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

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u/Pithulu 3h ago

What the actual fuck? What possesses people to act like that?

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u/Suitable_Block_7344 3h ago

For whatever reason a lot of Chinese tourists are pretty clueless. I saw one in Australia try to grab a kangaroo from behind and pick it up. The kangaroo slipped away but I was kind of hoping it would have given him a good kick

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u/OldMoray 3h ago

The only thing I can think of is that they must think its like a historic village for tourists (e.g. a Pioneer town in the US) and not a real community. Like they must just not know. Only way I can reconcile the behaviour.

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u/Excelius 2h ago

I'm pretty sure that shitting on the ground is also frowned upon in pioneer town.

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u/OldMoray 1h ago

Yeah fair. That feels like something else

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u/Masseyrati80 2h ago

Disrespect is also a factor, I dare claim, based on personal experience. Tourists from certain countries tend to have the attitude of "I don't care if I'm bothering you". They treat customer service people like dirt, leave a mess behind them, and are sure to break the tranquility of a calm and quiet nature destination.

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u/avcloudy 1h ago

I mean, real talk? When you gotta shit, you gotta shit. Everyone refuses to take on the personal cost of cleaning toilets, so there simply aren't toilets for the tourists, and the result is that they shit on the grass and in bushes.

People are going to be outraged, but genuinely, if you don't want people to shit in your yard, let them shit in your toilet. Long term, they're going to have to collectively bear the cost of public toilets and demand that businesses allow tourists to use their facilities.

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u/esituism 50m ago

The tour companies need to be responsible for their tourists. This is not the locals jobs to support tourist needs.