Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the United States?

Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by wallace_f on Sunday September 11, 2016 @12:40AM (#12472032)

I've travelled some internationally and realized this phenomenon is magnified inside the US.

If I had to wonder at a reason why, I'd say it has to do with something else I've noticed: People from the US are also significantly more worried about the credence in what they're doing as something worth doing. Best way of that is that other people are doing it. If there's a ranger waiting to take your money it must really be worth it!

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by briandear on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:16AM (#12472356)

I am American living in southern France and you haven't seen nothing until you've seen Chinese tourists.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by sotojuan on Sunday September 11, 2016 @08:49AM (#12473102)

From NYC and can confirm. Been to the art museums often and every time there's a group of Chinese teens/young adults taking a picture or selfie of every painting and moving on to the next one.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by tjbiddle on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:14AM (#12473738)

Don't be silly, they wouldn't do that!

They would take a minimum of 10 selfies per painting before moving on.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by wallace_f on Sunday September 11, 2016 @07:51AM (#12472966)

Haha, I thought Chinese shared that with Americans, but maybe they are more extreme -- I feel like living in France you get some selective bias of the type of tourists that go to France... It's France after all

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by seszett on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:16AM (#12473748)

Chinese tourists do pretty much the same in most places I've encountered them though, even Taiwan.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by firebones on Sunday September 11, 2016 @02:20AM (#12472230)

I'm not sure. In Rocky Mountain National Park for instance, there are things above 9000 feet you can't get to unless a ranger takes your money; and in every experience I've ever had, that's the only way to get access to those experiences.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by jessaustin on Sunday September 11, 2016 @12:07PM (#12473996)

When I spent the night on Long's Peak in Rocky Mountain (not intentional! I went up a semi-technical route but somehow lost the "easy" trail on the way down...) there were no rangers and no payments. I value that day-night-morning more than all of my other visits to RMNP put together.

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by driverdan on Sunday September 11, 2016 @01:35PM (#12474501)

The trail markings on Long's Peak are terrible. I had trouble finding the trail back down too but it was midday and there were ranges around to point me in the right direction.

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