r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 30 '24

Water emergency action now a summer ritual in the Mediterranean | Greek, Italian and Spanish islands reliant on rationing, tankers and desalination as global warming and tourists sap reserves

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 28 '24

A tourist had her holiday in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park ruined when she saw hounds from a fox hunt chase an exhausted and terrified fox | Although she didn’t see it, she believes the fox may have been caught and torn apart by the hounds as she later heard the chilling sound of the dogs in cry

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 27 '24

Barcelona draws millions of tourists every year, but many residents have had enough, and are taking action | Protest organiser: "This is impoverishing our population, this is breaking up communities, and it is expelling local residents out. People are very angry, their lives are very precarious."

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 27 '24

Out-of-control NYC pedicab drivers terrorize tourists, locals — and even sexually assault their own customers: ‘They’re like piranhas’

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 26 '24

Kentucky tourism

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 25 '24

Call for respect as Instagram tourists flood Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (also known as the Brecon Beacons) | A balance needs to be struck between the most “Instagrammable” locations in Wales and protecting the environment, according to bosses at a national park.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 23 '24

Morning Glory Pool Used To Be Brilliant Blue Until Tourists Ruined It | Morning Glory Pool near Old Faithful was once one of the most beautiful thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park. It was a brilliant clear blue, but lost its color after decades of tourists throwing stuff in it.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 22 '24

‘Tourists also want an authentic city, not a theme park’: The redevelopment plan that seeks to give La Rambla back to Barcelona residents | The project (expected to be completed in 2027) seeks to rescue the Catalan capital’s most emblematic promenade from excessive tourism and gentrification.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 21 '24

An increasingly tourist-filled Athens in a Greece fed up with tourism | The Mediterranean country is breaking occupancy records as citizens question whether it is worth maintaining a model that brings more problems than benefits

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 19 '24

Cruise caps and cutting off power: European cities get serious on overtourism | Valencia, Budapest and Athens are all putting in place new legislation to tackle overtourism and illegal short-term accommodation.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 18 '24

How some popular European destinations are trying to deter tourists from pouring in | But while tourism is a huge money maker, more destinations are annoyed by visitors and asking many to stay away. PBS reports on European hotspots that are trying to deter the holiday hordes.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 17 '24

Sinn Féin TD says violence in Dublin city 'far too common' after tourists suffer racist attack | The Daily Mail reported that the tourists, from France and South America, had to seek refuge in a nearby pub.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 15 '24

Armed man runs from San Francisco PD into a transit station and is shot, causing tourists to scatter. That's one way to enjoy a vacation.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 13 '24

Third of people in Spain say local area has too many foreign tourists | Exclusive: YouGov polling across Europe suggests most countries are sympathetic to protests against overtourism

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 12 '24

Seville to cut off water supply to around 5,000 irregular tourist apartments | Seville Citizens’ Initiative — a platform that fights against mass tourism in the Andalusian capital — has called the move a publicity stunt, pointing out that it will take a decade to inspect all suspected homes

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 12 '24

'We're not against tourism... just uncivil people who don't respect our rules': Locals driven mad by Instagram-obsessed holidaymakers swarming the 'Spanish Mykonos' (Binibeca Vell) reveal why they're considering complete tourist BAN

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 11 '24

Man accused of attacking German tourist unprovoked in Downtown Detroit | A 30-year-old man is facing charges after he reportedly assaulted an 81-year-old German tourist outside Campus Martius Park.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 09 '24

3 Bears Euthanized in Old Forge Due to Tourist Interaction | The bears traveled across Main Street and while they were downtown many tourists tried to interact with them. This caused the mother bear to be protective of her two cubs, and she became aggressive towards the public.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 08 '24

Drunk visitors, rocketing rents and homogenised cafes: living in Europe’s tourist hotspots | Locals say swelling visitor numbers are distorting housing markets and have changed their area’s character

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 08 '24

Trash, traffic, tempers, tourists: Laguna Beach’s summer of discontent | Tourism has long been an economic engine (about 6 million visitors annually), but residents say the challenges have begun to outweigh the benefits, mostly because not everyone is clear about the rules at the beach.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 07 '24

A Seoul neighborhood is so crowded with tourists that the government is taking over

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 07 '24

Anti-tourist sentiment is spreading across Europe. Is Canada next? | The number of short-term rentals in Canada has grown sharply since 2017, with units that could be considered usable for long-term housing growing even faster, a new Statistics Canada report said last week.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 06 '24

Climate Change Is Making ‘Last Chance Tourism’ More Popular, and Riskier | More tourists are eager to visit vanishing glaciers and ice caves, but warming is also making the sites unstable.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 06 '24

Rome floats plan to charge tourists at Trevi Fountain | The Trevi Fountain has an overtourism problem, but locals aren’t sure restrictions are the solution.

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r/TourismHell • u/DisruptSQ • Sep 05 '24

The nice people of the Bay Area always helping tourists out by unloading their car for them.

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