Thordinson wrote:They aren't being invited to come by the people of Barcelona. Corporations and politicians are not acting in their interests.
It is their fault. They are not entitled to travel to those places. This attitude is what is going to make things worse.
But by all means, tell Native folks who are displaced by overtourism that it's not the tourist's fault. It'll go over really well.
INCLUSION!!!
Quote:I mean, this attitude is fucking gross and there are some weird examples of it in this thread.
You can dislike over-tourism and criticise the municipal greed of a place without resorting to bullshit like this.
Basically inferring that visitors to a city are a cancer if they don't live there full-time, incredibly dumb. Barcelona without tourism would be well and truly fucked. This is about over-tourism which isn't the individual fault of an innocent person who fancies visiting a city for a weekend.
Thordison wrote:Do you believe that folks are entitled to traveling to a place? If so, why?
I'm talking about overtourism. You can pretend the individuals have no agency if you want but that attitude will just lead to more resentment towards tourists.
By that logic people are justified to resent both legal and illegal immigrants.
You identify the problem (corpo and government mismanagement) but choose the most assholish approach possible.