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[quote=Anonymous]Tourism bring money argument only works so far.

Barcelona is Barcelona because of its people, more than anything. Is Rome still Rome if there are no Romans?  Is Venice still Venice without Venetians? Is Kyoto still Kyoto if there are no more Kyotonians?

Modern day tourism is awful.  You just have mass hordes flocking to a place for selfie photos because they saw nice pictures online.  They often partake very little in the local culture, learn absolutely zero at museums because all they're doing the whole time is taking selfies, and world sites are treated like playgrounds for millions.

If none of these places have local people and local culture, all cities like Barcelona become are empty buildings with zero culture.  They're just Disney world.

The world will be fine without Airbnb.  Barcelona existed for millennia without Airbnb.  The other huge problem too is that you have multiple cruises dumping 10,000+ people per stop, multiple times per day.  Those people often spend no money because they get food and everything else on the ship. They clog up the streets and transit to get around for a few hours just so that they can take photos and leave.  Cruisers are locusts who destroy the planet and local cultures wherever they go.

How would you feel if fleets of busses dumped 40,000 people per day, every single day, 365 in your neighborhood while people walked around all over your yards, clogged up the roads taking selfies, jam packed all of the busses and trains you needed to get to work, made huge lines at all of your favorite local eating spots, and made life so miserable you'd want to leave?

That's what they face everyday due to huge cruise liners dumping a city's worth of people multiple times per day every single day. [/quote]

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