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Be a traveler, not a tourist! When you do it it's "tourism" when I do it it's "travelling". When you're visiting a place for a shorter period of time primarily
by dagw 7y ago
Be a traveler, not a tourist!
When you do it it's "tourism" when I do it it's "travelling". When you're visiting a place for a shorter period of time primarily for leisure, you're a tourist. Sure you can tourist in more or less intrusive ways, but just accept the label and move on.
the Ramones could no longer rent an apartment in Brooklyn. Struggling painters could most certainly not afford to live in Paris these days...
None of which has anything to do with tourism.
- tim333 7y agoIt's more down to what you do than if it's me or them. Doing stuff the locals do is not tourist. Queueing to take photos of the changing of the guard or that kind of stuff is touristy.
- notahacker 7y agoIt has to be said that visiting tourist attractions often has much to recommend it over "doing stuff the locals do", which often entails pretty mundane experiences like going to the mall and eating at McDonalds...
- zerocool4 7y agoWell, interesting note, because on the last trip in Sri Lanks I was in just another Buddhist temple, and I remember almost nothing of it. But then I was eating in a McDonalds nearby, and it was a really interesting. They had totally different menu and tastes, chairs and tables, peoples and ads, also no WC so I found it only at horse race track nearby. Not a mundane experience in any way. Churches, temples and mountain views are all the same after a while. Small details in everyday people's life always different and makes yourself to take a fresh look at your daily life.
- dagw 7y agoAs much as I enjoy seeing local 'must-see' sights of a place, I have to admit that seeing what a local mall and grocery store looks like is every bit as interesting.
- topmonk 7y agoMaybe vacationer would be a better term. You certainly aren't a traveler. You're not wandering around a place to travel somewhere. Just attempting to find enjoyable and rewarding experiences. In that sense you are quite like a tourist, and in the local's minds you probably are also about the same.
- badpun 7y ago> Doing stuff the locals do is not tourist. Dictionary definition of a tourist: "One who travels for pleasure.".
- dagw 7y agoQueueing to take photos of the changing of the guard or that kind of stuff is touristy. Which part do you oppose the most? The queuing, the photo taking, or the finding of the changing of the guards an amusing spectacle worth seeing once in your life. If there's no queue and I don't take any pictures, is it still "touristy"? The bottom line is that most "touristy" stuff became touristy because it was a kind of cool/unique/fun/interesting thing to see/do. I agree that if there's a long queue you have to balance how much time you want to spend against the value of the thing you'll see.
- thisone 7y agoOnly because Londoners in the area 1) see it happen all the time and 2) already took the same photos when they were young. This local goes the same places the tourists do because the UK is beautiful and the foreign tourists I meet have good taste ;)
- chongli 7y agoNone of which has anything to do with tourism. On the contrary. Tourism is a major driving force behind the large scale conversion of long term rentals into hotels via Airbnb.
- robben1234 7y agoLong term rentals require much lower level of attention to tenants. If owners are okay with switching from long term to short term and servicing their property, I don't see a problem here. It just means they didn't have an opportunity to enter hotel business before, despite having means and desire.