From Aftermath: Japan's Tourism Troubles Are Being Fuelled By Social Media Assholes.
The overtourism I kept seeing, over and over, was more of an over-concentration of obnoxious, obstructive individuals, and a locust-like swarming of stores and attractions that had blown up online. A mass experiment in personal vanity, sparked by streaming video platforms and the shitty incentives they encourage. The resulting viral trends were driving tourists and content creators – often it was hard to separate the two – to either be assholes in the expected places, or sending them to specific and unsuspecting places to be assholes, where many residents don't have much experience with Western tourists (and a lot of tourists don't have experience with Japan). [continue]
I think about this problem a lot, because there are places I want to visit that are plagued by an excess of tourists. I don't want to be part of the problem, which generally means I don't go to these places. But how should the problem be solved?
Should there be tourist visas, given only to a fixed number of visitors? Some sort of special entry requirements? I don't know, but I would like to see ways for communities to prioritize their people, rather than being constantly annoyed by a bunch of rude visitors.