1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: And Amanda jam Nation. 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 2: My twenty one year old son went to Europe this 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: time last year and it was they had a heat wave, 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: and particularly in Italy, so hot and so crowded. Nearly 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 2: everyone he knows is there this year. Every person he 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,080 Speaker 2: knows is in Europe at the moment, and they're not 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 2: the only ones. They're finding that their crowds are like 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 2: they've never been before. There are sixty five percent more 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: US visitors to the EU than ten years ago, and 10 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 2: not just Americans. Wealthy middle classes are emerging in China 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 2: and India and Brazil. More and more people are on 12 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: the move. And what a wonderful thing experiencing the world. 13 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 2: Unless you live there, it sounds really tough. Venice has 14 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: taken measures to ban cruise ships and this year introduced 15 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: an entrance fee for visitors on the busiest of days. 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: Look at this stat here in peak. 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: Tourism times, Venice has two hundred and forty seven tourists 18 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: per resident. Amsterdam has announced a complete ban on over 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: tourism by twenty thirty five. They're working hard on this, 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: so there'll be no cruise ships, no new hotels, no 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: more than twenty million hotel overnight stays by tourists. Wow, 22 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: they've already got twenty million overnight stays. Same thing with Paris. 23 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: They're promoting Paris in winter, visit Us in winter, so Athens, Lisbon, 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,040 Speaker 2: Venice and Spain similar anti tourism movements, and they're finding 25 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: that people are actually taking to the streets, the locals chanting, 26 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 2: keep out, no photos, they're squirting water pistols at people. 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: So they'll just find it too hard to live. And 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,479 Speaker 2: there's a fine line between this. I went to the Palace. 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: I went to Europe, London and France a couple of 30 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: years ago. At this time of year, it's really hard 31 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: to get around. Peak tourism is horrendous and we can't 32 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: dictate when our holidays are, so that's when we were there. 33 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: And I went to the Palace of Versailles. I remember 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: going there maybe thirty five years ago, and you could 35 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 2: walk around it was fabulous. 36 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: This time it was so crowded. 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: It had tipped into being an unpleasant experience, and God forbid, 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 2: if you needed to go to the toilet, there was 39 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: no way you could do that and get back to 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: your bus in time. 41 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: It was so difficult, and it was a wasted day. 42 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: And I thought at some point the tourism experience is 43 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,239 Speaker 2: not worth what you've gone there to have. It's hard 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: being a tourist really, when you go on holidays, it's 45 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: quite stressful. 46 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: Of course it is. 47 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 2: Because you've you know, you're in an unfamiliar place. Yes, 48 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: and there's so little things that you can be in 49 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: control of. But imagine being on the other side of 50 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: it and being the people like in Barcelona seven point 51 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 2: two tourists per resident. There's a town here that I'm 52 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 2: reading this article that the town is Sweden, that they say 53 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: that someone said, I've been living here for twenty six 54 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: years and this place has lost its charm. There are 55 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: crowded paths, selfie sticks or raised as if going into battle, 56 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 2: long queue snake in front of waterfalls, are drone buzzers overhead. 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: As one hundred and eighteen tourists per resident, it swells 58 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 2: from two and a half thousand people to six thousand. 59 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 2: You know, the toilets, the shops and yes, as you 60 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: said earlier, that's how they make their money. But for 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 2: the local residents, what a hard thing to live through. 62 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 2: I don't know if I'd travel at this time of 63 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 2: year again, No, no, or go to You want to 64 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: go to those places where there's been trouble. 65 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: That's another thing. So there's been some trouble, you go 66 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: to that place, so she'll be the only tourist there. 67 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. 68 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: So maybe you're on your way to Iran or something, 69 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: Palestine or Syria or something. Okay, well great, maybe that's 70 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: your way to travel. That could be a thing. That 71 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: could be a gift shop. 72 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: That could that could absolutely be a thing, or just 73 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: be a tourist in your own city and. 74 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: Complain about that. For us around here, absolutely do it.