Paris, Venice, Disneyland are not enjoyable destinations anymore. They’re packed with people blocking the way to take a stupid picture for social media. It’s so narcissistic, you’re not there to admire the art in museums or the architecture but to take a picture of yourself next to it
The worst part? That other non mainstream locations are also getting packed with people every year because of these people sharing it on social media. Slovenia, a country that’s supposed to have modest tourism is now full of people that are making the bus services crash because they’re not prepared for this amount of tourists
You’d think the heat waves in Europe would hinder tourism but for some reason there’s still even more people coming every year. I swear that if I hear another German tourist speak with that goofly deep voice of theirs I’m going to crash out.
It’s funny how it changes at different times in your life. We have an all-inclusive holiday with my wife, sprogs and extended family booked in Lanzarote this October.
Exactly the kind of thing I’d have thought of as a living hell when I was a young man, backpacking solo through SE Asia.
But honestly I’m looking forward to it having done my first package holiday a few years back. Decent and varied food, booze and sun by the beach with plenty of activities for the Little People, leaving me to read by the pool. Bliss.
Did it change, or do you realize that backpacking through SE asia with responsibilities would kinda suck compared to doing it without responsibilities? And that an all expenses paid vacation when you have responsibilities is really nice, but limiting if you have no responsibilities…
I think you’re absolutely right, but I think the point still stands that it depends broadly on what stage you’re at in life. I can certainly envisage a time when I’m older (touch wood), where I’d want a different type of vacation from either of the ones I mentioned.