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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
First of all, the entire premise somewhat questionable. This is currently a "hot topic" but primarily because it's flashy, easy to understand and excellent click-bait. Don't assume that ...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
Behind the pushback on tourists in those places there are some factors, like:
Housing: Renting out a house to tourists can easily be more economically favorable to landlords than renting to local ...
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Plane to train in Copenhagen
I do this journey regularly. My mum's 85, arrived on the 18.20 from AMS, with luggage, and we easily caught the 18.59 train to Malmö. It might take you a bit longer if you don't know where you're ...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
In short, behave as you want tourists in your area to behave.
If you plan to visit one of the places which is in the news as very bad, unless you have a very strong reason to visit a particular ...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
Keep in mind that people complain about things -- all kinds of things -- that they do not actually want to disappear. Complaining about tourists clogging up the place and the terrible traffic and how ...
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Is it possible to buy an international bus ticket online from Singapore to JB Sentral?
Do you need to take a bus? Another option would be to take the Woodlands/JB shuttle train. Tickets are available from KTMB's website. Sometimes they sell out, but if you precisely want to buy in ...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
I live at a touristic destination where complains about tourism are a popular topic. So I will ramble a little bit...
There is tourist hate/blaming?
Some. There are people complaining, and even some (...
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German Visit Visa
As long as you have an itinerary that exits the Schengen Area and you can actually enter the destination country (whether because it’s your own country, a country you can enter visa-free, or a country ...
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Plane to train in Copenhagen
You can't book a place on the train, it's similar to a subway/metro.
It's cheaper to buy a ticket in the Skånetrafiken app or ticket machine than online in advance.
If you purchase online the ticket ...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
I think the issues the locals really have are overcrowding and high prices.
There are 2 main ways to alleviate that:
Travel to less frequent spots - the locals there will probably be much more ...
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Schengen Visa Itinerary Change
Yes, if you still spend most of the time in Portugal.
You can change the details of your trip after the visa was granted if the premise remains unchanged and if the changes came genuinely after the ...
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Plane to train in Copenhagen
Is this something a reasonably fit person should be able to accomplish in an hour’s time?
Hard to say and it depends a lot on your details. Do you have checked luggage, what class are you flying, do ...
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I'm filling out ds 260 and i have a problem with country/authority that issued my travel documents
Your passport was issued:
by Nigeria (issuing authority)
in Cotonou (issuing place)
The answer is clearly Nigeria.
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
There are two parts to this.
If the locals are actively unwelcoming, for whatever reason, go somewhere else unless you have an overwhelming desire to visit that place.
Otherwise, it boils down to &...
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Okay to travel to places where the locals are unwelcoming?
Dismissing the issue as "click-bait", as Hilmar does in his answer, is quite arrogant. At least, respect those communities that have enacted clear policies to restrict tourism, backed by ...
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Skiplagged - Beijing to USA destination
This is rather unusual in connecting flights in general, but because you are flying to the USA with a connecting flight to a domestic destination the answer is yes. You will have to collect your bags ...
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