Tourism Curse

The cluster discusses the 'tourism curse,' where tourism-dependent areas face local resentment toward tourists due to overcrowding and social issues, despite economic reliance on visitor spending.

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IMHO DON POS MBS unwto.org tourism tourists tourist locals economy visit travel westerners curse cities

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closewith Aug 20, 2025 View on HN

It's called the tourism curse for a reason.

justincormack Sep 22, 2017 View on HN

tourism seems the obvious answer.

MonkeyMalarky Aug 12, 2022 View on HN

It's like the resource curse except the resource is tourists.

throwaway0a5e Sep 22, 2020 View on HN

Tourism economy comes with tourist problems.

doggodaddo78 Mar 12, 2021 View on HN

Everyone hates a tourist but loves their money. It's a universal law.

x86x87 Jul 18, 2025 View on HN

it's almost like they don't want tourists.

lykr0n Jun 20, 2019 View on HN

Not many people want a lot of tourists in their town.

revelation Apr 8, 2015 View on HN

It's not for me, so surely it's only useful for tourists

luckydude Apr 9, 2017 View on HN

That's going to be great for tourism. Not.

spacemadness May 31, 2024 View on HN

I am so confused by the context of this. Isn’t the article saying people living in tourist cities DON’T want more people to travel?