As someone who lives in a touristy place, every year reminds me how unethical tourism is.
How come EU doesn't care for something that so unnecessary pollutes, driving millions of people from big cities to tiny places that clearly can't sustain them? Well , too many european countries rely on tourism, that's it.
The only way out is "entrance tickets" with capped numbers.
But if you sell them it automatically becomes a form of classism (advantaging the rich while penalizing the poor).
We could institute a "tourist license" with a three to six month course on the history of the destination and respect of basic rules of behaviour, with a final exam to get the license.
But again that would be discriminatory, some way or the other.
We could impose the need of a (licensed) guide/assistant for any tourist or group of tourists up to 5 people, but then again that would favour the rich.
So, the only way would be a lottery of sorts (but then you would have to carve the exceptions for those traveling for business, for medical reasons, for studying, for x, and y).
Then you would have to find a way to check these tickets, some procedures for when these tickets are lost or stolen, etc., a sure way to cash fines when people is found without ticket or breaks any rule [1] (an advance deposit of US$ 5,000 or € 5,000 on an escrow service would nicely do, but again the rich will be favoured) .
Then, obviously, you cannot have the same treatment for citizens belinging to EU countries and the rest, so the total allowance should have a quota reserved to our EU neighbours and a separate one for those countries that are "friends" and require no Visa, before "the rest".
Seems to me like a dream that EU bureaucrats, bankers and IT firms can have.
[1] you will need also some new Laws and Courts to manage the oppositions to the fines
First we need to rethink what drives tourism. IMHO , expensive real estate and lack of space in every big city in the western world drives people to escapism. It's not normal, or healthy, it's just something we ve tolerated for too long
You sure could limit tourists against enter your town. But tourists are most powerful income source for small business (horeca). Reasonable people should find some solution, acceptable for all.
May be, you should divide your town to public (tourist) place and non-public place, where tourists enter severe limited.
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How come EU doesn't care for something that so unnecessary pollutes, driving millions of people from big cities to tiny places that clearly can't sustain them? Well , too many european countries rely on tourism, that's it.
But if you sell them it automatically becomes a form of classism (advantaging the rich while penalizing the poor).
We could institute a "tourist license" with a three to six month course on the history of the destination and respect of basic rules of behaviour, with a final exam to get the license.
But again that would be discriminatory, some way or the other.
We could impose the need of a (licensed) guide/assistant for any tourist or group of tourists up to 5 people, but then again that would favour the rich.
So, the only way would be a lottery of sorts (but then you would have to carve the exceptions for those traveling for business, for medical reasons, for studying, for x, and y).
Then you would have to find a way to check these tickets, some procedures for when these tickets are lost or stolen, etc., a sure way to cash fines when people is found without ticket or breaks any rule [1] (an advance deposit of US$ 5,000 or € 5,000 on an escrow service would nicely do, but again the rich will be favoured) .
Then, obviously, you cannot have the same treatment for citizens belinging to EU countries and the rest, so the total allowance should have a quota reserved to our EU neighbours and a separate one for those countries that are "friends" and require no Visa, before "the rest".
Seems to me like a dream that EU bureaucrats, bankers and IT firms can have.
[1] you will need also some new Laws and Courts to manage the oppositions to the fines
May be, you should divide your town to public (tourist) place and non-public place, where tourists enter severe limited.