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00:00The cost of the Everest permit was $15,000 for foreigners,
00:03access to Machu Picchu was limited to 2,500 visitors per day,
00:07and tourists are no longer welcome.
00:08During the COVID years, mass tourism had slowed down,
00:11but since 2023, it has gone back to being more beautiful.
00:14Bounded streets, endless lines, rising rents and disrespectful behavior,
00:18in the face of mass tourism, some cities and their inhabitants react.
00:22Barcelona is a striking example.
00:23With millions of visitors every year,
00:25locals express their discontent with the tags
00:28of the word « fuck off » tourists and jets of water during anti-tourist demonstrations.
00:32The City Hall of Barcelona plans to ban short-term rental platforms within 5 years
00:36and to increase the stay tax for cruisers.
00:38In Amsterdam and the Netherlands,
00:40the stay tax has been increased to 12.5% of the price of the room.
00:44In parallel, a « stay away » campaign
00:46targets young tourists who come to party
00:48by asking them to stay at home.
00:50Etretat in France sees 1.5 million visitors every year.
00:54These natural landscapes are not designed to withstand such affluence.
00:57The pedestrianization of the coast causes accidents,
01:00erosion or even the destruction of plants.
01:02And the list of overloaded destinations is still long.