r/Anticonsumption • u/Zxasuk31 • Jan 01 '24

Is tourism becoming toxic? Environment

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u/lorarc Jan 01 '24

It's always been like that, they just took pictures with shitty point and shoots or not at all.

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u/mashedpurrtatoes Jan 01 '24

Nah I’ve been hiking for years. The amount of people on trails have nearly tripled. There’s articles that confirm this too

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u/InviteAdditional8463 Jan 01 '24

Good, that’s why they’re there. We aren’t special and we aren’t privileged because we’ve been hiking this whole time.

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u/makomirocket Jan 02 '24

First, don't be surprised that people who go hiking and camping to get away from noise and people are annoyed when those areas are now getting noisy and overrun with people.

Second, more people means there will be more bad people. More bad people makes the places worse for everyone. It also encourages other people to act the same as "other people are doing it, so it's fine", making it even worse, e.g. litter, campfires in banned areas.