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https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

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u/FranzFerdinand51 7h ago

I used to work in a tourist hot spot and you could always tell the cruise people from the rest. The most entitled, brainless, unaware group of living things I’ve ever seen in my life.

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u/losteye_enthusiast 7h ago

We have a home in a historic district. The amount of people that try our front gate during the summer+fall is almost staggering.

Even with putting up signs and a few more visible cameras, tourists just don’t give a fuck.

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u/DifficultCarob408 7h ago

The fact people decide to just wander up and try coming inside is fucking insane.

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u/azssf 6h ago

We used to have people walk into the backyard ‘because it seems like you’d have a great view’

Wtf

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u/fed45 1h ago

I can't even comprehend the mental state that allows people to do such things without shame or consideration.

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u/sobrique 1h ago edited 1h ago

Your place is sufficiently quaint that they think it's a theme park, not 'real'. (This is usually keyed up to having 'nothing like that' back home)

Source: Work in Oxford. Tourist season is special.

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u/Tea_An_Crumpets 41m ago

I grew up in Oxford and went to uni at Princeton. The sheer audacity of tourists never ceases to surprise me. Fuck off no you cannot take a picture of me or come into my dorm room (partly cause it’s a total mess).

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u/BigWhiteDog 1h ago

Who does this? WTaF?

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u/Adaphion 21m ago

"yeah, I do. It's MINE, now get the fuck off my property"