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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by tim333 on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:51AM (#19999711)
It's more down to what you do than if it's me or them. Doing stuff the locals do is not tourist. Queueing to take photos of the changing of the guard or that kind of stuff is touristy.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by notahacker on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:11AM (#20000042)
It has to be said that visiting tourist attractions often has much to recommend it over "doing stuff the locals do", which often entails pretty mundane experiences like going to the mall and eating at McDonalds...
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by zerocool4 on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:25AM (#20000735)
Well, interesting note, because on the last trip in Sri Lanks I was in just another Buddhist temple, and I remember almost nothing of it. But then I was eating in a McDonalds nearby, and it was a really interesting. They had totally different menu and tastes, chairs and tables, peoples and ads, also no WC so I found it only at horse race track nearby. Not a mundane experience in any way. Churches, temples and mountain views are all the same after a while. Small details in everyday people's life always different and makes yourself to take a fresh look at your daily life.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by dagw on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:44AM (#20000855)
As much as I enjoy seeing local 'must-see' sights of a place, I have to admit that seeing what a local mall and grocery store looks like is every bit as interesting.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by dagw on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:46AM (#20000192)
Queueing to take photos of the changing of the guard or that kind of stuff is touristy.

Which part do you oppose the most? The queuing, the photo taking, or the finding of the changing of the guards an amusing spectacle worth seeing once in your life. If there's no queue and I don't take any pictures, is it still "touristy"?

The bottom line is that most "touristy" stuff became touristy because it was a kind of cool/unique/fun/interesting thing to see/do. I agree that if there's a long queue you have to balance how much time you want to spend against the value of the thing you'll see.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by tim333 on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:24PM (#20003097)
I'm not opposing anything. I'm happy enough for people to do touristy stuff and do it myself sometimes.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by LaGrange on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:11AM (#20000296)
> Which part do you oppose the most?

The one where you lift property prices so high that nobody can live in the city centres anymore.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by dagw on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:18AM (#20000333)
The tourists waiting to see the changing of the guards are not driving London property prices.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by LaGrange on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:46AM (#20001382)
They definitely do in Amsterdam, and in London that might be different purely because y'all have an even bigger mess on other fronts, somehow.
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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by badpun on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:34AM (#20000139)
> Doing stuff the locals do is not tourist.

Dictionary definition of a tourist: "One who travels for pleasure.".

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by thisone on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:14AM (#20000663)
Only because Londoners in the area 1) see it happen all the time and 2) already took the same photos when they were young.

This local goes the same places the tourists do because the UK is beautiful and the foreign tourists I meet have good taste ;)

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by topmonk on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:31AM (#20000125)
Maybe vacationer would be a better term. You certainly aren't a traveler. You're not wandering around a place to travel somewhere. Just attempting to find enjoyable and rewarding experiences. In that sense you are quite like a tourist, and in the local's minds you probably are also about the same.
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