tuga
Legal Alien
There is a massive (and growing) problem with over-tourism. And that is largely a consequence of the internet. In days gone by, you took out your Kodak, took a few snaps, sent them off to Boots, and two weeks later your prints would come through. You would then lovingly add them to your photo album and bore the pants off every visitor for the next six weeks. Now you stick them on Facebook, ten of your mates think ‘wow, what an amazing place, I must go there,” and repost, then ten of their mates etc etc…
But I agree, the Malthusian overpopulation theory is long discredited. Take a look at some of the most densely populated places on the planet- Japan, The Netherlands, Hong Kong et al. Although unevenly distributed, they are amongst the wealthiest places in the world.
Let's not forget the tax candy responsible for low-cost flight tickets vs. train travel in Europe...
"In Europe, airlines pay no taxes on kerosene and little tax on tickets or VAT. Their emissions are only priced for flights within Europe – at a level below the social cost of carbon."
![www.theguardian.com](/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.guim.co.uk%2Fimg%2Fmedia%2Ff343ff985ca0d1a15d4c296422611ae698148335%2F0_177_5300_3180%2Fmaster%2F5300.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1200%26height%3D630%26quality%3D85%26auto%3Dformat%26fit%3Dcrop%26overlay-align%3Dbottom%252Cleft%26overlay-width%3D100p%26overlay-base64%3DL2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc%26enable%3Dupscale%26s%3D4b334513f528882c810984a72ded1dc4&hash=72bcd90343f30373398acd7b34fac4b3&return_error=1)
Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace
Campaigners say cheap flights, made possible by tax breaks for airlines, are encouraging people to heat the planet