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?