Wow, that is a useless headline, I was wondering - how is that different than any other day there? Did something special happen with the tourists? Did they clog up the entry in a way that the Louvre had to shut down?
No, it was in fact not the tourists shutting down anything, it was a strike, the workers using the power they have:
On Monday, staff at the world’s most-visited museum went on strike, forcing the museum to close its doors over concerns about the effects of mass tourism, according to the Associated Press.
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The shutdown followed a weekend of protests against tourism that spread across Europe. In Spain, travelers hanging out at popular tourist destinations were drenched by demonstrators armed with water guns. Mass demonstrations also broke out in Mallorca, Venice, Italy, and Portugal’s capital of Lisbon, per the AP, with locals leading chants like “Everywhere you look, all you see are tourists.”
So while it is in connection to actions against tourism, the headline really makes it sound, like it’s more a “bizzarre thing involving tourists happening” thing, not a strike.
Absolutely. The only mention of phones, at all, is in conjunction with the masses taking pictures of the Mona Lisa. Which is such a bizarre thing (the painting being tiny and so incredibly far away) that you feel compelled to take a picture just to show how strange it is.
At the same time, thanks to the decline in US tourism this year, the situation in Europe is at an all time worst when it comes to cost, crowding, and annoyance. The strike, it is mentioned, was due to the overcrowding.
Wow, that is a useless headline, I was wondering - how is that different than any other day there? Did something special happen with the tourists? Did they clog up the entry in a way that the Louvre had to shut down?
No, it was in fact not the tourists shutting down anything, it was a strike, the workers using the power they have:
So while it is in connection to actions against tourism, the headline really makes it sound, like it’s more a “bizzarre thing involving tourists happening” thing, not a strike.
Absolutely. The only mention of phones, at all, is in conjunction with the masses taking pictures of the Mona Lisa. Which is such a bizarre thing (the painting being tiny and so incredibly far away) that you feel compelled to take a picture just to show how strange it is.
At the same time, thanks to the decline in US tourism this year, the situation in Europe is at an all time worst when it comes to cost, crowding, and annoyance. The strike, it is mentioned, was due to the overcrowding.