How do people handle tourism? Especially being the tourist?
I've been hearing a lot about places overcrowded with tourists - heck I've been to Amsterdam last year and the center was unbearably packed so I tried to avoid a lot of that.
Yet it feels like so many places to go and see are similar to that.
How can you even still have vacation in a nice place without becoming part of the problem?
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@sige depending on the place, there are often many underappreciated areas you can visit that aren't "top 10" in popularity.
At least in Japan, that's quite the case, and even being encouraged with perks like free flights for tourists to less populated areas.
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@sige Best you can do is be polite and respectful and try not to get in the way of people who have to live and work in those places.
Most locals will avoid the tourist hotspots as much as possible anyway, when living in London I only ever went to the tourist filled places when I was showing people around and being a tourist myself.
You can also try going to smaller places that are less popular, get off the beaten track and explore!
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@sige I think the single most useful skill to cultivate to be a good tourist is conscious social mirroring. Are the locals on this train talking loudly or staying quiet? Are the people buying food at this street vendor walking off with it or staying to eat it there?
Doing some basic etiquette research in advance is a good idea, but if you want to be a respectful visitor it'll always be more useful to look at what the people around you are doing and follow their lead.
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@sige More specific to crowded places, here's a rule of thumb I use as to whether it's worth braving/adding to the throng (w/ JP examples):
If it's a unique natural, historical, or cultural site (Fushimi Inari Taisha, Himeji Castle, Mt. Fuji), it's usually worth it, and there will be a lot more domestic tourists in the crowd than actual locals having their lives disrupted. It's worth seeking out lesser-known places as well, but seeing the famous ones is still fun even with crowds.
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@sige If it's a commercial district, famous restaurant or food spot, or modern tourist trap (Dōtonbori, Harajuku, Shibuya) it's usually a lot less worth it. A lot of the stores there aren't worth the hype, or are chains that have locations elsewhere that are a lot less crowded. I'd still encourage visiting one or two you really want to see, but going to a quieter shopping district and mirroring how the people you see there treat their space is usually going to be a better time.
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@hornedking I will sign that. When I was in Amsterdam, passing by some of those tourist hotspots, they mostly felt like overpriced tourist traps or are shops and such I could seek out at home as well.
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@sige
A lot of ignorance and the hope that these masses are gone within the month.
Otherwise you shift your schedule around a bit.
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