In many places in the world, tourists are welcomed because of the movement they generate in the local economy. But it is also true that when your behavior is pushy, careless and disrespectfulbecomes unbearable.
It seems that this is how the inhabitants of a town in Japan feel, because they decided to install a huge black barrier at a popular photo spot to Mount Fuji before the fed up of the population with the hordes of foreign tourists.
The network constructionwhich will measure 2.5 meters high and 20 meters long, will begin the next weekAccording to an official from the town of Fujikawaguchiko.
“It’s unfortunate that we have to do this for some tourists who don’t respect the rules,” filling the place with garbage or ignoring traffic rules, he said.
He Tourism in Japan continues to grow since the lifting of pandemic restrictions and has reached record numberswith three million visitors in March, something that had never happened.
Why is this view of Mount Fuji so famous?
In it pueblo de Fujikawaguchiko There are plenty of points from which to photograph the emblematic Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan.
But this view is especially known because the majestic silhouette of the mountain rises above a Lawson convenience store, ubiquitous in this country.
This visual superposition “has propagated a social media fame that this place is very Japanese, which has made it a popular photo spot,” said the municipal official who did not want to be identified.
Bad behavior of tourists: what they do
Tourists, mostly foreigners, they crowd the narrow sidewalk in front of the store and tend to turn a deaf ear to the repeated warnings from traffic officers.
Even sometimes park without permission in an adjacent dental clinic and They climb to their roof to take the perfect image, the official said.
The excessive influx of visitors or their behavior have caused other containment measures in the country.
On Mount Fuji itself, the authorities will impose a access fee and a maximum daily quota on the main hiking route to climb the volcano.
And in Kyoto, tourists have been banned from the alleys of the geisha quarter after cases of visitors harassing these women to take their photo.
Similar situations are experienced in other destinations such as Venice, which on Thursday, April 25, began to charge tourists who visit the city of Italy for the day.