11 Times We Behaved Terribly As Tourists & Why That Has Far-Reaching Consequences
The rise of tourists that are pushy loud disrespectful and unruly. These tourists are willing to disrupt cultural monuments natural wildlife habitats and lack sensitivity about how to behave with locals when visiting a foreign culture. Why cant tourists just behave?
I literally wish for a time when travel wouldn't be this easy or affordable, a time when global connectivity will cease to exist. No, I am not crazy to be wishing this.
Because the more number of people that now have access to travel are completely misusing this privilege. There's a sudden rise of tourists that are pushy, loud, disrespectful and unruly. These tourists are so mindless that for a selfie in the name of a few Instagram likes are willing to disrupt cultural monuments, natural wildlife habitats and lack sensitivity about how to behave with locals when visiting a foreign culture.
Why can't tourists just behave? Well, we decided to call these tourists out for being utterly stupid and disrespectful. Why? To serve all of us a reminder about how to not be like them.
1. On a Spanish beach, a baby dolphin died because tourists got hold of it and were passing the baby dolphin around. Why? Because they wanted to take a damn selfie with it.
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2. Divers in Maldives found this shocking evidence: Tourists who had taken an underwater diving session, chose to write their names on coral.
3. This tourist was seen sitting on top of a 600-year-old statue outside Ming Dynasty tomb, taking selfies even though it's prohibited.
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4. One tourist in West China destroyed, in three swift kicks, what nature took 3,000 years to build. Yes. A tourist destroyed stalgamite inside a cave.
5. Chinese tourists were seen chasing peacocks and were also seen ripping out their tail feathers in a Beijing zoo. Imagine a tourist spot becoming a destination for animal cruelty.
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6. A mob of tourists flocked to a Costa Rica beach to see sea turtles nesting. But it din't end with just viewing. These tourists stood on top of some turtle nests and some even made their children sit on them. Pathetic.
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7. These people broke into an ecological park in order to pluck out lotus flowers that take years to bloom. In the process of plucking out lotus flowers, these mindless tourists also destroyed other rare species that were growing there.
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8. An Indian family was caught by hotel security in Bali for stealing hotel accessories, bathroom towels, slippers, beauty products, soap dispenser, coffee machine and a lot more things. How embarrassing.
9. A tourist wanted to take a selfie 130-year-old Dom Sebastiao statue in Lisbon, Portugal and ended up knocking it over and destroying it forever.
10. Why am I not surprised anymore? Stupid tourists destroy beautiful azalea trees in bloom in china. Some went a step ahead and used those trees for a barbecue session.
11. Do you know how Harry Potter references appear on a 2,000 year old Megalithic tomb in Spain? Well, it's not so difficult to guess. All thanks to tourists.
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