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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was traveling and didn't confront the kind of over tourism you see now. It was easy to go off grid because there was no grid. You didn't have to worry about someone posting a video of you for the rest of the world to see.  We wrote lots of letters. It's amazing to reread those now.[/quote]

I was going to say this!   I am SO glad that I experienced safari in Africa, cliff diving on the Amalfi coast, rave dancing in Berlin, walking the canals of St Petersburg during White Nights, and other common destinations without the overexposure and hordes.  Yes, Venice was still crowded with tourists as was the Louvre.  But it was a completely different scale.

Now you have to get a permit to hike Machu Picchu to slow the crowds?  Go to Kyoto and you'll see frat bros cosplaying in samurai robes.  Visiting Yosemite is a joke - a long line of cars slowing to gawk and landscapes for 2 minutes.  I was in Nantucket recently and couldn't walk through town at a normal pace. I used to hike Old Rag once a month, and saw more bears than people.

I guess it's great that more people have exposure to all of this.  It's not just for the privileged few.  But boy, do I feel sorry for anyone who didn't get to be a tourist wandering the globe without meeting more Americans than local residents.  Discovering a waterfall or patch of jungle that hadn't been Instagrammed to death.   Setting out without an iPhone map to guide you.  It's a loss.

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