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The particular street has obviously been attractive for a while. And Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world (if not the most). So what has change
by addicted 8y ago
The particular street has obviously been attractive for a while. And Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world (if not the most).
So what has changed here? Has the instagrammability of this street led to more people visiting it? Or has the need and desire to photograph and broadcast your entire trip led to people taking more choreographed and more elaborate photos?
If it’s the former, then the issue appears to be that Instagram has changed tourist preferences. If it’s the latter, then it appears to have changed not just preferences, but behavior, where tourists don’t visit a place to enjoy their visit, but rather to broadcast that they have visited it.
- realusername 8y ago> So what has changed here? Has the instagrammability of this street led to more people visiting it? That's exactly it, Instagram ""influencers"" posted pictures on that street and it created a marketing effect which brought all those people there.
- netsharc 8y agoI suppose in a world without Instagram, people would just walk through the street and enjoy it, maybe take a few pics to show during their "My trip to France" slideshow for friends and family in their living room, but with Instagram, it's morons jumping up and down dancing and doing silly poses.
- ghaff 8y agoBourbon Street in New Orleans is classic behavior changing. When I lived there, locals mostly avoided it. But from what I’ve seen on visits since then, even pre-smartphones and social media it became even more a street for tourists acting like they thought they were “supposed” to act on Bourbon Street.