I've never once thought there are too many tourists when I'm DT at work or on the weekend or on a day trip to NF on a summer weekend or when walking around Old Montreal or Old QC.
Have you been in Banff or Whistler or Peggy's Cove or whatever city and thought this is way too many tourists?
One way it has affected me is the two times I wanted to book a hotel in NF in the summer on the weekend and prices were too crazy and had to settle for some sleaze bag motel one night with some drunk, wife beater wearing, backwards ball cap douche mouthing off next door at 3am lounging outside the room beside us.
The other time, even the motels were completely booked and we gave up and drove back home. This was before smart phones so the search wasn't exhaustive.
But even then, I was happy that NF was such a happening place because lots of vacancy in the summer would mean it would be more like Niagara Falls, NY instead of Niagara Falls, ON.
Booking a hotel DT TO in the summer is a joke with those prices, but that doesn't affect me so whatever.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/2019...touristed-city
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In order to understand the struggles these cities could face in coming years and how they might address them, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and real estate firm JLL recently put together the Destination 2030 index as a way to measure tourism readiness, based on tourism growth and the cities’ ability to manage that growth. The index measures 75 tourism indicators – including the concentration of visitors, urban readiness and local policy engagement – to determine the challenges ahead for 50 of the world’s major cities.
In the report’s ‘Managing Momentum’ group, cities with high growth in tourism numbers were flagged as potentially causing strain on existing infrastructure if steps aren’t taken to manage the growth. We talked to a few residents in these cities to find out how the influx of travellers in recent years has affected them, how authorities are responding and how visitors can remain respectful of the people who live there year-round.
Toronto
Not every city sees the growing number of visitors as a bad thing. “Personally, I love seeing more people flocking to our great city of Toronto,” said Kyle Collier, founder of tech startup Phaze. “I've lived in Shanghai, China, so from my standpoint Toronto has lots of space.” That doesn’t mean Toronto doesn’t face challenges ahead – the index ranks the city in the highest quartile for overall ‘crunch’.
Personally, I love seeing more people flocking to our great city of Toronto
While the tourism industry seems ready to take on the influx of visitors, according to locals, it’s housing where residents are feeling the real pressure. “Toronto was already facing an affordable housing shortage. Especially in the downtown core, this has been exacerbated by the advent of holiday rentals (such as Airbnb),” said resident Eric Wychopen, who blogs about the province at Ontario Away. “It’s common now to see condo terms and conditions prohibiting renters from posting their properties for holiday rent. However, it’s also common knowledge that some tenants still illegally rent their properties.”
For tourists, a little respect for the environment goes a long way for locals. “Littering is something that disappoints me,” Collier said. “You certainly wouldn't want people littering in your home, so why do it to everyone else? Respect the planet, and people, especially those you don't know.”
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