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"I make your life possible, peasant. Grovel."
Everybody hates a tourist.
Yea god forbid you don't want your town turned into a playground for wealthy foreigners. Yay! High rent and plenty of dead end service jobs
The area I grew up was known for partying in the summer. Tourists would wander around local neighborhoods drunk af and piss in peopleās front lawns without a care. Theyād drive drunk and our cops hyped up on everyone as a result. The very first time I was pulled over was in such an area, allegedly for running a red light (I turned right, which is legal. So the cop changed gears and said I didnāt stop fully before turning. This was before dash cams were standard, so it was his word vs mine.)
He asked me three fucking times, āHave you been drinking? ARE YOU SURE?ā I was like 18, on my way to work, and had yet to even touch an alcoholic drink in my life. Iād say he went from 0 to 11, but thatād be generous. He initiated the situation already determined that I was a criminal. Add on, the local police department building was on the same street we stopped on, so a crowd of officers ended up standing around watching us. The guy might have been putting on a show for his buddies. It was such an aggressive experience that afterwards, I pulled over somewhere and cried.
I know, I got off lucky with those American cops. I canāt imagine how it wouldāve gone if Iād had a darker skintone. ACAB, but especially cops in tourist areas. They clock in with a bone to pick and a quota to fill.
Especially one who thinks itās all such a laugh
I think that really depends on the amount of tourists.
You'd think. But usually it's just one or two entitled pricks at the exact wrong time.
They're fine, as long as they don't make more than 30% of the regions income.
Any quantity can be bad if you have to deal with them directly.
You only get the bad kind?
Get enough of the bad kind over a long enough time, and you stop seeing the good.
EDIT: In anyone.
Nah in reality big majority actually loves tourism.
Except people who have to deal with tourists. You're lucky enough to never have to understand that.
Nope grew up in a tourist town and still live in tourist towns most of the time. It's the best place to live unless you're clueless loser.
Fuck you too. You don't know what a burger tastes like without spit.
Dude what's your problem
I'll try to help.
Basically you were dismissive of everybody else's points of view.
Then gave your one anecdotal opinion about you growing up in your one town, and it being great
...then, and this is probably the crux of the matter, stated that pretty much everyone else are clueless losers. All because their experiences with tourists (who have been noted as shitty for many decades) weren't like yours.
Nah the research is pretty clear here - tourism is almost pure good for most places. People just don't want to believe it because they're just hateful toxic losers of "get of my lawn" boomer kind.
Again I'm not saying tourism has no negative externalities but a good governing body can minimize it to almost nothing and it's much better than negative externalities from other industries like manufacturing or even farming.
The Impact of Tourism on Local Communities: A Literature Review of Socio-Economic Factors Shows how tourism increases income, employment, and infrastructure in host communities. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373644263_The_Impact_of_Tourism_on_Local_Communities_A_Literature_Review_of_Socio-_Economic_Factors
Social Impacts of Tourism Perceived by Host Communities ā A Review Paper (2021) Finds that tourism promotes cultural exchange, social cohesion, and improved public services. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357139679_Social_Impacts_of_Tourism_Perceived_by_Host_Communities_-_A_Review_Paper
The Economic and Social Impacts of Ecotourism on Local Employment and Income (2025) Case study showing ecotourism boosts jobs and income in rural areas while supporting sustainability. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1757780225000101
Tourism and Its Socio-Economic Impacts on Local Communities Demonstrates that tourism stimulates small businesses, improves infrastructure, and raises living standards. https://www.researchpublish.com/upload/book/Tourism%20and%20Its%20Socio-Economic-2434.pdf
The Role and Impact of Tourism on Local Economic Development Comparative study showing tourism contributes to GDP growth and helps reduce poverty. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287645318_The_role_and_impact_of_tourism_on_local_economic_development_A_comparative_study
Exploring the Impacts of Tourism on the Well-Being of Residents in Host Communities (2025) Shows that tourism can improve residents' well-being, community pride, and access to better services. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/13/5849
Tourism Development and Its Socio-Economic Impact on Local Communities Reviews evidence that tourism improves employment, diversifies income sources, and leads to infrastructure growth. https://www.geojournal.net/uploads/archives/6-2-9-955.pdf
The Social and Economic Impacts of Tourism Development on Local Community Satisfaction (2019) Finds residents perceive tourism as increasing economic opportunity and enhancing city services. https://www.sciepub.com/JCD/abstract/10306
Challenges and Opportunities in Local Sustainable Tourism: A Systematic Review (2025) Shows how community-based tourism preserves culture, empowers locals, and strengthens local economies. https://posthumanism.co.uk/jp/article/view/636
Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development (Oxford Research Encyclopedia) Explains how sustainable tourism supports economic growth, poverty reduction, and environmental conservation. https://oxfordre.com/environmentalscience/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.001.0001/acrefore-9780199389414-e-387
But you are choosing to ignore them. The tourism industry is built on exploitation and that makes you happy.
Me: Provide 10 research papers You: But I want to be angry at something for my own failures whaaaa.
Get blocked troll.
Oh no. I have one less tourist to interact with.
I read none of that. It's unimportant. You fixating on the tourism part isn't going to gloss over the other things. If you take tourism away and change it for, I don't know, carpets? Shower cubicles? Or cupcakes. Then you'd (probably) still be getting downvoted.
You asked what the problem is, and I gave it you. It's about you being arrogant about your personal point of view being the only correct way of looking at {insert thing here}, and also the calling everyone else clueless losers.
Either of those two things annoys people, you did both.
He's a tourist. He thinks his abuse is doing people favors.
Don't you think you're being a little hyperbolic?
About tourists, or about him in particular?
Because no to both.
Lmao what a troll
Oh most definitely...but you've got time to change if you choose. You can do it, champ, I believe in you!!!
Do those exist?
If not, what is the people to do?
Take control of their society? This is lowest layer of existence - any industry under corrupt and broken layer will fail so it's entirely to discuss the effectiveness of tourism here.
Oh thank god the people who are being exploited can just do that! It's why we have a government that represents them and not moneyed interests!
You don't care what my problem is. You just want me to stop being a problem for you.
Well I hope that what's bothering you will stop bothering you then š
I doubt it.
EDIT: I was wrong. He blocked me, so at least one of the things that was bothering me no longer will.