RE: An Open Letter to Backpackers: Your Cheapness and Spontaneity Are Unsustainable [trigger warning]
"like turning a fishing village into a wild porn sight." Is there a story behind that lol?
A lot of those people are annoying when they get back, too. Not to go all "sjw snowflake," here but they will come home and talk about how they "lived like the locals" or something and show selfies of themselves smiling while some old lady toils away making bread in the background as though it makes them a more authentic or virtuous person but they are just exploiting that old lady's hardship so they can brag to their friends when they return home.
Not everyone who tries to travel in an authentic way is doing that but living in a place where the travelers come home to, I have seen it quite a lot.
If it makes you feel better, many of them are pretty out of touch in their day to day lives too. I went to class with this rich guy when I was in college. He would go on and on about how everyone should visit this country or try that outrageously priced food but he never realized that this is a rather poor city (by U.S. standards) and most of the people he was talking to could barely afford to buy their books.
Yeah I don't mean to sound like sjw hero here too, but yeah there's a real story behind, kinda triggered me to write this post lol.
Do you know that typical hero photo surrounded by kids? I think I have a Steemit post about that a long time ago lol - Voluntourism and the 'Hero' Complex
Yeah in Barcelona, people are protesting now about the effects of massive tourism. It drives the residents out, increases the prices of goods and destroys the culture.
Haha Every now and then they have a good point lol.
I will check that post out.
I saw it a little bit in Hawaii. The locals there are pretty poor and the tourists, who can afford to fly there and stay in those hotels are usually pretty wealthy. The people who fish for living can't afford to live by the water because rich people want to live there and the property is worth millions now. Luckily there is a law that prevents them from owning the beach but that only protects the sand and not the land right next to it.
It's happening everywhere now. Fishermen are also selling their lots close to the beach. It's expensive. Rich people need their beach houses lol.
Very true. There regular people have a hard time because everything is priced for the tourists and the rich people who can afford to live on the beach. That place is super nice and it is really pretty in a lot of ways but there are some problems there too.
They are really good at protecting the land and the birds though.
tell me it wasn't @ madmonkey...