Millions Visit This City, But Nobody Wants To Live There. Why?
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Well, according to Sid Meyers it helps one win the game of Civilization.
title change? i swear it said why tourism is good but now its this golden title. regardless u make me learn everyday bro i appr it
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I went to Venice in summer 2022. It was quite an awful experience. Don't get me wrong, the city is absolutely beautiful and gorgeous but the locals hate you, and after taking a short walk in a saturday morning I can completely understand why they hated us. I ended up hating the tourists as a tourist myself, and also hating the locals that gave you bad looks, insulted you or just treated you like walking money bags. I won't come back, for the sake of the venetians and mine. And I'm from Barcelona, lived here all my 33 years of age, and I must say, the problems of tourism here are NOTHING compared to Venice.
That's exactly what precluded me from ever going to Venice. All my sympathies, and thank you for proving me right.
@@williammkydde I get it, I'm a tourist, but I hate other tourist, but Venice is a beautiful city and very worth visiting, my recomendations (for what there worth) are; Stay there and don't be a day tripper. Get up early in the morning and see the sights, before the hords arive Power nap in the middle of the day Eat at local restaurant when the cruse ships have gone and go to bed late. Repeate
@@davecollins6122 Makes sense! Thanks!
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I was there in 2007, and then it was amazing. I'm still dreaming of going back there some day. Are you saying it has changed to the worse?
Just another point to make. There used to be an abundance of rent properties for the people that work in these places, but with the rise of Air BNB, 'Workers' are kicked out to make way for the tourists. So now no accommodation for the workers, Less people to service the industry. The quality of the experience is reduced because of poor service. "I'm not going back to that Cafe, we had to wait 40mins just for a coffee"
All true. The problem is of course that all places need an income and preferably a good one to not turn into a craphole. Industry and tourists are the 2 easiest ways for a city or town to get income and both of those have disadvantages. We can't really only have service workers in a city because the money needs to come from somewhere. There are of course alternatives like massive farming (for smaller places), mining and so on, but there are problems around all of them. Tourists are annoying but they do take money from places who live on other things like heavy industry and gives them to your city who doesn't produce much. It is of course the fault of our economical system but I don't think it is particularly unfair.
A hefty local tax on short term whole-building rentals would fund an accommodation subsidy for local workers. Traditional hotels are efficient, and so are traditional B&B where an empty-nest couple takes paying guests in the rooms that used to be their kids' rooms before the kids grew up and moved out. Renting out the whole house means nobody local lives there at all. It needs to stop.
@@mamasimmerplays4702 Some places have forbidden people not living on their island from owning buildings which is pretty effective and doesn't require any extra taxes. I don't think saying people can't rent out their entire building is very fair, many locals tend to rent out their house while they are on vacation themselves which allows them to afford that. You know any local taxes will go to other stuff after a while, politicians will see some money they can do whatever they feel with and build a stadium or something. Your ideas isn't entirely wrong but I don't think taxes and subsidization is the best way to do things and if you forbids people from renting out their house they will still do it anyways. You also need to make it so companies only can rent out houses they built themselves and not just buy up old houses.
Also, what about the problem of investing in property - securing a title to property - that is sinking?
@@loke6664 Tourism isn't not an say to for a city to make money. Some are lucky to have tourist attraction that cost nothing to develop into a revenue stream. A lot of cities will pave over that tourist attraction to put condos instead. I've see that happen a lot. Not all these AirBNB place and not really tourist thing to do there anymore except get drunk in AIrBNB.
Was in Santorini last year. I was appalled and embarrassed at the crowds and stupidity. I didn’t wait to photograph the blue domes. The local vendors were stressed over the giant cruise ship that had just arrived. They flood the tiny streets, spend no money make a mess and leave. I just quietly left myself and will not go back. And I’ve been to a lot of these other places also. I feel ashamed. I’ve seen the damage happening in real time.
Relatable. Humans suck.
I was in Santorini in 1992 I think. Have recently been looking at photos and street views on google. The island has transformed an insane amount in the past 30 years. Back in the day you still had 80-year-old men farming tomatoes and selling them to tourists. I fear all that is gone. Can't really dare going back there again, I would just be spoiling the memories.
I live in Cornwall and hate the reliance on tourism, I cant visit any of my local beaches in the summer to surf, the roads are covered in litter, it takes 3x longer to get to work due to traffic, prices are jacked up all year rpund for the locals because businesses rely so much on the overpriced summer rush and then have to milk the locals during off season. That brings me onto the knock on effect, businesses think they have to rely on tourism to survive when in reality if they marketed to locals and adjusted their tourist prices, they would probably be better off all year round.
So what ur suggesting is based on whether or not i live some where there is an extra tax? Kinda no no talk 😂.
@@andreitkach3873 not what I said, I said they have jacked up prices because they milk the tourists which means locals have to pay over the odds. I'm suggesting if they lowered their jacked up tourist prices for everyone then the locals would actually use the businesses, not just the tourists. Locals in Cornwall don't pay the stupid prices, so in off season businesses die, if you live hear you see it daily, boarded up shops, things getting replaced for Poundland, a row of tat shops selling the same thing, restaurants of decades closing down etc it's a really poor area, one of the poorest in the country but with the highest prices because the 6 weeks in the summer the businesses have silly prices all year round.
@@ManMang0 take it lightly it was meant as a jab you should have said yes! Which btw i support but unfortently there is no way to ensure that the money would go where it needs to. It is messed up thats its done to locals 24/7 but i guess thats the bummer with online now days, can u imagine if "influencer" would be overcharged overseas the outcry.......😪
Where I live is similar but not for tourism. It's because a lot of people from big cities retire here. Even from other countries like Los Angeles from America. The issue is that if a third of the local population are retirements from large cities you suddenly have the average income go way up. Like the new people here have 4x-20x the money as the old residents. The rich and poor divide becomes painfully obvious as all the new shops which open here cater to the new old people and not the original inhabitants. We (local residents) can no longer afford most things here. So my point is it's not always tourism either which is bad. A lot of people also can no longer find jobs, the roads are always filled with massive SUV's. It's also funny as we were recently voted as having the most potholes in Britain.
So... you've never been anywhere as a tourist?
Tourists aren't the problem, a lack of respect is. When you're visiting another country. Remember you're a guest in their home.
I see your point, and more respect would certainly help. But tourists, or rather, the colossal hordes of them, is still a huge problem (not only in Venice). There are so many tourists visiting Venice, that the weight of them alone contribute to the city sinking faster than it otherwise would have. Kind of mind blowing.
Even if they were respectful they still have feet and wallets. The effects aren’t only due to their manners
Tell that to Americans.
so basically the tourists are the problem?
Americans Abroad is a song title for a reason.
The wealth that tourism brings to a small portion of the community, doesnt make up for the increase in house prices that everybody else has to contend with. Cornwalls got plenty of seasonal ghost villages, because more and more houses become 2nd homes, or holiday rentals. It was sad to see certain villages i grew up in, becoming hollow shells of their former selfs.
Doesn't apply in general. Everybody moans about how touristy Bali became, in the last 20 years (and rightfully so, if you're a tourist), but the wealth of the residents quadrupled.
Exactly. Most of the "tourism 'wealth'" goes into a handful of pockets and what is insane is literally nothing is done by the "local 'government'" to make sure the locals who provide all the services the "tourism" requires can even afford to have a roof over their heads.
I was in Venice in 1984, and again in 2012. The difference was remarkable. Both times I stayed overnight. The difference was unbelievable .... when the boats unloaded, it was insane. The quiet, romantic old city felt like it was being invaded. It was a relief when I heard that the large cruise ships are no longer going there. I hope to return some day and will be staying a few days & relaxing.
Yeah the world's entire population that can afford travel thars increased as the world population has increased and air travel became accessible to more people all going to the exact same popular spots, literally overcrowding them, what could possibly go wrong?
Fantastic video! You are absolutely spot on!!! I'm from Iceland and tourism has absolutely saved the economy and made so many jobs that we don't have enough workers. Small family businesses can now thrive. Thank you for pointing this out! Cheers!
The idea that high prices will keep out the riffraff is based on the worst sort of classism. Plenty of people with money are also massive asshats. Heck the worst offenders currently are wealthy and entitled "influencers"
Oh don't worry, wealth isn't a factor for assholes.
@CZOM027 you are right, wealth is not the cause but it gives the assholes more immunity.
I suppose part of it too is rich people are usually pretty clean, meanwhile homeless and very poor people tend to be less clean.
Sorry, but in general, poor people are dumber and make dumb decisions, tend to be more violent, inconsiderate, and uncompassionate. This is well documented, and not a matter of debate or denial from you. Wealth is an excellent gate keeper. Than bottom 25% of people are literally good for nothing, the next 25-50% are good for menial labor tasks, and so on and so forth. This is fact, when you are talking about population. You can always point out exceptions both ways, but the overall trends are inarguable.
@@jeremyroland5602 That's a very big bias on your part. Wealth doesn't equate to cleanliness in general. You'll find slobs on both ends of the spectrum and sprinkled in between.
Tourism is fine as long as you remember when in Rome do as the Romans do. Your colloquially going into other people's home so respect that.
I think another thing is people should give more thought to going to less famous tourist sites. I won't criticize anyone for going to all the "must see" sights in Europe, but I think it's easier to enjoy your vacation if your not competing with hordes of Instagrammers and Chinese tourists gone wild. My last vacation was to Taiwan. It wasn't totally off the beaten path, every town I went to had some element of tourism, even if it wasn't really catering to western nations. But I could go to these amazing temples, and apart from some worshipers, there were no crowds (I stayed quite and super-respectful, but I still got my pictures!). And when I went out to eat, I felt like I was really enjoying the local culture and their ordinary food rather than thinking, "Am I in a tourist trap?"
Eh... didn't the Romans invent "graffiti"? So maybe those two young women were just acting like the locals would have.
@@davidanderson_surrey_bcRomans inventing graffiti? Go back to story lessons... 😏
Chipping pieces off the Collosseum is actually what the medieval Romans did, the reason why it is a ruin today is largely because they saw it as a source of cheap building materials.
@@ressljs same. I loved Taiwan. Great public transport, as well, so it was really easy to get around the whole island. Most of the other tourists I encounterd were taiwanese...
I moved to Cornwall a couple of years ago and always had the view "What are they complaining about? Tourism boosts the economy" But seeing the towns dead in the winter and shops only opening fully in the summer, along with huge numbers of holiday homes meaning many towns are empty in the off season has given me a different perspective. I'm not against tourism because it's needed, but it definitely needs management. Mousehole is the perfect example of this, most houses you walk past in that beautiful little town are holiday homes with plaques on the outside saying so and the agents they're with. It's a difficult situation.
The Internet has provided me more "vacations" than I could ever have afforded. Using my hard-earned retirement now to be "happy" for 4-7 days just doesn't justify the expenditures of todays travel adventures.
I think Hawaii does this pretty well. I went there for vacation in March 2023 and their tourism industry has the general vibe of "Thanks for coming but please respect the house rules." Part of it I think is they have a good number of spots that's free and minimum rules and others where there is a relatively affordable fee and rules like dress codes at sensitive cultural sites and limited opening hours. This can be seen in the parks. Plenty of free public local, state, and public parks. However, Diamond Head State Monument (a dead volcano) requires a paid ticket with entry time for out of state visitors but locals come in for free and without the time restriction. This obviously an effort to preserve the site but not too unreasonable that it throttles tourism.
Hawaii is in the middle of nowhere and relatively expensive to travel, in contrast Spain/Portugal/Netherlands is just a stone throw away from drunken British/French/German tourists with a 20 Euro ticket. I don't think the rowdy bunch are visiting Hawaii and their model won't work in Europe
@@zurielsss plenty of people still come from Hawaii and while pricy not that expensive if you’ve saved up. And being so isolated they still need to worry about the ecological impact of tourism.
Issue is the tourism in Hawaii has made it a place for rich people to over pay for a vacation home and pricing out the locals. Then these empty homes don't house people who will buy product and stimulate the local economy. It is a snowball affect and has many rabbit holes of affect.
@@kateajurors8640 That's a fair criticism. I noticed Honolulu was pretty restrictive on AirBnBs but then you get the Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah owing massive chunks of Maui.
Hawaiians actually really hate tourists. They just want the money so they play nice. I used to want to go to Hawaii before I realized how much they despised visitors. Even if you do everything right, they hate you just for being there.
I believe this is one of the best videos you have put out. As someone who will never be able to ever travel, it doesn't mean I still don't want to enjoy "traveling" through the eyes of others on the internet and don't want these places destroyed by people who are clueless as to how lucky they are to be able to travel.
Same here. They are so fortunate to be able to see these beautiful places and people
have to agree...
I used to think that. But really every penny counts. And once that $1.00 you didn’t buy a coke with, goes in. It doesn’t come back out. Until the trip. Walk past a drive up window always change, parking lots…
My home was a small town that had seasonal tourism, and along a main highway from one major capital to another. A bipass was built around the town and everyone thought it would ruin the town. The town only improved and the population grew. Once a town full of truck stop style cafes now has shops for people that live there that are used all year round rather than surviving seasonally. The previous seasonal tourism was polluting the local lake and water ways.
yeah but don't forget that most of these places were empty first people moved to the big city for jobs, their delapidating querky housing remained behind, then people from the big city decided they wanted to escape the hustle and bustle for at least a short time so they bought houses in these places, fixed them up and went there for their holidays, then started renting them out but that caused it's own problem, the upper middle class was happy with one or two as a status symbol and for some passive income, but large investors and firms decided to buy up everything they could get their hands on and that made it so that anyone wanting to actually live somewhere either had to rent at high rates or pay exorbinant prices to own their own home, there are plenty of homes for everyone or at least places to build efficiently, but for that housing corporations and inheriting more than 2 or 3 should be banned
Exactly. Towns shouldn't actually completely rely on tourism like just relying on one industry any other industry. Diversifying economies should always be the goal. Don't put all your eggs in one basket
I always try to visit countries about a month before the “Tourist” season. 1, There a very few other tourists (hypocritical I know). 2, The locals have usually gotten over their distaste for tourist and business are looking to earn some income after the off season. 3, locals seem to be more friendly, maybe because they’re not overwhelmed with a whole lot of foreigners. 4, Accommodation is usually cheaper and more available. 5, Some of the “Tourist” restaurants aren’t open and you have to find local places, bonus! Sometimes the weather may not be the best, some sites may be closed, but in general I’ve really enjoyed my holidays with this strategy.
I live in a very touristic area in Portugal. Let me tell you, tourism has ruined my city. If you visit you won't notice anything though. The only jobs locals can find are only during the summer and they're all related to tourism. You have to work twice has hard for half of the year, after that, nothing. (ghost city, go lay down in the middle of the road and you'll be fine) Foreigners keep buying businesses, (again, related to tourism) so the money we make doesn't even stay here. Oh and lots of outsiders flock here to work only during the summer and leave. (many aren't even portuguese) so even the job rush takes a hit from that. Don't even get me started about housing, groceries of even buying a drink at a bar, everything is extra expensive, we call it "tourist prices", because they are. Going to the beach during that time also sucks, you can't find a place a to stay, its all crammed with tourists. I can go on and on... I wish there was more than tourism related businesses, but even if they open, locals can't keep it open by themselves, so they shutdown and the cycle repeats. We are slowly selling our entire city to foreign businesses. I hate it. There's also a lot more factors to consider, like government corruption, but I wanted to keep the conversation about tourism.
I'm sad about it too.
Portugal being shit on and the govy letting it happen, classic It's been like this for ages and it only gets worse
Edinburgh has been bad for tourists for decades, if not hundreds of years. Now Glasgow seems to have the same problems. I'm not saying Scotland relies on Some of the revenue from tourists, but it cer is not the be all and end all. We still have ever increasing oil fields, The best distillers and brewers on the planet, fish, delicacies and some of the most talented, friendly and innovative intelligent people in the world.
now you know why petty theft is decriminalized in the former destination places of America
You forget there's a reason why countries such as Portugal want tourists. It was to take as many of its people out of poverty. While 8.4% of Portuguese GDP is from tourism, the poorer regions that tourists visit were poorest in the country. I am saddened by your attitude. Here’s an excerpt from a writer who travelled to Portamuo Portugal in 1960. I mention it only because I am reading his book at the moment. Tell me Tourism is all bad. Tell me it wasn't responsible for bringing change thst benefitted the people. Chasing the tourist pound, dollar or dutchemark “Travelling between Portimão and Lagos, I was struck by how poor the people are. The men wore wide-rimmed black hats, check shirts, and an overhanging epaulet-shouldered black sheepskin coat cut like a vest or bolero in front and with a long tail (not split) in the back, Their pants were repaired many times, their boots made of skinny rubber, and most had a black umbrella for company come rain or shine. The women’s attire was… picturesque, even on days not being religious festivals or saints’ name days. A black top hat resembling a trilby over a shawl (which when riding side-saddle on donkey or mule became a veil covering most of their faces), a wide blouse, a long skirt, all the deepest of blacks. No television yet to bring a far-away world into their lives. Hanging out at street corners (hawking and spitting) and watching the daily bus arrive at the town square were the main events. The bus delivered all sort of goodies and the mail, if any, and with it came strange folks such as Fryer and McGowan to be for a short moment the center of all gossip. They attracted small hordes of bare-foot children begging for a tostãozinho to contribute to the family income. All bus passengers would be offered lottery tickets, cakes, tangerines, chestnuts, and some of them had their own wares to sell. Many farmworkers would wear shoes only on Sundays; on other days their feet would be wrapped in rags bound together with strings. Tools were not readily available whatever the profession; the tenders of old steam-engine trains were loaded bare-handed. The government that couldn’t care less about the misery of the mass of their people. There were no lower standards than in Portugal: most of the population had to work on a miserable number of calories and were hungry, all the time; child death was high (84 of 1,000 births); almost 50% of the population was illiterate. Escape was practically impossible. Young guys and women hoping to study in other countries had to apply for a visa at Instituto para a Alta Cultura, a PIDE division where was decided who could be trusted, who not.”
Kyoto is one of the most over tourist places in Japan and yet is bankrupt, surely the officials are doing something wrong
I study in Kyoto. You’re indeed correct.
That's sad to hear. I have been there over ten years ago and enjoyed it. Was planning to go in two months, but now I have to rethink my plan. Not because it is bankrupt, but I found that most hotels are fully booked during Sakura.
The sad thing is corruption can erode the gains made elsewhere. I see that destruction in my country, South Africa.
@@taidee where I live in the uk, our government is destroying our health care service,they only ever care about money, not people.
It's called corruption and heavy taxes
One attraction this reminds of is the Appalachian Trail in the USA. For those that are not familiar, it is a 2,100 mile long hiking trail in the eastern part of the country. Most of the trail runs through beautiful wilderness. Most of the people that visit the trail hike short sections, mostly on weekends. But there are a number of individuals that endeavor to hike the entire trail in one season. Most of the visitors are careful and respect the fragility of the areas around the trail. But even with that, over the years there has been wear and tear from the sheer numbers of people walking on the trail. But at the same time, its popularity has created a large community of supporters who contribute time and resources to maintaining and improving it. Without that it is likely the trail would fall into disrepair in some sections. This trail, as well as all attractions around the world, require all of us to be respectful and careful in our treatment of these places. Educating the public about how to treat these places is very important.
I walked part of the Apalacian trail when I was visiting relatvies -saw alot of trees and not much else, walking the whole thing would leave me raving about it i think!
I live in a sea side town in Cornwall and Tourism is the biggest sauce of income for many people around here. It keeps me and a lot of people employed, however due to people moving down so much to “get to the country side” the house prices are much more expensive than they should be. In one hand its good for money but on the other hand my small sea side town has grown into something I don’t recognised nor somewhere I can afford
Any place that people like to settle tend to drive up prices, it's not just tourism doing it. Atlanta is a great example. After the tourism in 1996, during the Olympics, people discovered that good jobs were easy to get there and people have been moving in much faster than houses and apartments can be built. At least in the Atlanta area the houses and apartments are being built en mass, but not fast enough to ease the housing shortage.
You can say the same about Niagara Falls, Canada too. Unfortunately most employment is seasonal here, and housing costs are skyrocketing as Niagara Falls is 1.5 hours from Toronto.
I live in Lisbon and its exactly the same. The prices of housing are stupid, a lot of buildings that were housing were turned into hotels, the typical restaurants are disappearing...
😅 Well I don't need any of that income sauce in my city. 😅 I didn't know there was any such thing as sauce for income. 😂
Just being silly. 😅
"I mean arriving" .... I have died man... 😂😂😂😂
I've noticed that with all UNESCO sites, eventually people are driven away. Things that have stood the test of time suddenly need to be "preserved". 🤔
And once 'preserved' they will decay. No society preserves things that have no economic value once the current fad moves on to the next popular topic. This has always been true through all of human history.
I am from Miami (but 12 miles south of the downtown/ Miami Beach tourist center) and I have visited Venice in 1972 (I was 12 years old then - school trip), 1980 (many times that year, since I lived in Perugia for a year), in 1987 (vacation), and 2006 (vacation)… it is amazing, it’s always been crowded… one must be respectful and show the natives appreciation and respect. It is an ancient and fragile place. It must be protected and 5 euro entry fee is reasonable to protect and preserve this cultural treasure!
the thing is, at this point can we really show respect while GOING there? it seems the problem is too much people just going there... so the best way to respect the city is, just, not going there at all
I visited Venice first in 1970 as a teenager...then 25 years later in 1995, in 1997, 1999, and last in 2002. From 1997 to 2002 the number of cellphones grew exponentially contributing to the noise pollution in addition to the crowds of tourists.
I've heard some caves with cave paintings have been closed up because of not only tourist erosion, but even the air itself works to wash the cave paintings away. Thanks to s reply below for reminding me: the humidity from the tourists exhaled breath was the significant culprit.
It’s primarily the change in humidity that causes the problems with most cave art. People breathing exhale water micro-droplets which raises the humidity, which can cause the pigments to run. The lights can also cause the pigment to break down and slowly just disappear.
@@DneilB007 yes you're right! I forgot about that part! Thank you.
those pesky air tourists!
@@Noeltje030 hahahahaha! They're the worst! Hehe.
A true and fair point. Look at restricting visitor numbers? If not, they may have to be restricted permanently. But a valid point you make.
When I travel, the less people I see, the better.
Precisely!! To me thats the whole point of truly enjoying a vacation 😎!!
Everybody thinks that, yet everybody wants to visit beautiful places.
@@marcosolo6491Triple ding! You get it. I am glad i'm not alone in this train of thought.
@@erikheijden9828, and you think Cities are “beautiful” 😂
I found that something that works great for me is going to places in their off season. Very minimal crowding or lines. Sometimes the weather is not ideal, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.
Great insight! The most ironic thing about some of these places considering charging higher fees to visit is that they’ll be pricing out people and families who don’t make a lot of money and have to struggle to save up for vacations. And those people are so grateful when they do get to go on a holiday that they treat everything they come into contact with with the utmost respect, because they don’t take it for granted. I think if they could put some kind of limits on the number of visitors per day that could probably solve a lot of these issues. The people working at these sites would be able to keep a better eye on people which would make it more difficult for them to inflict damage.
I've had the fortunate experience of visiting and living in many different cities and countries. If you are only going to the tourist-dense attractions, you are truly missing out on what the area has to offer. The best way to experience a foreign land (in my opinion) is to meet the locals and spend time with them. From my experience, a lot of people will be happy to show you the places that they feel proud of. Some of these places can be a bit obscure, but OMG, they are SO worth it!! If you went to a foreign country (as Americans) and only looked for McDonald's, Burger King, or the Hard Rock Cafe... Please just go down the street and talk to someone. Go anywhere else. Try anywhere else. The food might AMAZE You!!
My ex was like this. So many trips and I was left unimpressed with the touristy places. He gobbled it up. I wanted quieter more cultured experiences...
@@rachaelr8044 I hope your travel experiences are better now that you've had a change in your relationship. Cheers, and God Bless!
oh my god, like when I went to Romania - in Bucharest there are little take-away cafes and bakeries alllll over the place. During one afternoon, I ran into the friend I was sort-of traveling with, and we were catching up and I asked him what they'd been up to. "Oh we just went to get some coffee at Starbucks." BROAREYOUSPECIFICALLYANDACTUALLYKIDDINGMERIGHTNOW
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So poetic with your words man! I love your videos so much your perspective is a natural treasure , love from norwich❤
I have to disagree. Because there are too many tourists at many of the popular sites nowadays, it's often impossible to enjoy them in the same way... Also Santorini was just fine with Greek tourists in the past but they have now been priced out of holidaying in their own country. And many places are just fine without money from tourism. In fact, they're often better and have more of a community. There are so many negatives that you didn't present in this video...
Get over yourself
Thanks for this thought provoking video. I moved to a new location popular with New York tourists because I had an idea for a business that would cater to their food preferences. I knew it would succeed because I would have no similar businesses to compete with in the entire area. I had even more customers than even I had hoped for right from day one and the business grew much faster than expected because of the already thriving tourism industry.
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I come from an overtouristed city (Porto) in an overtouristed country (Portugal). You missed some very important points. While tourism is all good and brings money, who does it bring money to? It expels the locals from the city, both in terms of real estate - everything is converted into hotels and Airbnbs - as well as the diversity and quality of jobs available. Tourism is highly profitable for owners, but for everyone else you just have low quality jobs serving tourists and cleaning after them. Me and my friends that went to University and took STEM degrees that could benefit the development of the country had to emigrate because rent is only affordable for digital nomads that get higher foreign salaries and the jobs available are serving beer, changing beds, cleaning laundry and drive ubers.
Thanks for all the good content my guy!
I used to live in Telluride CO, a tourist ski resort town. I honestly didnt mind it and loved my time there. I wasnt there long and tourist season wasn't all year so it never really bothered me. Prices were expensive in town but wages werent bad. It was a pretty upscale town.
tourism generates enormous revenue to the local economy, yet rarely do members of the local community (including workers, who may be immigrants) collectively and equitably received the benefits, yet they certainly suffer its consequences, such as increase load on local infrastructure, higher prices, disrespectful outsiders, etc...
This was the best video on here In a long time. It reminds me of some of your earliest videos that helped get me through when I could barely walk. Thanks
Ngl misread the title at first. Great video as always tho! ❤ Love your content Aaron! 😄🥰
Your content is always fresh and informative!
Those AI generated thumbnails need to stop. Crazy creepy
Bro for real tho
Wdym it’s ai generated?
@@SuperRandoms. its for an older thumbnail that was super creepy and obviously AI generated
@@SuperRandoms.He’s replaced it now but the previous thumbnail was hideous and visibly AI generated. It’s done with all his KZhead videos nowadays.
As a Londoner, I like seeing tonnes of people excited to see the dump I call home. It makes me feel like it's not that bad. Driving down Abbey Road is always interesting even if people don't realise that standing by a Zebra Crossing means you're going to cross instead of waiting for you to pass so they can take their Beatles photo. Worming your way around tourists at Westminster or Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge or around Camden is a source of pride, as is wondering around Oxford Street, Hyde Park Carnaby Street. Seeing people catching the Tube for fun is an interesting sight. Even driving past Elstree Studios is fun when you think about the iconic films that have been made there, even though it's not actually in London. I like that it's the place people come to when they want to see the world because it's all here, although some might not appreciate seeing their stuff in our museums. London is more or less the song LDN by Lily Allen but the fact people want to see it is pretty cool. Personally, I think we should lean into what people expect to see here...horse drawn 'taxis' red phone boxes, more 'traditional' looking black cabs, Routemasters, police in the older uniforms, even replace the police box outside Downing Street with one from the '60s. It's a great place to visit even though it's a bit depressing to live here although americans especially come here and never leave so maybe it's not so bad.
I honestly wouldn't want to go there anymore, living in Flanders i have plenty of gothic and classical architecture around and honestly big cities tend to have no sense of community anymore, medium cities are not that far behind but there is less corruption, they are more clean, no gangs +, not to brag but our urban flight problem had been solved ever since the catholic party realised that people who moved to the big city didn't vote for them, they used their power to make transit viable for that reason and today people in Flanders can get anywhere with busses, trams, trains,... (though cars are pretty much universal to) best part is that despite seeing houses everywhere our sprawl also means green everywhere, it is not that different in the UK in general offcourse but your cities honestly are cesspools to me, as are the major cities allmost anywhere
Tourism can educate the visitors with the destination's cultures, expanding their knowledge and earning respects for the people.
Sadly a lot of people ignore or even disregard the local cultures of the places they visit.
no
While simultaneously ruining and destroying the very destination they are learning about. I'm not pro or anti tourism, although I do lean more towards pro. We now have the capability to document and even recreate marvelous sites from all across human history so why not welcome any who choose to come and enjoy them while they are relevant. That's my personal opinion though and I'm not trying to convince or convert anyone to think as I do.
Tourism can, but it has never worked. People are ignorant and not very open-minded.
Absolutely agree. I see things that utterly change my perspective and allow the growth of my usefulness to an empathetic perspective.
In time, all things return to dust. We may be able to slow it down in some instances, but there's really nothing we can do to prevent it.
Shyaddup.
So much as already been lost. Like Robin Williams once said: "you may have seen countless pictures of the sistine chapel but can you tell me what does it smell like?" (Sorry, i don't recall the exact words)
@@therealking6202 all things. Even those who perceive themselves as kings.
@@markmiles4359 How about the people who are legitimately Kings? Hmmm?????? I'm a King. No perception about it.
@@therealking6202 yup. Even those.
Cheers for all you do, keep up the good work it means a lot to us all 😊
I always like your videos partly because you always bring an alternative view about issues that apply a positive perspective, balancing out so much of the negativity and pessimism that most media outlets regurgitate!!! Of course, they also are exceedingly informative! May you continue to produce these vlogs for many years!! I do think though that excess visitors can have a demotivating effect when visiting some places and I feel that it would be more enjoyable if there weren't so many sweaty humans about!! I travelled to Europe in 1977 and was away from home for 8 months and I consider this period of my life as my Golden Age of travel. There were less tourists about and the world was a far simpler place!!!!
Awesome video. Totally agree. People have no idea how much the cultural heritage sites would crumble to dust and debris if it weren’t for the revenue the tourism brings. Natural/wilderness heritage sites are obviously different as they don’t need so active human maintenance and management, but the economic alternative of natural resource extraction (whether corporate or local) including logging, mining, and agriculture typically takes a page greater toll on ecosystems. Sure - crowds are a nuisance but yeah - overtourism a problem most of human history wish they had compared to pre industrial subsistence. Thanks for making and sharing.
So do you live in a tourist hotspot?
@@CZOM027 Yes. Los Angeles.
Tourism income is how you persuade the locals to hate poachers and report or take direct action when they discover someone killing protected charismatic megafauna. Elephants, lions, tigers, river dolphins, whatever. If the animals are worth more money alive than dead, the local people become their guardians.
The Ai art you use in the thumbnail is always very creepy
All AI art is weird and creepy. Also looks cheap, if I didn't know better I would thought the content is equally low effort.
I love love love a deeper dive like this. You always show both sides so well and there's this logical conclusion at the end tying everything together, it's the main reason I adore your vids! Thanks again!
I had the luck to be there with my parents in march of 2021, in the middle of the lockdown. It was absolutely great, there was besically nobody except for the locals, who seemed really happy. Unfortunately that will probably never happen again. I really hope they find a solution, because walking down those absolutely beautiful streets and the museums and churches and everything while not being surrounded by millions of people is just a so much more … I don’t know, inspiring?
Why mass tourism is a blessing That's the original title
Does he change it that often???
@@happynightmare2332 Almost every video. And the thumbnail as well.
thank you for keeping the historical record accurate (lots of content creators change the title of their videos to please their 'overlords' (WEF mostly)
Lmfaooo 😂
@@JK-dv3qe What? They change the titles and thumbnails to perform better with the algorithm. Any creator knows that.
Interstate 40 bypassed Route 66 and almost eradicate Radiator Spring and its residents. Wow, I can't believe that movie is 18 years old now
Thank you, Arran, for all your lovely videos 😊👍 I really enjoy them all. I always make sure to watch them from beginning to end, including the sponsors and all. I might not be able to join patreon, but I hope my “like” and comment helps. X ❤
Years ago, I used to shop every Saturday in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had a good mix of shops for locals and shops for tourists. It was always busy, but in a positive way. Then, the small businesses began closing down and were replaced with more tourist shops. There had always been a good mix of tourist shops, catering for all wallets, but then the tattier side dominated. Shops for locals moved to a badly designed out of town shopping centre. I've not bothered to visit for some time. On my last visit, I felt a total outsider. It had become a total tourist trap.
What does the guy vomiting in the thumbnail have anything to do with anything lol. Like, if you're going to use AI generated thumbnails, at least keep editing them until they make sense. UPDATE: Now they're gagging/taking pills/have face tattoos. Face tattoos!?
Lmao 😂
The thumbnail for the Netherlands video from last week is even worse.
Excellent video. I feel like those tourist sites that are complaining so much will be begging tourists to come back in a few years when the money dries up.
I have experienced some VR locations filmed with hi-res photography that allowed me to see places I probably never could go. When the metaverse was a craze I was waiting for famous landmarks to create virtual tours. There are some places that you really do have to be there to experience but there are others that seeing them close up can be accomplished through VR.
The duality is a difficult truth. Well done sir.
Really enjoying your videos! Keep it up 👍
As a Native Floridian, I have no use for tourist. They increase traffic, which increases accidents. They don't respect the areas they visit, and natural areas get closed off so we can no longer go in some areas we had went our whole lives. Crime increases. There's more bad than good that comes from tourism if you're a true local.
lol where do you think your schools/ fire departments/ police departments/ city workers get there funding from. Florida started as a vacation destination lol
Are you a Florida man? There's a lot of them. Please don't appear on the news. Please.
Your a native american then 🤚🏻 how keemosabeh! 😊
@@ScotChef Indians lost, deal with it...
Do you talk about tourist or florida mans?
I love watching your videos. The subjects that you select are very interesting. Thank you! :)
Interesting. Whenever I get the opportunity to travel I don't consider myself a tourist. I'm just a stranger, and not really interested in touristy things. I'd rather poke about and see what I could see. When I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland years ago the best part about the trip was me wandering aimlessly about Dublin, no itinerary. Just checking out what the locals do and not carrying a camera... :3
I agree that everyone should have the opportunity to visit historical structures like the colosseum, Including future generations
Anyone else find it hilarious that the extremely over-saturated photo of puke-colored trees at 24:20 corresponds directly with Arran saying "natural"? Great video in general. I just couldn't help but comment on this, it was so funny!
15:53 I personally love how non biased he is and how he explains both sides of the topic at hand. I also like how rebuttals to further solidify his arguments. One of the major reasons I still watch his channel. Totally not because of his dapper mustache and British accent 😂
Liked and Subscribed! Your content is top-notch and truly engaging. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next. Keep up the fantastic work, and looking forward to being a part of your journey!
my hometown is situated in a place of great natural beauty. the central government decided to run a massive powerline straight through our most scenic areas. this happened in 2008. the local economy has suffered aproximately $5 million a year in lost income since then. this is in a town of 3000
Which town?
You sound like an NPC at the beginning of a game. "Hometown," "Central government," "great natural beauty." Any specifics?
One thing I think will help is with VR. Being able to see these sights without actually traveling. Sure, you won't actually be there, touch anything, meet the people and so on, but you can see them. For instance, the one I have on Steam is Guildford Castle VR. A full walkthrough of the area where I can travel around Guildford Castle, and with the help of VR even see where the old walls used to stand, or even see what it might have been like back in the day where it was used. The kind of thing you don't get from going to the actual place. Best part? It is completely free. Long as you have a VR headset, you can go 'play' this. I think as VR gets better and better, we could do things like this more and more without getting overly costly. You do lose out on the real experience, but it is still something.
I've never even considered that! So cool! I might try to borrow my cousin's VR for a weekend trip abroad 😁
Excellent presentation. Very well-thought and informative. I'm impressed.
A friend of mine visited venice in 2020 when the city was completely empty like in Death in Venice (which was also situated around a plague) and there were no tourists as Northern Italy had been particularly hit hard by COVID. I wish I could have gone with him, that was a once in a lifetime experience. I only visited the city once in the 90s and then only had an hour to look around, as my purpose there was catching a ferry to Greece. It was already very overcrowded then.
I really misread that title bro Edit: the title said the word tourism and I misread it as… well the only word you can possibly misread it as
I'm miss the old entry music aswell😂
Masturbating😂😂
Omg SAME 😂 😅
Honestly so did i...
this is a kinda title everyone have to read twice yeah😂
Sinsol1008 & Shepshape are absolutely right (I'm not sure about the numbers, I didn't look them up, but they both seem fairly accurate, maybe add them together....?) I'm in North East Central Florida. When my son was 6 years old I took him to Disney World for the Star Wars themed "Jedi Training". In his group was a boy close to my son's age. The boy was from the UK, and, upon learning that my boy lives in FLORIDA, he exclaimed, "Wow! You LIVE in Florida! It must be wonderful!" My 6 year old Floridian replied, "Oh, yes! It's Mickey Mouse and beaches all the time & life is just a big bowl of oranges!" I had no idea he begun to master the art of sarcasm & I think I may have cried a little...I was so proud. *sniffling*.
I once had a good cycling friend who was an artist & designer living in New York. His family were well connected and clearly wealthy. They had flats in London, Paris, New York and Venice - possibly the places. These weren't trivial abodes, his aunt's flat overlooking Regents Park was huge (If you had to ask - you can't). I wonder if they kept the flat in Venice after Kevin passed away.
That was a deep thinker episode. There really is no middle ground. Great topic!!
Aruba is a very well visited island in the Caribbean. But with the Covid pandemic practically the entire economy came to a halt. Thanks for the help of motherland the Netherlands we managed to get trough. Now tourism is flourishing again. Being mainly dependable from tourism is a risky business.
We just love to give away our tax money away to our old colonies 😊
The help Aruba got from Den Haag is in the form of a loan, which has to be paid back. Tourism is flourishing, where the common people gets employed by. But sadly the big profits goes to foreign multinational owners of the hotel industries 😟
@@efcvanreeAruba is still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands so of course the money should go to all countries inside of the Kingdom.
Tourism is quite distinct from immigration
Is there anyone mixing the two?
welp, ask that to illegal immigrant with tourist visa here in SEA
🎯 (especially if all the 'immigrants' come from countries that the CIA have 'hand picked' to facilitate destabilization of your (former) country to the max)
@@soundscape26 many arrive on a tourist visa if that is all they can get then overstay, happens in Europe as it does in some Asian countries like Thailand for example.
Nobody except you mentioned immigration. Must be a Republican.
Really enjoy your content, personally prefer the stories that don’t remind me how screwed up the world is but instead teach me something new / hadn’t heard about. Thank you :)
Well, perhaps the one thing you may have learned at this time is that tourism really started some 200 years ago and was indulged by wealthy people (unless you had known that before too). And guess what: back when only well-to-do people traveled for leisure was the best time. The other people traveled for business, for service (military, diplomats), and that was good too. I agree with you though: the world IS screwed up, and there's hardly any escape from it.
ty for all ur vids :) really love them
I know this video deals with mostly historic vacation destinations, but I live in Central Florida, just South of Disney World, and more people visit those parks every year than pretty much any other single destination in the world. 14 mllion people per year visit the pyramids, 58 million people per year go to Disney World.
Im fucking visiting there rn
… and now we know why the sink holes
And only 20 milion visit Amsterdam. Difference is that Disney World is built for tourists and Amsterdam is not. Nor are the pyramids.
@@JootjeJ They should have thought about that before they put all the drugs and hookers in Amsterdam. Get rid of those two things and the tourists would all go away.
What percantage of that is domestic tourism?
Dear Thoughty 2, excellent video! One thing we should remember: Traveling promates awareness of the fact that humans everywhere are more alike than dissimilar. Small differences in culture are interesting. But the main things we have in common unite us. Through unity we come closer to understanding, strength and peace.
I absolutely love your videos. I can tell quite a lot of research you do to give us information on our world. Thxs!!!
Indeed; the highlight to my recent holiday was my visit to the Roman Amphitheater of El Jem and if I get the chance to visit again I be making my way to Carthage. Without being able to walk through the Souk of the Sousse walled-city, my holiday in the admittedly pretty hotel could have been just anywhere in the world.
No it isn't! All these Californians are moving here after visiting and I hate it.
A blessing and a curse. Brings in revenue for the area, but draws in lots of people and potentially changes the area.
Here in Norway tourism is a big issue. Despite the money it brings in to certain areas the downsides might outweigh the upsides in this one. Though many praise the natural beauty of the Norwegian wilderness, there's constant news about bad accidents caused by tourists who ignore the rules one must follow in the Norwegian mountain, often dying, and in some cases unleashing landslides which have destroyed homes and workplaces and taken lives. I still remember some German girl's parents trying to sue the Norwegian state after their daughter fell off Prekestolen and was crushed on the rocks below because she wanted to take an "awesome selfie" at the edge of the cliff. Tourists coming to Norway also, more frequently than not, show an absolute disrespect for nature and out laws, just throwing trash of all kinds around with no care polluting the beautiful wilderness they apparently came to see... This has created few jobs of just picking trash in the mountains and plains, but there's no way to truly comb through well enough to remove it all, causing both wildlife and farm animals to become sick after ingesting plastics and the likes, not to mention how jarring and ugly it looks to be on a hike and suddenly find a field of trash out in the open! There's no reason these "tourists" can't bring an extra trash bag in their backpacks, to put the trash in and take it with them to the nearest trash container...
The whole point of visiting a wilderness is to stay away from humans. I think local authorities make a huge mistake when they try to attract the "easy" tourist money to patch up their budgets. They should find other ways to boost local economies. Europe is turning (rather, has turned) into a large theme park, like Disneyland. It's a shame.
Keep up the phenomenal work! ♥
Always love your work. Keep it up!
Did little to speak on the actual experience of residents within these tourists dominated cities. Which is often a poor one. Cities eventually become designed for tourists and not so much for residents, losing that charm that originally draws tourists in the first place
Exactly, the video is made from the tourists point of view... Mass tourism destroys the communities.
Great post! I used to live in a sleepy little historic town which was supported by fishing and logging. Tourism became a big thing, and prices of everything in town doubled and tripled. But wages for locals did not. Merchants and hospitality catering to the tourists did well and still do, but the average wage earner is now essentially poor due to tourist inflation.
@@nedkelly2035 I have the same experience form a small mountain town in a National Park. Majority of workers get paid minimum wage end even for the old local business owners it started to become unsustainable, so they just sell out to out of towner and leave the town...
Although I understand your point, I am very tired of the 'economy' excuse for everything. Tourism has many more disadvantages than erosion of historical places. Having grown up in a seasonal tourism place I saw very up close the difficulty in finding a house - even though there are plenty but they're empty for 11 months out of a year -, in finding a steady job...
I live in a small tourist town, only 700 of us in the winter. I do not depend on tourism, and I stick my nose up at them when they arrive each spring/summer. But someday my circumstances could change, and I will be waiting for their arrival each spring... thanks for making the argument for both sides.
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Spent 5 weeks on a residential in Sofia in 2022: fabulous city. Going back this spring... Something I try to do now is visit more "off the beaten track" destinations, where many don't go. I don't put any pics up on social media to show off.
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@@hullcityafc72 a bulgarian will always spot shenanigans and will most likely know cool places you can visit like hikes or whatever you need since it's a small country after all but you can still snowboard in the mountains and go surf on the brach in the dame day
Tourism is so amazing. The fact that you are now able to reach so many different places, that people only used to read about. is mind blowing. And because it is so incredibly easy to travel now, I believe sometimes we forget how fortunate we are and take it for granted. Be grateful, mindful and respectful of the places we visit so just like us, many others can experience it the same. We only have One World. Cheers!
Me and my husband went to Amsterdam a few years back. We didn't go for the "night life," we went to go visit the Body World museum. We also saw the Christmas lights switch on! It was a wonderful experience, and the last holiday abroad we've been on. In high school, I've been on school trips abroad, to Spain where I greeted a lot of Spaniards, and then to China where I tried some "kentucky fried beef," said hi to Chinese in Mandarin, walked the Great Wall, and was scared of the soldiers on Tiananmen Square. Rhen there was family holidays to Corfu in Greece, and Marmaris in Turkey. I don't think we disrupted anyone's lifestyle there when we went. I hope we didn’t 😢
Great and insightfull video. Thanks for sharing!
I wish we could structure our society in a different way. So we didn't have to endure this double edged sword around profit and income. At some point our Quality of Life has to play a part of the value of our lives. This purely capitalistic approach to so many modern things really dulls down so much to "does it make money? If not, it isn't worth keeping around. Everything must profit" it's completely unrealistic that everything can be financially profitable.. And certain things have inate value and they should be treated as such whether they actually are profitable or not. The cost of living is another big issue right now that needs work done on it. Just because people are dealing with poverty doesn't mean they shouldn't have a place to live.. We need more stability
As is pointed out in the video, no money means no restoration. People have to work to survive. As a species, it doesn't make any sense to expend time and effort on something that provides no practical use. If something makes money, that money can then be used to keep that thing in good condition. If it doesn't make money, it can't pay workers and, thus, could only be worked on for free, with likely few willing to do so in most cases, since those people will require real jobs in addition to pay for their own living expenses. It isn't that something that doesn't make money isn't worth keeping, but that something that doesn't make money isn't worth the work required to prolong its existence. Everything fades eventually. It isn't societal structure that dictates that, but nature itself.
@@SgtSupaman I totally hear you. I just think there is plenty of a middle ground we could start to take. A lot like how Finland is dealing with things. America currently is too wrapped up in our ways. Even tho it's clearly impacting the overall quality of living for the vast majority of citizens. Sure a select few are doing financially well but in order for our society to function well, we need to look at it like a ecosystem. With ecosystems even the lowest aspects of the food chain are extremely important for the overall quality of the ecosystem. Same can be transferred to our economy /society and if we can see that it could be really beneficial.
My hair was thinning on my crown, had a look at Keeps but couldn't see the point in prices. So I just had a number 1.5 over, cost me a tenner in comparison to paying all the amount for Keeps. I like my hair now as nobody can see the thinning out crown 😅
Great as always, just one minor thing, on the map you showed, the island of Corsica suddenly became part of Italy instead of France 🙃 keep up your great work, love your posts!!!! Kind regards from the Netherlands 😊
I live within an hour of Orlando, and love tourism - it's why the state has no income tax, at all. Property tax, for sure - but our tourists tend to stay for months at a time, and have "winter homes" down here, so tourists (or "snowbirds" as we call them) also pay property tax. Yes, around spring break there are "real" tourists but that's quite limited outside of the Florida coasts. The Orlando metro area also draws short term tourists, but if you stay away from this area you'd never know they were there.