Not to be a downer but…
anyone else get frustrated that just as accessible tourism is starting to (veeeery slowly) take off, all the conversations are about over tourism?
It may just be in Japan (where there is a huge surge of tourism), but it feels like we’ve finally started to get what everyone else has been able to get only to be made to feel bad for being part of a tourism problem 😟
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I don’t see a connection…yet. It’s just that some places are just sick and tired of idiot tourists causing problems. And, it’s not just Japan. Venice and other European cities are dealing with overtourism. Just remember, us tourists with disabilities aren’t causing the problems…yet. (Hey, we can be douchebags like people without disabilities, too. lol)
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@alliejay @carmitch sorry, didn’t mean to imply we were the target. Just that as we try to argue “you should allow everyone of all abilities to come” there are those upset about high numbers saying “we have too many coming”. So, harder to make the argument we should open up tourism to a larger market.
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@joshgrisdale It’s not the same topic. Accessible travel and overtourism are not connected.
Living in high tourism areas, I’ve seen where too many tourists can be a problem. Overtourism can harm the environment. The crowds can be a bit too much. Add the stupidity, rudeness, and insensitivity of bad tourists and residents can be fed up with it. There are times when I intentionally avoid Disneyland and Hollywood Bl. along the Walk of Fame because of overtourism. Sometimes, I have to be extra cautious not to run over feet of tourists crowding the sidewalks and not watching where they’re walking.
The people wanting overtourism to stop are not coming after tourists with disabilities specifically. They’re going after ALL bad tourists. And, sometimes, that means including tourists with disabilities. Not every person with a disability is a saint. We are just as capable of being monsters.
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Agreed!! High numbers, people with means spending lots of money, entitlement and people not respecting the culture they’ve chosen to visit.
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I find myself being the guy who complains about all the tourists whilst being a tourist himself in that very moment.
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