The media frequently report the negative aspects of all this and our real concern is that Kyoto could lose the high reputation in the tourism sector, which we have laboriously earned over the years. the administration has decided to fine those who forcibly take photos of the Geishas and has developed a system for forecasting tourist influxes divided by area and which, as in the Croatian experiment mentioned in paragraph 4, recommends alternative routes to the very crowded ones.
What can you do? The further we go, the better it is to 99 acres data remember that the thing to safeguard is not only the territory, but the life of those who live there. People are not our attractions, but they are, precisely, people. Ask permission before taking close-up photos, where the features are recognizable.
If you love to portray people in places, learn to take portraits from a distance, where people really appear as elements of the territory, in their territory, and not as low-cost “models”. May our lenses and our smartphones not become invasive like pointed guns. Sabrina in front of the Santa Severa Castle - article Sleeping in a Castle in Italy I know that for those who love to travel and for an entire generation (mine) that will have mainly “experiences” as a personal heritage, the idea of leaving this world without having seen certain phenomena and places can be difficult.
But let's think about it: why do we necessarily want to see Sakura, the lavender in Valensole, the old town of Dubrovnik, the roofs of Santorini? Because we have always really wanted them to be part of our heritage of experiences or because we are victims of the more or less unconscious pressure of those who talk to us about them as "unmissable things, to be seen at least once in a lifetime"? Let us emancipate ourselves, both as creators and users of online content, from the concept of “Must See”.