I’ve been reading an article on how Santorini became an attraction for Instagram influencers. People go there just to take a photo. Because the place is so photogenic, it looks like it was artificially made for beautiful filters and Instagram.
Unfortunately, I’ve never been there, but heard from a lot of people that it’s mostly unbearable. There are just too many people. I remembered that I felt that way before. Last summer we’ve decided to make a trip to Prague, as I’ve heard only good things and never been there. We’ve drove all the way there, stopping in Krakow and Warsaw in the meantime.
I liked the architecture and the look of the city. But I disliked the trip overall. There is just too many people. You don’t enjoy walking through the city, because everywhere you turn, there are millions of tourists with phones and cameras. Some by themselves, some in groups.
The other example was in Thailand. There are islands which are destroyed by people. They have to be closed off for tourist in order to fix everything. If you think about it – it’s miserable.
There is an idea to limit the amount of people that can visit an attraction in a day, as an example. I know this limits the freedom of travel, but I’m more and more in the agreement with the proponents of such an approach.
I love spontaneous trips and going somewhere, my favourite thing is to rent a car and go somewhere. In the above mentioned trip to Prague, we didn’t even book the hotels, we’ve decided during lunch that we wanted to go and just drove. We’ve booked hotels along the way. But if this will give me the ability to enjoy new places more, I will be happy to plan my trips in advance.