Entitled Tourists

The social media aspect is probably a huge factor as well

and I also hate when I go to a performance and I see people watching the whole thing through their phones

from the article
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.........Some of this wild behavior may also be influenced by the promise of going viral. On a more subtle level, social media can also inspire a “main character” mind-set, Bonior says.

“There’s an element of being the star of your own story,” Bonior says. “It’s a different mind-set than if you go travel somewhere and experience it as a passive observer.”

Steves says it’s been impacting his tours. He’s had to pause small concerts to tell his groups to stop recording on their phones. “Otherwise everybody’s going to be ignoring the music and jockeying for a good angle to get their selfie,” he says. “They’re not paying attention. They’re not in the moment. They’re missing the beauty of it.”

Sedgman agrees, adding that we’re incentivized to turn our lives — and our travels — into content. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok turned travel into social currency. Seeing a place as just a pretty post can distort the complicated reality.

Bonior recalls a recent viral TikTok video of a woman complaining that her trip to Italy’s Amalfi Coast was not as social media had promised. Getting to the famous destination required much more effort — flights, trains, ferries and hauling one’s suitcase up nearly 200 steps — than influencers made it appear.

“Travel by definition is complicated and effortful and sometimes stressful, but I think in our culture we want the sound bite, we want the one perfect Instagrammable shot,” Bonior says.............

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/08/10/bad-tourists-vandalism-italy-bali-croatia-japan/