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Europeans: Tourists Go Home!

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday August 13 2017, @08:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the Khalarsars-on-planes dept.

gawdonblue writes:

Australia's ABC reports on a growing backlash against the level of tourism in Europe, including in Spain where AirBnB rentals have driven up rental housing prices to levels where many locals cannot now afford to live there, and Dubrovnik where Game-of-Thrones tours are driving the locals nuts.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-12/european-tourism-angering-locals-as-visitor-numbers-grow/8792984

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:11PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday August 13 2017, @12:11PM (#553200) Journal

    Obviously this person has never witnessed Australian tourists at play in Bali. Or British tourists in Turkey. Or Germans in Majorca. Or American frat boys in Cancun. Or Japanese businessmen in the Philippines. Or...

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @01:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @01:29PM (#553239)

    Or turkish migrant workers in Germany. Or muslims in Sweden or Britain. Or syrian immigrants in Europe.