Rare MMDown Under Posted July 10 #1 Share Posted July 10 Spain Just saw on the tv news, locals using water guns to spray visiting tourists with water "telling tourists to go home". Seems too many tourists in too small places, such as our beautiful South Pacific islands, is a universal problem. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 10 #2 Share Posted July 10 not that different than some people throwing tomatoes at tourists, or others letting bulls loose on to the tourists. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 10 #3 Share Posted July 10 It is a worldwide issue. Those with a job in hospitality or tourism are all open arms to tourists. For most other locals, they would rather you stay of their lawn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinbadThePorter Posted July 10 #4 Share Posted July 10 5 hours ago, MMDown Under said: Just saw on the tv news, locals using water guns to spray visiting tourists with water "telling tourists to go home". Those locals of course are never ever tourists themselves. Never gone on a holiday in their lives. 🙄 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiser3775 Posted July 11 #5 Share Posted July 11 To be fair, sometimes thousands of tourists arriving on one of the huge cruise ships, all at once, to a small place, can be very disruptive. And if they have paid for a ship's shore excursion, they may not contribute much to the local economy generally, in the way of spending cash on the day. Sometimes, huge ships parked right in front of beautiful scenery is a blot on the landscape. That's one reason Venice decided to ban them. As a person who lives in a "tourist area", I know I make my own share of grumbles when I can't get a parking spot at the local shops in peak season. But I'm not about to start flinging tomatoes or water around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe 59 Posted July 11 #6 Share Posted July 11 I watched the story, didnt it have more to do with the lack of affordable housing for locals, rather then cruise tourism. Rentals are put on sites like Airbnb, where of course the property owners earn much more money. It's a constant gripe here where we live on the coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourbird Posted July 11 #7 Share Posted July 11 When we were in Darwin last year we were in the chocolate shop and a woman walked in and called out to the saleswoman that there's another ship in the port and there's a plague of tourists everywhere. We said, yes we're from that ship and we're buying chocolates from this shop. I'm sure they love getting our money, but maybe they prefer us to place online orders and have the stuff posted out rather than turn up in person. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 11 #8 Share Posted July 11 A plague of tourists, I think it is more like tourists with the plague. Lol. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourbird Posted July 11 #9 Share Posted July 11 45 minutes ago, MicCanberra said: A plague of tourists, I think it is more like tourists with the plague. Lol. it wasn't all that long after cruise ships started sailing in Australia after the shutdowns so quite a few passengers would have been infected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
possum52 Posted July 11 #10 Share Posted July 11 4 hours ago, joejoe 59 said: I watched the story, didnt it have more to do with the lack of affordable housing for locals, rather then cruise tourism. Rentals are put on sites like Airbnb, where of course the property owners earn much more money. It's a constant gripe here where we live on the coast. It’s a constant gripe from the locals in most tourist areas I think. I know people moving into the towns on Victoria’s Surf Coast have trouble renting as all the former long term rentals have become short term rentals. There have been reports of people who are badly needed in towns such as nurses, teachers etc just can’t find a place to live. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted July 11 #11 Share Posted July 11 3 hours ago, MicCanberra said: A plague of tourists, I think it is more like tourists with the plague. Lol. Correct term is a flock as in sheep.😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 11 #12 Share Posted July 11 hence the sheep dip? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted July 12 #13 Share Posted July 12 (edited) The problem is always about finding the balance. A lot of these places when they started encouraging tourism most likely never expected the number of visitors to get this big. More people than ever can afford to travel now and in the future there will be even more people who can afford to travel. Everywhere has a breaking point and realistically we are probably expecting too much from some of these destinations to constantly host this mass of humanity😬. Edited July 12 by ilikeanswers 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin jenkins Posted July 13 #14 Share Posted July 13 same in akaroa before lyttleton reopened, it was more locals as opposed to the hospitality sector who loved the business, never being to alaska but don't some of them ports have 3 and 4 ships at any one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aussielozzie18 Posted July 13 #15 Share Posted July 13 Junea, Alaska is trying to limit visits from the large 6000 passenger cruise ships which is understandable imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourbird Posted July 13 #16 Share Posted July 13 54 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said: Junea, Alaska is trying to limit visits from the large 6000 passenger cruise ships which is understandable imo. Shouldn't be too much of a problem. I have been looking at cruises to book for the end of 2026 and most of the large ships and the newer ships are all in the Caribbean or Bahamas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 13 #17 Share Posted July 13 5 hours ago, colourbird said: Shouldn't be too much of a problem. I have been looking at cruises to book for the end of 2026 and most of the large ships and the newer ships are all in the Caribbean or Bahamas. The proposed restriction is to give the locals a days peace - they are proposing no cruise ships in Juneau each Saturday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 13 #18 Share Posted July 13 8 hours ago, martin jenkins said: same in akaroa before lyttleton reopened, it was more locals as opposed to the hospitality sector who loved the business, never being to alaska but don't some of them ports have 3 and 4 ships at any one time. Alaska, yes 4 ships per day in the main ports. Many Alaskan ports support cruise ships. Ketchikan & Skagway are very tourist oriented ports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted July 14 #19 Share Posted July 14 This is the way to discourage tourists, lol. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted July 14 #20 Share Posted July 14 Or these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted July 14 #21 Share Posted July 14 1 hour ago, NSWP said: This is the way to discourage tourists, lol. Or how to deal with the great unwashed😄 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted July 14 #22 Share Posted July 14 1 hour ago, lyndarra said: Or how to deal with the great unwashed😄 Saves the need for packing laundry pods. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbeh Posted July 15 #23 Share Posted July 15 I live in the tourist precinct of a tourist area and come the weekend we are inundated with tourists, school holidays we burst at the seams. Do I care? Not one whit. I think it's wonderful all the 'townies' coming from Perth to spend their money and get a glimpse of the good life before rushing back home to make ready for the working week. Problems parking? Nah, I have secure underground parking and limit my shopping and eating out to week days. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted July 17 Author #24 Share Posted July 17 On 7/15/2024 at 5:47 PM, Bubbeh said: I live in the tourist precinct of a tourist area and come the weekend we are inundated with tourists, school holidays we burst at the seams. Do I care? Not one whit. I think it's wonderful all the 'townies' coming from Perth to spend their money and get a glimpse of the good life before rushing back home to make ready for the working week. Problems parking? Nah, I have secure underground parking and limit my shopping and eating out to week days. GREAT ATTITUDE1 The only time I resented visitors were drought times when they wasted precious water in free public showers on the beach, when locals were restricted to watering gardens by hand by bucket. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted July 18 #25 Share Posted July 18 On 7/15/2024 at 5:47 PM, Bubbeh said: I live in the tourist precinct of a tourist area and come the weekend we are inundated with tourists, school holidays we burst at the seams. Do I care? Not one whit. I think it's wonderful all the 'townies' coming from Perth to spend their money and get a glimpse of the good life before rushing back home to make ready for the working week. Problems parking? Nah, I have secure underground parking and limit my shopping and eating out to week days. The one thing I believe that makes it hard to compare with Australia is I don't think there is anywhere in Australia that gets the amount of tourists that you can experience in places like Barcelona and Venice. Barcelona was my very first mega tourist destination and the crowds really blew my mind especially since I wasn't even visiting peak season😂. The only time I have experienced crowds like that in Australia is when we have a special event but this was just a normal day for Barcelona. I've visited a few mega tourist destinations now and I can't think of anywhere in Australia I have experienced that level of extreme tourism even in peak season in popular locations here🤔. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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