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I can’t help but think Japan’s recent anti tourist mania is going to hurt them significantly. The country already has a reputation for xenophobia and discrimina
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
I can’t help but think Japan’s recent anti tourist mania is going to hurt them significantly. The country already has a reputation for xenophobia and discrimination, and the visibility of social media and news media attacks against tourists over trivial things like this is just going to keep young people from going there. And their economy needs them.
- Loughla 2y agoDoes their existing xenophobia and well known exclusionary society stop tourism now? My experience is that only makes people more interested in going to Japan. Is like a cool kid's club.
- mrfuuton 2y agoWouldn't call this a trivial thing. It does have a principled argument to make, in which locals would ask if it's fair for owners of this kind of luggage to continue without a license in a place where electric scooters and mopeds are common, and require a license to use.
- teractiveodular 2y agoAs a recent tourist to Japan (and a fluent speaker/reader of Japanese, so I get both sides of the story), the "anti tourist mania" is ridiculously overhyped by the media. Yeah, there are a couple of overcrowded hotspots, but it's a country of over 100M people and the vast majority of them either couldn't care less or actively welcome the tourist revenue.