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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


after the revolution tourism will be abolished and all will be forced to remain within 10 miles of their birthplace to avoid such imperialist practices

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


poty posted:

This isn't a very hard problem. if your product has more demand that you can handle then increase the price until the demand goes away. I bet you can get rid of half the tourists with a "high season tax" of 20 euros per visitor per night

indeed, what tourism needs is to be even more limited to the rich

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


i mean i agree that tourism can be extremely damaging to local cultures, but that's more a consequence of capitalism ruining everything it touches than the idea of traveling and tourism itself. you could say there is no such thing ethical consumption under capitalism.

tbh i think travel is pretty important and should be done much more by everyone, and that it's still mostly limited to the rich or lucky is a bad thing. i think any good socialist society would greatly encourage travel, not try to limit it.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


drunk brits are worse than aussies

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


ive been in se asia for a year i can scientifically confirm that

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


zeal posted:

they are. they're telling the tourists to go home

:rolleyes:

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Badger of Basra posted:

sounds like they should be protesting against capitalism, or at the very least the government that facilitates it

seize the means of production? no comrade, the only way is to truly resist capitalism is to destroy the means of production

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


castro was not fond of tourism, limiting it heavily until the USSR collapsed and Cuba was in need for hard cash. he associated it with the prerevolutionary period where tourism was run by the american mob and Cuba was seen as an especially hedonistic destination for americans and sex tourism was rampant. the more long term opposition to it was more of a nationalistic thing than socialist imo

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Whorelord posted:

Anyone who doesn't support Palestine should just spend a weekend in a hostel full of Israelis imo

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


logikv9 posted:

i don't know about israelis but can you really be as bad as mainland chinese tourists?

mainland chinese tourists are by far the worst yeah. saw them nearly cause a riot in bangkok because their tour groups wouldnt get out of the way for any other tourists and started fighting with police lol

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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


babypolis posted:

im sorry but if you hate tourists you are basically just a dumb xenophobic gently caress. everyone should travel more

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