 years ago
Your not the main character, the sky looks the exact same as where your from. Stop standing there and looking at it patrica.
Georgina Lenna 6 months ago
yes, huge problem in downtown Athens too.They fail to grasp that it's also the business district, lots of ministries & HO of banks around Syntagma area and no, I don't have to put up with you taking selfies at the pavement in front of my workplace entrance.
Sentin White 3 years ago
Or walking through the gate in a supermarket and then just stop walking so no one can get through.
#15
Please visit local businesses. COVID hit them hard. I know they aren't as big and well known as Disney and Kennedy Space Center but they have a lot of charm, too.
karl briggs 3 years ago
Why go for standardised, when you can go for unique, quaint and different?
Brendan Boudreaux 3 years ago
I live in San Francisco. For the love of god do not come here and ask to eat at Cheescake factory or bubba Gump's on the wharf. We have some of the best restaurants in the world and the amount of people who come to visit and want to eat at these two restaurants is infuriating.
RandomPanda 3 years ago
one of my favorite restaurants in SF is the Mona Lisa Ristorante in Little Italy. They have some of the best italian food I've ever had in the US.
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This one makes an excellent point. You are actually helping the local people and the local economy when you do this. And you get a truly local experience too.
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
Small businesses always have more personality and feel than the big corporations.
We consulted Ecotourism World to find out their best recommendations for traveling more sustainably, and you might be pleasantly surprised to hear how easy some of their tips are. The first one is to be mindful of where you’re going. Traveling to a lesser known destination is a great way to reduce the strain on resources in more popular sites. And if you are really determined to see that famous landmark or national park, consider going during the off season. With less tourists around, it is easier for the environment and the locals to handle visitors then. Plus you're likely to encounter much smaller queues and crowds, and might even get to pay less for accommodation and tickets.
#16
Stop buying all the houses and pushing out locals.
TeenieMeanie 3 years ago
Add to that, stop supporting Air BnBs and companies like it. It’s no longer what it was when it started and it’s make life everywhere miserable.
David Furr 3 years ago
Truth, want to see rents become affordable again? Ban Air B&B in your locale!
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Šárka Horneková 3 years ago
I would say avoid professional hosts on Airbnb - support local owners. When you rent your cottage or summer house and make some extra money - I don't see anything wrong about it
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Happened in Nova Scotia about 15+ years ago... Rich buyers from Europe and Eastern US would buy a property for 3-5x market value, causing taxes to go up to the point that freeholders had to sell and leave the community their families had been in for generations.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Every place of beauty or quiet eventually attracts so many tourists that it loses all of its attractiveness.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
In my town, second home (aka holiday home) ownership is so stupidly high that people voted to ban/end ownership of second homes, aka: "all new-build and additional housing should be restricted to full-time local occupation as a primary residence" ... there is also a lot of guesthouses here too, but they at least have people in them throughout the year.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Some silly people were thinking you were a liar and downvoted you... Here's an upvote to counteract one...
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James G. Currie 3 years ago
Well, if it is a question of sell, or have the land siezed for inability to cover Property Taxes, are you going to tell them to not sell?
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Asians coming to New Zealand, buying houses, pushing the price up, then renting them out for exorbitant rents. Locals can't afford to buy a house and really struggle to pay the rent.
Seadog 3 years ago
Been renovating a 1920 bungalow for 4+ years. I've lost count how many idiots have wanted to buy it. One for the assessed value before work ever began, couldn't understand why at that time we would sell as is for $300K when assessed value was $78500. He actually asked "how did you arrive at that figure?" Do you really think I don't know how much I have invested in it? Not to mention 5000+ man hours. Last person who pestered me I finally told him $500K as is. That finally shut him up. There are plenty of houses around for sale, go buy one of those and pour your own money into it's reno. It's my sons house and he really isn't interested in selling, why is that so hard to understand? And the number of people that stop and want us to work on their house. OMG. We work for a living 5.5 - 6 days a week, and we're not licensed contractors. You acknowledged you only see us working on the house on the weekend. When do you think we'd have time to do anything for anyone?
#17
Stop feeding the damn seagulls…
Boudewijn van der Mik 3 years ago
In the City of Oostende in Belgium you can get a €50,- fine for feeding Seagulls. Seriously
Heather Rea 5 months ago
To be fair, I'm pretty sure most of the seagulls will just steal your food anyway.
Catherine Hutt 6 months ago
And the d**n Canada geese! They stay here all year round now and our parks are full of goose poop! It’s against the law in many places to feed them.
#18
Stop disrespecting the spot you're visiting. Every time I go to places after tourists have visited all I see is rubbish, names carved into monuments, gum stuck to the path and I especially hate it when they're loud
WordWeaver 3 years ago
All the way to the top of Mt Everest. We left junk on the Moon and Mars too.
Arenite 3 years ago
There is a famous photo of the earth taken from space. It’s beautiful, a blue gem on black velvet. There is also a much more recent photo that shows the earth as it looks now, the space around clogged with satellites, space labs, discarded parts etc. it’s disgusting. Humans ruin everything.
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Really 3 years ago
New Orleans after a Mardi Gras Parade? If so the city uses the trash's weight to estimate the crowd size.
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
It sure looks like Canal Street! I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras in 2015 & after the Endymion parade, I hung around with a friend & watched the city workers come thru & clean up - it was amazing to see & almost as good as the actual parade!
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That photo looks like the aftermath of a huge street party - like Mardi Gras.
After choosing your destination, you’ll need to find accommodation. Nowadays, there are plenty of eco-friendly options from hostels to B&Bs to hotels. Opt for locally owned establishments over chain hotels, as your money will be doing more for the community in the hands of the locals. Do your research about how where you’re staying handles waste and how they manage to cut down on water and electricity usage. An added bonus of staying in smaller, locally owned accommodation means you are more likely to have an authentic experience. Being around locals gives you the opportunity to learn about their culture and cuisine and avoid the masses of tourists that would be staying at a larger hotel.
#19
Edinburgh Scotland- I do not want to hear your best attempt at imitating my accent to my face, American Tourists.
The castle is on a hill in the middle of the city, if you can’t see it, turn in a circle. It’s that big thing on the hill. Walk towards it. I’m late for work, please, just read the bus timetable and don’t stop and quiz the driver of EVERY BUS “do you go to the castle?!”
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
It is not cute or funny to ask locals about their kilts and what they wear under them, either.
Petra Moon 3 years ago
I asked a Scotsman if anything is worn under his kilt. He said no, everything is in perfect working order.
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Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
I bloody hate the accent attempts, its so cringe and uncomfortable. And its not edinboro. Its edinbruh. And dont calls us scotch or jocks,very much not appreciated. And yes it rains, fairly often, buy an umbrella and stop moaning
Purple Monkey 3 years ago
I once had an American tourist tell me I was pronouncing Glasgow wrong. No pal it’s pronounced Glaz-go not Glass-cow, I mean I’ve only lived there for the last 25 years…
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Nika Strokappe 3 years ago
Imitating an accent is also something the brain can subconsciously do, to better understand the accent and thus make it easier to follow the conversation. This not everyone is doing this on purpose
3 years ago
I do this accidentally all the time in conversation with my friends, some have british and americain accents, I randomly mimic them without even thinking sometimes and they get annoyed at me. Most people don't do it on purpose lol, unless they're as*holes
Load More Replies... Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this. No, we do not all sound like Groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons. Our accents are as varied as accents in the United States and other parts of the world. Don't look at me like you can't understand me. Just please don't imitate anybody's accent- it is embarrassing.
Bumblebee 3 years ago
Seriously, why do North Americans think they're so good at fake accents lol it's CONSTANT
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
It isn't just Americans doing the bad accents...
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Sue User 3 years ago
Apologies in advance for when I finally visit. I have this weird thing where I mimic somesones accent. It is not intentional, it just starts happening. I once spent an entire trans atlantic flight talking to my seatmate in an English accent. By the time I realised I was doing it, it was too late/embarrasing to stop.
No One 3 years ago
Those of us in other parts of the world don’t have the ability to see a castle whenever, so yeah… if I travel thousands of miles to a location where there is a castle, I certainly do want to see it. And I would be more than grateful for some information on other unique locations to check out too!
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Andrew Harlick 3 years ago
When the and Festival is on I purposely wear a Hearts top (the local football team) so Fringe folk will recognise that I'm a local & not bother me.
Lou Cam 3 years ago
Sounds like a plan but then most places don't allow football colours in (including work).
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#20
I used to live and work in one of the UK'S university towns. Most of my research work was in one of the college libraries which was built in about 1580. In the summer especially we would have endless streams of tourists trooping through, shouting at the top of their voices. The library was in a private/no access zone and marked clearly with "Private - No Admittance" signs.
The tourists could be quite abusive when asked to leave because they had 'paid' for their tour; which meant they were entitled to go anywhere they wanted, take pictures of all the students and shout to each other about how 'old and cute' everything looked.
People live and work here you morons! Can't you understand that?
And the littering and smoking. In a library full of rare books.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Me too! And they MEAN it when they say to keep off the grass. I don't care if you think it's classist or "just want a quick picture," you KEEP OFF THE GRASS. My favorite is when someone would ask "Can you tell me how to get to the University?" as if it's one building, and not, you know, 39 colleges over the entire city with the exception of some of the businesses.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
They have them. Tourists do things like wait and walk in behind people, or knock/rattle the doors, or go to the porters' lodges to demand to be let in.
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AMaureen Dance 3 years ago
Is 'paid for the tour' the reason they think it's okay to wander into private homes?
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Well, who did they pay? It's possible that the tour companies are behind all of this c**p. There are many famous churches around that actually have people manning the entrance to be sure they are properly dressed. In Italy, that means no shorts and women covering their heads. The TajMahal used to not allow women (that may have changed) The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City does not allow women into the inner parts. It might be worth it to have folks at the door controlling the idiots.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
I went to glasgow university, i feel this one! And was often used as a filming location as its such a beautiful building
Ruth Watry 6 months ago
Time to get security guards, and make the tour company help pay for them
PinkPeppered Squid 3 years ago
Would definitely be the US (queue the downvotes from all the yank karens)
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Haggle on every single item you buy.
I've seen tourists wearing Rolex's try haggle down a price for a painting from a street artist. Wanted to pay 2 dollars for a piece he had likely spent an hour working on.
It's f*****g embarrassing and insulting for everyone involved.
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
Culturally dependent. If there are no prices posted and I see the locals haggling, I haggle. If it's just tourists, there are prices posted, or I hear the same price twice, I pay whatever the merchant says.
Donna Lyons 3 years ago
When that happened to me, I made sure to say "Your Rolex is just beautiful", or "Thats quite a diamond, I love it", i always pointed out and complimented all their expensive stuff
Teacher's Resources 3 years ago (edited)
Rich people are stingy. That’s one of the many reasons they amass wealth.
Lauren Andrews 3 years ago
In some cultures haggling is expected and it’s considered rude not too
Nightshade1972 3 years ago
I remember a NAR story about an American woman who was on holiday in the UK. She apparently went someplace that charged admission. She tried to pay with US bills and coins, and was very shocked and offended when they told her they could take UK currency, but not US. "Did you not see the places in the airport where you could have exchanged your US currency for UK currency?" "Why should I have to, you idiot?! US currency's good all over the world!" If you say so...
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
You don't even have to see tourists for that. I've seen people in luxury vehicles pull up to vendors and try to haggle prices that are already cheap. Or do the whole "that's too expensive, I can't pay that, I can pay...." knowing the person needs to sale so they can easily rip them off.
Mioux Mioux 3 years ago
I love people who try to haggle at some obvious place where it's just not done, like Arby's or The Gap (Do they even exist anymore).
Another way to be an eco-tourist is to seek out eco-tours operated by locals. “Not only will this return some profits back into the local community, but it’s even more beneficial for you because the locals always know the most ideal locations to offer you the best possible experience,” Ecotourism World notes. The best way to learn about any place is to hear from the locals, and you are likely to be more welcomed when they know you care as much about their environment as they do. Do a little research online for the best eco-tours wherever you are traveling to, and you will be sure to find a unique and meaningful experience.
#22
Iceland here. Stop s******g absolutely everywhere.
Nobody likes your f*****g drone.
Learn to drive and do not stop in the middle of the road after a blind hill and turn off your lights to watch the northern lights in the dark.
Do not park your camper vans in residential parking.
Respect the landscape and for f***s sake listen to the warnings about sneaker waves in Reynisfjara. People risk their lives to save you when you can't listen and respect nature
Owain Shebbeare 3 years ago
Sadly it is an issue in many parts of the world: tourists will happily take a dump wherever they like, seems more common in some places, but coastal and wilderness areas are most common. As a former tourist operator we were actually taught that this was an issue, and ways of managing it.
Load More Replies... Tabernus 3 years ago
to save you all googling - "The term "sneaker wave" is popular rather than scientific, derived from the observation that such a wave can "sneak up" on an unwary beachgoer"
WordWeaver 3 years ago
In Western Australia we call them "king waves" and many many people have drowned by being swept off rocks by king waves.
Load More Replies... Featherytoad 3 years ago
All I've seen is comments about sneaker waves. You all aren't wondering more about people pooping every where? What is the story behind that?
Siggi Qu 3 years ago
Alot of tourists come in o cafes or shops just to use the bathroom so companies started charging for it, and in return people started pooping everywhere, in the street, in peoples gardens you name it
Load More Replies... Allison Sullivan 3 years ago
Iceland in 2015 was epic. It really sounds like dirtbag tourists have pretty much ruined it now :-(
Historyharlot93 3 years ago
I want to know why pooping is a problem there. Is OP being literal?
Psycho Cat 3 years ago
I had to google sneaker waves, so i saw Big sneaker wave at Djúpalónssandur, Iceland and let me tell you, I'd be sitting on that hill all day and just watch the waves come and go. Looks amazing!
James G. Currie 3 years ago
This is why, in many places, once you've been rescued, you are handed a bill for up to *hundreds* of thousands of dollars, depending on your particular bit of stupidity, and the level of risk to the rescuers. If there are warnings, HEED THEM. If there are not, remember standing near the edge of a cliff can be fatal!
Ian Webling 3 years ago
'Big sneaker wave at Djúpalónssandur, Iceland'. Is that to differentiate it from 'Big sneaker wave at Djúpalónssandur, New Jersey'?
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
hmm no the Faroe islands have a similar spelling-style so...
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Shadow 7 months ago
Sneaker waves! that's a really good term we should start using it locally. I live near a popular tourist destination where the waves can take you off 15m cliffs on a calm day. People that get swept into the ocean usually die before the locals can get into their boats. Then the locals sometimes die trying to get the body. STAY OFF THE BLACK ROCKS!!!
#23
Stopping their cars in the middle of the road to take in a view. WTF?
Chich 3 years ago
Came over the crest of a hill in the winter to find a vehicle in the middle of the road, both doors open and people standing around taking in the scenery. Made it past without hitting anyone but I am sure I added some good descriptive terms on questionable ancestry to their vocabulary.
albernistuff 4sale 3 years ago
And they probably were mad at you for driving too fast....(on your side here)
Load More Replies... Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
I just took a long drive that involved several scenic bridges, all of which had barriers built up high enough that you couldn't take pictures, because this phenomenon has become such a hazard.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
Pretty horrible to think that the views are now nonexisting and buggered up bc of idiot tourists. The landscape doesn't improve. Shame huh!
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Dave Hinckley 3 years ago
Yeah, i have a picture of a car with Ohio plates stopped in the middle of the damned road, with all 4 doors open, while the occupants were 10 feet away from a bull elk. I guess they wanted to get stomped by bambi. This was at the Grand Canyon
Happy Daihatsu 🇺🇦 3 years ago
While I have never experienced someone come to a complete stop, I've seen people go ~30 in a 55, and since there's only one lane in each direction it really slows things down. If you want to stop, wait until there's a pull-off or another spot where you can stop without blocking traffic.
Sue User 3 years ago
A few years ago, some idiot set off fireworks and started a fire in Oregon. The area is calked " the gorge" because the Columbia River has cut into the earth. They closed the road on one side of the river. Whole mountainsides were on fire. Scary stuff. When I got to the other side, peopke were lined up on side ( windy mountain road) filming.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
And there are usually 'scenic pull offs nearby to keep people from doing just that.
asexualotl (she/her) 3 years ago
just video the window so you can look at the views later, not that hard.
#24
Taking pictures of locals (African)
Caro Caro 3 years ago
WHAT. They try to touch your hair... that's so rude. Sorry this happens. I do have a funny story tho. When I went to Thailand I ended up in a village where they had never seen a white woman before and I have blonde hair too. The kids would touch my arm and look at their finger to check if I was really that colour. Aaaaw.
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Barbara Williams 3 years ago
A friend accompanied me to Australia and there was a group of Aboriginals sitting in a park in Alice Spring. She KNEW they did not want their picture taken, but did anyway. They yelled at her, I was mortified. Soon rude
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 3 years ago
While I understand how this is a particular issue with dark-skinned people vs lighter-skinned tourists, d not take ANY one's picture without permission. It is inappropriate and in most countries also illegal (unless they happen to stand in front of a building you are photographing on accident ... I'd say it's impossible to not have Italians on a picture of the Colosseum or French on a pic of the Eiffel Tower)
James G. Currie 3 years ago
If you want a picture of one of the locals... ASK. Taking a picture of a local, or even location, in some jurisdictions will see you tossed in jail for Espionage! As your Guide FIRST!
Corrsfan 3 years ago
I think it depends on who you are asking. Is it a good friend? Then perhaps yes. Otherwise go to a wig shop and touch away.
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Vicki Doggurl 3 years ago
Like people go to Africa just to see the locals, like a zoo? Wow! That is crazy sad!
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Many of our Native Villages have signs posted that you can't take your own photos, but they will sell you one.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
I am an artist and especially draw and paint people - all kinds of people. I would always ask the person if they mind if I take their picture. Can even show them samples of my work on my camera so they know I am not just trying to invade their privacy. There are many areas that people make their living with tourist photographs and charge for them.
Jen Cook 3 years ago
I'm white and people took pictures and stared at me daily when I lived in China. Some even asked if I'd pose with their children. There was also a really uncomfortable shower after a swim where not just staring but pointing and yelling at others to look at a naked me occurred, yes it was a fully grown woman older than me doing the yelling.
With all of this being said, tourism is not inherently bad. I love traveling as much as the next person, possibly even more, and I do not intend to demonize it. Tourism can have wonderful benefits for economies, as it is one of the top 5 exports of 83% of countries in the world and employs 7% of the world’s workers. It is also a great way for us to understand our planet better. What better way is there to learn about another culture than to experience it? We just have to be mindful when visiting other places. Let’s keep the golden rule in mind when traveling, treat your travel destination the same way you would want your home to be treated.
#25
Generally being loud. A big party or multiple families just don’t care when in your favorite restaurant, park or attraction. Live in a tiny town with a resident-only beach on a lake that is very quiet. Second home owners come in and just are loud and don’t control their hoards of kids. You can just tell who is local who is not.
Also airbnbs are ruining the area. People living for 30+ years in very wooded/private lots but have to hear constant partiers every summer night now. Literally is ruining peoples lives…
Ravens Mom 3 years ago
It really does. I live in a quiet suburb with great neighbors and the houses on the next street is now an airbnb and it's horrible. The people who stay there don't care about the community we have worked hard over the years building or the neighborhood because they are only there for a short time.
Load More Replies... Janet Graham 3 years ago
Yes! No one wants to hear your music or your stories or your fussy babies!
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Being loud is generally a tell that you are a tourist, and probably oblivious, which then makes you a target for petty theft. My mom and cousin refused to believe this when they visited me in NYC once, and kept being obnoxious, yelling things like "WE'RE ON VACATION!" When I'd tell them to tone it down because it was dangerous, they'd then yell about that, too. "YOU'RE SUCH A BUMMER! WE'RE ON VACATION!" On the subway. It finally took pulling a little kid's hand out of my cousin's purse to make it clear. Kicker? Cousin is a LEO.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
if the local bylaws have Noise Pollution statues, use 'em. Might take a couple hours on a busy weekend for the boys in blue to visit, but they will. Repeat offenders start receiving some quite healthy fines. If it is a short term rental situation, check the legalities in your area. If they are not zoned for such, the fines alone could cost the owner the property in particularly serious situations!
#26
Driving drunk. I live in Sonoma County, California. Make sure you’ve got a sober driver ffs. The roads around here are never more dangerous than winery tasting room closing time on a sunny weekend.
Edit: So many fellow locals in this thread! Hello neighbors!
Be safe out there, no matter where you are.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Immediate seizure of the vehicle for 7 days, and a 6 month license suspension (no exceptions) for a first time offender would be nice. If it is a high-end rental, that is going to be a VERY expensive night out!
Load More Replies... rumade 3 years ago
I really want to go on a wine holiday in California. But I would definitely hire a driver for the time I was there!
Lisa H 3 years ago
With that plan, it would be well worth it. I live relatively close to a lot of wineries in California so I can safely say that as long as you stick to the plan of having a sober driver, you'll have a lot of fun 😀
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Erica Ventura 3 years ago
I'm in Santa Rosa too! I work at a winery during passport to dry Creek and I am always so nervous driving home at the end of the day...
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Diana Pahule 3 years ago
Start a shuttle bus service to pick up and drop off at all the local hotels?
James G. Currie 3 years ago
If you are drinking at a party, one drink may be up to three servings of alcohol. You may be legally intoxicated and not even know it!
Erica Ventura 3 years ago
I agree! Fellow Sonoma county resident here too with some family in the wine business. Just Uber it people! It makes wine tasting more fun anyway...
#27
Using Airbnb. I live in a tourist city which has basically been taken over by Airbnb. Rental occupancy rate is something like 0.3%. It's a mess.
Pheebs 3 years ago
I live in a tourist area that managed to pass a law that will not allow temporary rentals line Air BnB. There are still temp rentals, but I think they have to be registered through some local organization or something. We have a lot of hotels, resorts, and condos that will more than support any size party. No need to rent a house 2+ miles away from where you want to be.
René Studer 3 years ago (edited)
I‘m sorry but I’m sure there is another page on this website that tells me to never use hotels in tourist cities, because they rip off tourists. Now what??
aubergine10003 3 years ago
exactly. If Airbnbs are a better deal than hotels, than I'm going to stick with them.
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IamMe 3 years ago
Where I live, a lot of the bigger apartments are now called Airbnb, but are really just rooms for rent on a long term basis. The landlords make more money that way, and the tenants have less rights. Families get the worst of it, because they can't afford to compete for houses now, and can't find a regular apartment to rent, either.
We hope you’re enjoying this list of insight from locals and that you’ve learned something useful for your next trip. No matter where your travels take you, remember to make as small of an impact as possible and to support the natives as much as you can. Even if you would never want to live in a tourist destination, it's important to be empathetic to people who do. They love their homes, and they shouldn't have to work overtime trying to preserve them. Be sure to upvote the responses you found most informative, and then let us know in the comments if you have ever lived in a tourist destination. We would love to hear about your experiences.
#28
Stop walking out into the middle of an active downtown street to take group pictures of yourselves in cheerleading outfits on the spot where Kennedy was shot.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Oh, look, the World Trade Center memorial?! *duck lips* *hip thrust* and/or *peace sign*
BW Radley 3 years ago
Years ago (before cell phones with cameras) I saw a group of tourists of a certain nationality and age taking selfies and giving thumbs up on the USS Arizona Memorial. I almost did my own rendition of Hiroshima on them.
#29
Stop laying down next to the stars on the Hollywood walk of fame! Hollywood is filthy. Oh you laid down next to your favorite star? Congratulations. You’re now covered in homeless person p**s and jizz. You should burn those clothes.
L hill 3 years ago
Jizz? I got suspended for 24 hrs wondering about the cost of someones surgeries and they let this through? And yes, i am still bitter about that.
Auntriarch 3 years ago
Don't be bitter about being suspended L, it's just the downvote goblins and it's automatic.
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I read somewhere that around 90-95% of peoples' shoes have E. coli on them. From poo.
TanishaTisha 3 years ago (edited)
Who are you to decide what people enjoy? Those stars are meant to take pictures with, if you see your favorite musician and you want to get your clothes dirty - by all means do it! For a lot of people it is a once in a lifetime trip - so yeah I actually enjoy seeing people getting exited and having fun when they find their favorite star.
Jesse Corder 3 years ago
Whenever we saw the kind of person sitting/spreading next to Marilyn's star, we'd joke "I'm not sure whether it's the woman or the sidewalk that's coming away from that with more diseases."
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
What's the novelty about taking a picture with a "Star"? It's basically a plague on a pavement right? Not worth the worry.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
Ain't that the truth! And don't even think of kissing the Blarney Stone.
#30
Forgetting that people live in the community. We had to move out of a sorta-touristy area because visitors were out of control. Endless partying at short term rentals in the neighborhood. Feeling unwelcome at our regular spots because we have (very polite) kids—the staff was always cool but out of town people always acted like how dare we bring a kid out for pancakes on a Saturday morning.
Janet Graham 3 years ago
We took our family out for a family dinner at a family restaurant and they were very busy. Our little guy was hungry and got fussy. I had a man come up and ask me to take him outside because he was ruining his dining experience. It was 2 couples seated 2 tables over. Now, the restaurant was full and noisy and no one could hold a regular conversation. I told him that no, this was a family restaurant and if he did not like to eat around families he should go to a restaurant that was not family friendly.
#31
I was in Belize with a few classmates last year and I asked them how they thought the locals felt about tourists being there. My classmates said they’re probably happy because we bring money with us. Five minutes later we passed a man talking with his friend, complaining that tourists only spend money at trendy places owned by people living in the US instead of spending locally. We spent the rest of the trip eating local as often as possible.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
Glad to hear you did this. Local food is always so much more tastier than its counterparts elsewhere. (eg, as I said in an earlier comment, western Thai food vs actual Thai food)
DannX68 3 years ago
I go to Barcelona often and yes, I do go to Starbucks, because most places in Spain even a large coffee is rather small (though I do go to those places, too), and I LOVE to visit all the specialty stores and the markets. You find so many awesome and funny things off the beaten path.
Seadog 3 years ago
We have a NASCAR track where I live. Want to know how the locals feel about it? We f***in hate it. The only businesses that benefit are the hotels, grocery stores and restaurants (if you take out fast food, Mexican and pizza joints, you can count what's left on one hand). Every other business suffers and the closer you are to that end of town, the more you suffer. And if you live within 3 miles of the track, don't even think about going anywhere because you won't get out of your driveway and IF you do forget getting back home before about 9PM unless you do it while the race is running. I can't even imagine living in a tourist destination that's one year round. I worked for 2 different auto parts companies and twice a year, every year it was the same BS from corporate "schedule heavy, your sales will be up, the race is in town." No, we'll be slow because the locals avoid town like the plague and the people in for the race aren't buying anything unless it's required to get them home.
#32
Stop being a belligerent a*****e just because you’re in “N’AWLINS.” It’s still not an excuse to get blackout drunk, litter, and make hell for food service workers.
Cyd Charisse 3 years ago
And please stop telling the locals that it's properly pronounced N'awlins. No. It's not. It is pronounced New Orleans. (Like New Orlins, no long ē sound either)! If you pronounce it N'awlins, you might as well wear a clown suit with a tourist sandwich board, ringing a bell!
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
I'd love to go to New Orleans because I love the jazzy and voodoo etc sides to culture/history there, as well as the amazing food. But I feel like I wouldn't like the other tourists there. I don't see the point in getting blackout drunk. I despise people who litter and belittle workers, too. Also don't like the look of the Jesus propoganda going on in this photo either, but I'm hoping that if I were ever to go, my gayness and lack of religion etc would be fine if I didn't flaunt it too much? xP
Anne Reid 3 years ago
New Orleans is one of my favorite places to visit. I was there this past December right before Christmas & didn’t see any religious groups like in this picture. I did see Pride flags everywhere, whereas in years past they’d only be hanging on one end of Bourbon Street. The music is amazing, the food is phenomenal, and the history and architecture are interesting.
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Stop being stupid about hiking in the desert and getting seriously injured or dying. It doesn't matter if it's 75 or 115, you need to take WATER with you on ANY hike in the desert. And, no, drinking a diet Pepsi before the hike isn't going to cut it! People severely overestimate their abilities and tolerances.
WordWeaver 3 years ago
Particularly in Australia - you can dehydrate very quickly anywhere so always carry water with you. I remember a story about a Japanese student cycling around north Western Australia. He had run low on water and came on a cattle trough with artesian water. He was hot so he bathed his feet in the water then died of dehydration because he refused to drink the water he had washed his feet in.
bert daniels 3 years ago
Two of my friends died looking for the Joshua tree in california. Got stuck with their car. No water. Died walking back.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
bert, I'm sorry to hear that. Must hurt like hell. Hugs.
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#34
“I paid a lot to be here”
“Change (blank) or I’ll leave a horrible review”
Driving like a d**k head, leaving garbage anywhere but a rubbish bin, stopping in the middle of the road to let out your family of 12 instead of pulling into the parking lot.
I have a lot of stories. I live in Hawaii and work only with tourists. Best yet, My company was asked to contact the cruise ship company to have them move the ship because it disrupted the sunset.
#35
I live in Phuket. We see everything here. But for sweet jesus titty f*****g christs f***s sake: Wear at least a singlet when you go to a sit down restaurant or cafe that's not in a direct tourism area. You have bare chested bros swagger into a cafe where Thai office workers are, guns out, pecs out, sweating, and then order their twatacinos and proceed to sit there in ball sweat talking about loud bro things. Oh, and also stop driving drunk you c***s. Yeah, that moreso.
Weed in the Garden 3 years ago
He got his point across, didn't he! Upvoted!
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WordWeaver 3 years ago
No way would I go there to hang out with Ugly Tourists. Not even if you paid my way.
John Dwyer 3 years ago
Maybe that's a problem for the cafe owners to enforce. If they allow bare chested customers to use their cafe, then there will be bare chested customers sitting near you. This is the owners fault, not the tourists.
Lari 3 years ago
Sorry, no, I don't agree! It is absolutely on the customer to dress appropriately when out and about!
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Specifically regarding "Movie/TV Houses". Unless the house is a museum or has tours, it's almost certainly someone's home. Stay off their porch, don't walk through the yard, and STOP THROWING PIZZAS ON THE ROOF! The poor people who owned Walter White's house had to put up a giant fence, because the dozens of signs about it were being ignored.
Sydney-Kate 3 years ago
When i was in San Francisco a week ago i went to see the house from full house and it’s kinda sad how may no trespassing signs are on the house. Like don’t people know it was filmed in a studio and not in that actual house.
Joel Hopkins 3 years ago
I think it only took about 40 years for people to stop visiting the South Fork Ranch to see if JR actually lived there, and that the inside was completely different, or that it was actually nowhere near Dallas.
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Amanda 3 years ago
I live by the home alone house, and it was bought awhile back by a Jewish family that absolutely hates anyone coming by it. I understand their annoyance, but they have giant fences up surrounding it now, but they get pissed if you take pictures across the street. Like dude, as long as people are respectful, you need to chill. I wish I could say the same for the shameless house, people are allover it despite signs telling them no trespassing.
#37
Las Vegas- whether it’s your first time here, or 13th time here. A convention, a weekend getaway, a bachelor party- whatever. Remember to be a decent f*****g human being. Sin City does not mean ‘lawless city’.
Sydney-Kate 3 years ago
I go to Vegas all th time cause it’s th closest airport and when people show up for the first time whenever we fly in their always so excited and I’m like yeah the shows are cool and th hotels are awesome but it’s not like you’re in Disneyland you know you’re in a n actual city right
WordWeaver 3 years ago
Always be a decent human being, remembering that all those other "humanoids" are people just like you - or maybe better!
#38
Allowing their kids to do whatever they want. I grew up in a small tourist town that does Civil War re-enactments ( Ulysses S. Grant lived there when he won the presidency). Once a year they have a weekend where the Boy Scouts take over the town camping down by the river, taking tours of the historic buildings etc. every year most of the downtown shops will close for this weekend because of how much the Boy Scouts will steal or vandalize while there. Everyone that lives there dreads that weekend because the troop leaders just let the scouts do whatever they want.
Pheebs 3 years ago
Freaking Spring Break weeks in Daytona Beach, or BCR (Black College Reunion). I have nothing against either in general sense, but over the years the events morphed in to absolute insanity. Spring Break idiots jumping off the 15th story balcony of a resort aiming at the pool, only to miss. Both events have had issues of crimes - deaths, serious injuries, rape, etc. I think one year BCR had stores being broken in to because a group got out of control. I’m sure spring break has had the same (we have multiple spring break weeks, so hard to follow what’s happening when). Plus check running at restaurants. So many things. Certain events have led to a section of town being closed off, and you had to prove residency to pass in or out of the zone.
Seadog 3 years ago
Considering the image of what the boy scouts has become, I'm surprised anyone even lets their kids join anymore. Guess it show how clueless or uncaring the parents have become. But then if the kids are acting this way then I guess it's from a complete lack of parenting anyway.
#39
In my hometown, it somehow became a thing that tourists would rent mopeds.
So when you are trying to get to work, you often get stuck behind a flock of tourists on mopeds, riding at 20MPH in formation so you cannot pass them.
We are infested with gawking tourists moped gangs. If they want to rent mopeds, at least go the speed limit, and ride in a manner that allows others to pass you.
DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
After seeing the intricate chaos on Top Gear in Vietnam, I know I will just annoy everyone if I drive a moped.
#40
I'm not from there but it would p**s me off if I was but. In Cornwall so much property is purchased by rich Londoners etc. for Holiday homes These places stay empty nearly the whole year, but I've heard it makes life hell for those genuinely looking to buy / sell down there, because the prices have been thrown sky high.
Scrapiechick 3 years ago
It's a serious issue which forces many cornish people to move away from friend and family and out of country.
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
Not just Cornwall either, the Lake District is as bad, and other areas of the U.K. suffer too. It kills the communities that the second home owners love so much, as who can afford to live close enough to making working at the charming cafe, pub or shop a sensible option!
Johane Roberts 3 years ago
Cape Town have the same issue with wealthy Europeans purchasing houses that they only use 2 weeks a year.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
Do what my town did. Hold a vote to end the ownership of second homes so all new-build and additional housing be restricted to full-time local occupation as a primary residence" ;)
Seadog 3 years ago
I love watching the shows from Great Britain showing restoration of properties. I can't get over prices there. I couldn't buy a shack there based on what I've seen a pile of rocks that was a barn 300 years ago sell for. I get it that prices are astronomical in London simply because there's no land left, but out in the country? I don't get it.
#41
Having spent several years as a student at an extremely touristy, photogenic university, for the love of Dog Almighty: 1. Stop taking up all the sidewalk. You're not f*****g plasma, you don't need to expand to fill all available space. 2. Sounds carries, enclosed spaces reverberate, very old buildings don't have AC, and the *raison d'etre* of a library is *to be a place where people f*****g study*. That means when your toddler starts crying while you're in the courtyard of the main library gawking at architecture, *you're disturbing everyone inside that building who's trying to work.* Please GTFO and give your kid a snack or a nap or whatever, rather than letting them wail for a half hour while the amplified noise comes in through the only source of cooling there is. The old dude snoring three seats down is bad enough!
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
I don't understand when it became acceptable to talk, even yell, in libraries. I mean, the whole thing about libraries is "Shhhhh!" Now everyone is just carrying on full conversations like it's a goddamn bar or something. I'm trying to study! Shhhh!
#42
Please stop walking in the bike lane, like seriously. There is multiple signs, its a different color, and even a picture of a bicycle painted on the ground and yet you still stand/walk in the bike lane.
#43
Oh my god stop just randomly stepping into the street, or just crossing the street without looking. I don't know what corner of the world you are from where you can just walk out into the middle of a street and not look and just hope that people don't completely run you over but in the middle of the city you're going to get clobbered by a bus or a car and I'm gonna have to pick your brain bits off the ground. No don't stand one foot into the street while you are waiting to cross. No don't just cross because someone else did. No don't walk along the side of the street. Don't sit on the curb and have your feet in the road. These roads were laid out in 1682 they aren't that wide the bus WILL KILL YOU with little to no remorse. I know that your tiny town of 17 people in the middle of Iowa that bus driver is your sister's boyfriend's cousin's priest or something and you've known him for like 87 years and will look for you and stop his route to talk about Little Suzi and Colton but that's not how that works here. Stay on the sidewalks. They are large and plentiful in the tourist areas.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago (edited)
This drives me crazy. Where I live, pedestrians have the right of way at crosswalks* when they have the ok to cross sign*, So many people just start walking across without even looking,whether it's at a crosswalk or not. And don't step out from behind something to cross. I drive an 18,000 lb truck that does NOT stop on a dime and doesn't care if you have the right of way. I don't want to hurt anyone, but I can't change physics. Please look before you cross.
#44
When driving to Big Sur many people stare at the view while driving. They also camp illegally and have campfires. NO CAMPFIRES IN CALIFORNIA!
Megan Curl 3 years ago
How effing stupid can people be??? Do they not have access to info on the devastating fires this state has endured?
Evan Sloane 3 years ago
Yeah, I live there... Not long ago, there was a fire close enough to home that I could smell it.
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Stating in windows. I live in a UNESCO world heritage town and people seem to think the whole town is a museum. I've had people press their faces against our windows to look inside, or just open the gate and walk right in to my back yard.
#46
In New York, if you visit, please walk on the right side of the side walk not the left. Also, if you need to stop and look at your phone or have a conversation with your fellow travelers, step aside. People are walking and if you abruptly stop it usually results in someone bumping into you. Also, do not walk like 5 people side by side and walking slowly. People can't get around you. It is infuriating. But, please keep visiting NYC!
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
I learned to just plow into them and keep going. I figured they needed an authentic "OMG, New Yorkers are SO RUDE" moment for their vacation.
Patrik Hofman 3 years ago
Nah, I'm not a fast walker, but no one bumped into me in NYC. Also stay away from the place in the picture. NYC is one of a kind, explore other parts, go above 110th Street, learn how to pronounce Houston street, explore Staten Island, go to Queens, etc etc.... just stay away from Times Square
Casey England 3 years ago
To add: don't stand on the left side of the escalator. That is for people who want to walk up. When you get on the subway train, get all the way IN. Don't step in and stop in the doorway. Don't sit down on a crowded train and pile all your stuff in the seat next to you. Someone WILL sit on it and no one will feel sorry for you.
#47
Spain. We get a shitfuckton of tourists. Very well behaved for the most part where I am. So, thanks for doing it right, tourists.
The worst is littering on the beach, which is thankfully pretty rare. I occasionally see someone put a cigarette butt in the sand. A lot are taken away when they leave, but the sand has away of hiding stuff, so a lot remain.
I'll give you tourists one tip. Night swimming. If you put your keys, glasses, etc. down in the sand, they're gone. Between the sand and the dark, you'll never see them again.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
As someone from the UK, I want to apologise on behalf of the idiot bellends from my country that flock to places like Benidorm and make an absolute mockery of themselves as well as ruin the locals lives there. Sorry isn't enough, I know. But please know we're not all like that. <3
#48
Stop acting like you’re discovering something for the first time, it’s literally a tourist destination. I overhear these “influencers” talking to their phone/audience about finding a “lil obscure restaurant” honey it’s literally owned by Thomas Keller?
I’m from one of those super bougie, Michelin star restaurants everywhere, resort areas a lot of celebrities like to visit. Super popular wedding area, famed for the weather and scenery, compared to Europe a lot etc.
Of all the tourists, the influencer tourist influx in my area is so annoying. They just stand in the sidewalks downtown and cause traffic. And it’s a location where you can drink a lot of one specific thing so they get day drunk and messy.
#49
Acting entitled and like they own the place. Treating me and my dog like part of the attraction. Being yelled at because he’s going to the bathroom (in an appropriate spot) and it’s ruining their trip. And the other part is general littering and pissing everywhere.
#50
Committing suicide. I lived in Vegas and tourists loved to come to town to have one last desperate betting session before taking their own lives. Had a friend who worked security at one of the larger resorts. He said that it is rare that a week would go by without housekeeping finding a corpse, usually messy from their suicide. Do that at home people. Hotel workers deserve some consideration.
nini 3 years ago
The problem with suicide is, that you will always affect ~someone~, if you believe it or not. Your neighbour, family, friends, work colleagues...The poor soul who finds you, ambulance/police/firemen... There's ALWAYS someone who cares, even if it may not seem like it in the darkest moments. Please get help
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
I find this post a bit blunt. I mean.. no one wants to witness a suicide of course, or find a body. But you shouldn't just say "do it at home".. you should be saying "DON'T do it. Things will get better. Please get help" etc...
Dodo (they/them) 1 year ago
"Things will get better" is a huge cop out. You don't have to live their life, you don't know what their future holds. When animals are in constant distress and have no quality of life, we do the humane thing for them. When it's humans, it's always 'don't be so selfish, think of other people' etc.
Load More Replies... Mioux Mioux 3 years ago
I hate it when people jump in from on Metro cars and we have to wait while whatever people need to come to scrape their corpse off the train and s**t. I know life is s**t for you, but they're seriously has to be a better way. America has a TON of guns and lots of places in the wilderness to kill yourself or y'know, seek some help, please.
Party Poison (They/Them) 3 years ago
Then you never were so deep down and depressed to think about taking your life! Maybe educate yourself or keep those stupid comments to yourself, before spewing out stupid talk without understanding a f*****g thing about why people do it! I have had passive suicidal thoughts coming and going for about 5-6 f*****g years and the only thing that kept me going at times was thinking about the possible reaction of my family and feeling ashamed and guilty for it.
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Smoky mountains in Tennessee, everytime tourists f**k with the bears and get their own dumb selves hurt, they gotta put the bear down. Respect the locals
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
Yeah, don't mess with the bears, especially the babies.They might look all cute and cuddly, but mama isn't, and she is not very far away.
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
And mama bear will not stop until you die. So yeah, go ahead and "play dead" while she mauls your face off. Hope it was worth it.
Load More Replies... forestgirl7 3 years ago
So correct. We visited the GSMNP last year and would do an evening dog walk. Came across some black bears that ambled over to the road from the NP because some b****h put her nightly trash bag and pet food out knowing the bears would come and eat it. The residents around her were furious but she continued to do it. There was trash everywhere. She's begging for those poor bears to be put down.
Caroline Nagel 3 years ago
Just watch this clip from the Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the Netherlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YZUlEaMPZI.
#52
Going on the black rocks and being swept out to the Atlantic Ocean, risking the lives of first responders and locals many of whom are already traumatized from Swiss Air
Psycho Cat 3 years ago
You're talking about this? https://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attractions/swissair-memorial-site-peggys-cove/1636
#53
Not really something that effects me, but I wish I could tell all the people visiting Los Angeles to avoid spending the day at the Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd. It’s been built up by media, but in reality it’s a grimy dump surrounded by hellaciously overpriced novelty museums and restaurants designed to gouge your wallet. Plus it costs like $25 dollars just to park in the huge lot for the day.
There’s so many better things to do in LA that don’t destroy your bank account and are actually interesting and cool.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
Hollywood and Highland is not a historical site. It's a mall, That was built on a historic site that they tore down, because that's what constantly happens in LA.
Tatiana Kouzmanoff 3 years ago (edited)
Literally telling people not to see the most popular place. Stop virtue signaling and let people see what they want to see. There's a reason it's popular. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean they shouldn't. You admitted it doesn't affect you, so why do you care?
#54
Toronto: Stop driving. Leave your car at the hotel if you drove here and just take one of the multiple transit options. You’ll probably get where you want to go much quicker if you’re doing stuff downtown. If I see one more SUV with New York plate getting stuck in the Spadina streetcar right-of-way, I’m going to lose my mind.
Mrs. Jan Glass 3 years ago
The plate doesn't always indicate that's where the person is from, and that they drove there. Rentals come from all over, and just last week, I was in Toronto, and my rental had MI plates.
#55
Getting shitfaced/ coked up and getting up in people's business or pick fights with the doorman or bar staff.
Or talk about weed and getting stoned the entire time. Or ask me where the Red Light District is while standing in the Red Light district. Or renting a bike when the last time you rode one was in preschool.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
I remember watching someone rent a bike and immediately tumble face first over the handlebars. ... I don't ride a bike, but I can judge and laugh my a*s off because I'm not stupid enough to rent a bike when I can't ride one. (a pedal bike, anyway. for some reason I can drive a motorcycle. xP)
#56
New Orleans here, stop pissing and s******g on the sidewalks. Not everywhere is a trailer trash party like Bourbon St.
Memere 3 years ago
Yes, they do. My son lives in New Orleans & I visit twice a year - weekends in the French Quarter are the worst.
Load More Replies... Memere 3 years ago
The first time I visited New Orleans in 2008, the hosts at the hostel I stayed at warned me: Do Not Wear Sandals on Bourbon Street, and DO NOT step in any puddles! I walked down Bourbon Street ONCE, and in my many visits there since, I've never been back. I love the French Quarter tho - there's soooo much more there to see & do than the strip-clubs on Bourbon St.
Mioux Mioux 3 years ago
I don't understand the appeal of Bourbon St. It's like Las Vegas' lazy middle child, who lives in West Virginia.
#57
Just respect the land! Clean up after yourself. Be _very_ careful about making and extinguishing your fires (because forest fires!). Don't dump garbage, fuel, gray/black water in ditches. A big one in BC is for tourists to learn how to drive in mountainous areas. Most tourists drive way too slow (leading to road rage), and too many don't know how to stay right on highways except to pass. Or pull over to let people pass you if you don't know how to drive on twisty roads.
#58
I love tourists here, and it’s great to live in a city that people pay to visit (plus they basically pay my wages) but god almighty, being in a rush and trying to walk through streets of tourists is frustrating.
Tatiana Kouzmanoff 3 years ago
So leave your money and get out. Lol! Listening to your misdirected complaint is frustrating.
#59
From Nashville TN. Stop walking out onto the road while drunk you will get hit and you WILL die. It’s happened so much it doesn’t even make the news anymore. Also, please stop renting airbnbs in neighborhoods, or if you do please realize you are in someone’s neighborhood. Getting loud and drunk at 2am is very annoying for the neighbors who have to get up and be at work at 8am.
#60
Please don't puke all over the streets and public transport. If you s**t and p**s yourself less, that would be nice aswell. Greetings from munich. edit: In case you have been here and got blackout drunk on the oktoberfest, chances are, you find pictures of yourself sitting/lying in your vomit, pee or s**t somewhere around the city. Sometimes even with your genitals dangling around. Go and have a browse on http://www.muenchenkotzt.de/index2017.html, you can browse backwards through the years on the button that says "Jahre" or "Archiv".
Weed in the Garden 3 years ago
No - this is wonderful! This should be done everywhere to these asshats. Shame them into better behavior, nothing else seems to have an impact.
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Look at me like if I am living in a third world country. I live in south Spain and the Brits look at locals like if we are 200 years behind. Another thing tourists could is stop coming here :D (joking of course)
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
As a brit, I do not look at any country like they are behind. Unfortunately I know that some of my *sighs* fellow countrymen/women, are complete bellends who make a mockery of themselves. ugh.
#62
Moving in and trying to change things.
Joel Hopkins 3 years ago
I dunno if I 100% agree with this one. Places like Oak Lawn in Dallas and Wilton Manors in Ft. Lauderdale are now much nicer and much safer after a certain group moved in and cleaned them up.
Little Wonder 3 years ago
On the other hand, St Kilda here in Melbourne has a well known redlight district and live music venues. Or it did, until a load of people - who KNEW about both these things when they bought their homes - agitated to get the place "cleaned up". Don't move to an area and then complain about the culture.
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Acting like they „own“ your country…. acting like know-it-all‘s just because they’ve read a one-pager on their way over….
#64
Probably won’t be something that ever stops, but: everyone coming and going at the same time. Turns traffic into a nightmare. My 20 minute commute turns into an hour on Fridays when tourists are clogging up the roads for their weekend getaways. Also, if you’re going to crowd our lanes with giant campers, *please* know how to drive them.
Megan Curl 3 years ago
I grew up on Cape Cod, and we rarely left the house Friday thru Sunday, and NEVER to grocery shop or go out to eat.
#65
If you are thinking about coming to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby, Stop. All the local flavor has been drained out of the event and it is irritating to have road closures and a million drunk tourists in town for a long weekend. If you want to come to Louisville to do bourbon tourism, come on down, but Derby is nothing but a money grab that creates a hassle for the locals.
Seadog 3 years ago
Reminds of what a friend once told me when I said the only US race I want to go to was Indy. He said, "don't go, stay home and watch it on TV. You can't see the cars go by in front of you, too fast. On the opposite side of the track they're too far away and almost everything happens coming out of the turns and you can't see that either."
#66
Stop meandering on the streets like it's a pedestrian zone. I get it. We're a small quiet town. We still have cars. They still go on the road. Get your a*s on the sidewalk or to the pretty big pedestrian zone we have. On a similar note - stop f*****g driving in the pedestrian zone. I can hear your American a*s giving a clutch the BDSM gimp treatment in the pedestrian zone from 3 streets over. Asphalt = Road = keep your pedestrian a*s off it. Cobblestones = Pedestrian zone = keep your motorized a*s off it.
Scrapiechick 3 years ago
Used to live in a popular tourist destiation in Cornwall and tourists were shockingly bad for just walking into the road, not checking for cars, especially families where they're pushing a push hair infront of the group. The worst of it being the abuse when your forced to slam you breaks and honk to get their attention. I will admit to one particular incident where a couple were walking on the road because the pavement was in shade and I genuinly accidentally clipped this guys arm with my passinger side wing mirror. I jumped out of the car and ran round to the other side, the man was rubbing his elbow and saying he was ok, I politely told him I was more worried about damage to my vehicle, got back in my car and carried on driving to work. The worst thing being the guy was also British (as are most tourists in Cornwall)!
Lady Goldberry 3 years ago
People can definitely get too relaxed whilst on their hols...
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#67
Clean up your trash cans. Throw away fishing line and chum boxes instead of throwing in ocean. Also jet skis stop burning my fishing flats.
#68
The others said the most obvious answers, but have spatial awareness and be considerate for the love of God. Don't block an entire walkway so you can take your mediocre pictures. Don't drive a half a mile an hour with your head out of the sunroof blocking traffic so you can look at a famous sign.
#69
Driving like idiots
Hypoxia Smurf 3 years ago
Flatlanders and other distant suburbanites drive into San Francisco having no idea how to handle hills topped with STOP signs, streetcars (and their wet rails), pedestrian streams, one-way streets, or parking meters. Sad.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
1000% this. You come here for a few days each May and don't know our streets, our traffic patterns, and laws. Our entire downtown is a series of one directional streets, and tourists will turn down them and drive the wrong way. AND they will drive oversized pickup trucks waaaaaaaaay too slow causing backups, accidents, and even death. If you are going to come to Indianapolis, park your cars and use Uber, walk, or use the public transportation. We love this city and we live here all of the time, stay off our interstates so we can go to work.
#70
Most Minnesotans cannot stand the Mall of America. It’s because tourists I swear have to link arms, walk slowly, and seemingly stop and point and talk about every gd window they pass. Have you people never been to a mall before? Get over yourself Also, not just MOA, but all malls, do we really need multiple Dairy Queen’s? God forbid we walk another 30ft for our ice cream cone
Psycho Cat 3 years ago
Well, I don't really see what's wrong with walking slowly, pointing and talking about things you see in the mall shop windows. That's what they're for. Also, maybe the people who that don't have the same shops in their malls and that's why they stand next to each shop window.
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Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
Whilst I live in a touristy town in Derbyshire and we in Buxton welcome visitors with open arms (jees it keeps our town alive ffs) we are getting heartily sick of people heading out to the local hills, lighting a crappy disposable barbecue and then leaving it to burn unattended, we have lost acres of valuable peat and scrubland that is the home to millions of animals and bugs thanks to fires across the Peak District. Add in the inevitable mess they leave behind and I wonder if their money going into the local economy is worth it? Stop wrecking the planet with your inconsiderate actions eh?
Just saying 3 years ago
I do think that local supermarkets and petrol stations in these areas should stop selling disposable bbqs. Though to be honest, even where I used to live in Hackney, the local park got ruined by these things so maybe they should just ban them outright.
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Inclusion2020 3 years ago (edited)
Don’t trash the environment. I live at the beach and every single holiday people come out from everywhere. Leave their trash. Drive over peoples yards. And yell at locals who have our dogs off leash on the beach. Our dogs are fine, we’ve trained them to be fine. Your dogs are not fine because they are not trained. The springs near us have been destroyed as well. I went to Ginny Springs last month and it was HORRIFYING. Beer bottles, signs that said “shots for tits”, cigarettes everywhere, trash everywhere. You can’t even hike the mts in the south East bc they’re completely trashed. Why is it so hard for humans to be respectful of nature? It so disgusting and I just cannot understand how anyone can be okay with themselves when they s**t on the world around them.
Claudia Schmid 3 years ago
So much of this is just common sense and valid everywhere: don't litter. Respect people, nature and property. Don't be loud and obnoxious. Don't be a d**k. Anywhere.
Inclusion2020 3 years ago
It’s abhorring how many people just don’t do this though.
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Don't trespass. Please. Just don't. And if we tell you to get off our farm/property/whatever? Don't whinge bout being a tourist. We have maps. Read them. Do not pet our calves, try to pick our berries, or anything else unless you see a sign saying "Petting Zoo and Berry Picking". Thank you.
Margrete Sonnenberg 3 years ago
Stop with the fireworks. Every year the tourists come, they shoot off fireworks in the middle of night (either in the middle of the road or alleyway) get all rowdy, smoke weed and leave. You can tell where they were due to the amount of garbage that has suddenly appear in your bins.
Joel Hopkins 3 years ago
Also, there is no beach in or near Coconut Grove in Miami. Walking around in your swimsuit and cover ups just marks you as a tourist. Please pick up when your dog poops on the sidewalk. We know you rented that Mustang/Porche/Ferrari/Lambo. You're not fooling anyone.
Dan Brewster 3 years ago
I live in a tourist area near the beach in South Carolina. I’ve been visiting this area for 50 years and have lived here full time for 4 years. Granted, I’m not a “local”, although I don’t pretend to be. I worked my whole life to get here and am enjoying life. Yes, there are a lot of tourists in the summer time. Most of them are fairly well behaved, yet you hear “the locals” complain about them all the time. And I’m thinking, “ummm, they didn’t build those multi-million dollar houses for ‘the locals’ - they built them so that rich guys would buy them and bring in tax dollars…” (I don’t live in one of those… darn it…!). And my favorite? They didn’t build these world class restaurants for the locals. They built them to make money off the tourists. And all that tourist money keeps our taxes low and the infrastructure top notch and the area beautiful. So… goes both ways.
Will Cable 3 years ago
I wonder if certain nationalities do these certain things ate these places
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
Whilst I live in a touristy town in Derbyshire and we in Buxton welcome visitors with open arms (jees it keeps our town alive ffs) we are getting heartily sick of people heading out to the local hills, lighting a crappy disposable barbecue and then leaving it to burn unattended, we have lost acres of valuable peat and scrubland that is the home to millions of animals and bugs thanks to fires across the Peak District. Add in the inevitable mess they leave behind and I wonder if their money going into the local economy is worth it? Stop wrecking the planet with your inconsiderate actions eh?
Just saying 3 years ago
I do think that local supermarkets and petrol stations in these areas should stop selling disposable bbqs. Though to be honest, even where I used to live in Hackney, the local park got ruined by these things so maybe they should just ban them outright.
Load More Replies... Inclusion2020 3 years ago (edited)
Don’t trash the environment. I live at the beach and every single holiday people come out from everywhere. Leave their trash. Drive over peoples yards. And yell at locals who have our dogs off leash on the beach. Our dogs are fine, we’ve trained them to be fine. Your dogs are not fine because they are not trained. The springs near us have been destroyed as well. I went to Ginny Springs last month and it was HORRIFYING. Beer bottles, signs that said “shots for tits”, cigarettes everywhere, trash everywhere. You can’t even hike the mts in the south East bc they’re completely trashed. Why is it so hard for humans to be respectful of nature? It so disgusting and I just cannot understand how anyone can be okay with themselves when they s**t on the world around them.
Claudia Schmid 3 years ago
So much of this is just common sense and valid everywhere: don't litter. Respect people, nature and property. Don't be loud and obnoxious. Don't be a d**k. Anywhere.
Inclusion2020 3 years ago
It’s abhorring how many people just don’t do this though.
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Don't trespass. Please. Just don't. And if we tell you to get off our farm/property/whatever? Don't whinge bout being a tourist. We have maps. Read them. Do not pet our calves, try to pick our berries, or anything else unless you see a sign saying "Petting Zoo and Berry Picking". Thank you.
Margrete Sonnenberg 3 years ago
Stop with the fireworks. Every year the tourists come, they shoot off fireworks in the middle of night (either in the middle of the road or alleyway) get all rowdy, smoke weed and leave. You can tell where they were due to the amount of garbage that has suddenly appear in your bins.
Joel Hopkins 3 years ago
Also, there is no beach in or near Coconut Grove in Miami. Walking around in your swimsuit and cover ups just marks you as a tourist. Please pick up when your dog poops on the sidewalk. We know you rented that Mustang/Porche/Ferrari/Lambo. You're not fooling anyone.
Dan Brewster 3 years ago
I live in a tourist area near the beach in South Carolina. I’ve been visiting this area for 50 years and have lived here full time for 4 years. Granted, I’m not a “local”, although I don’t pretend to be. I worked my whole life to get here and am enjoying life. Yes, there are a lot of tourists in the summer time. Most of them are fairly well behaved, yet you hear “the locals” complain about them all the time. And I’m thinking, “ummm, they didn’t build those multi-million dollar houses for ‘the locals’ - they built them so that rich guys would buy them and bring in tax dollars…” (I don’t live in one of those… darn it…!). And my favorite? They didn’t build these world class restaurants for the locals. They built them to make money off the tourists. And all that tourist money keeps our taxes low and the infrastructure top notch and the area beautiful. So… goes both ways.
Will Cable 3 years ago
I wonder if certain nationalities do these certain things ate these places
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