Wishes for 2023: ‘Quality’ tourism wanted as travellers return to Japan

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“quality travellers” who are more respectful of local customs and mindful of social etiquette.

There is even a term kanko kogai (“tourism pollution”) that came about as residents have suffered the brunt of misbehaviour of foreigners

In 2018, the bamboo forests of Arashiyama in Kyoto were defaced by tourists who apparently thought it was OK to carve their names onto the trees. In 2017, a Buddhist temple in Fukuoka banned foreigners on group tours after they played loud music and frolicked in an out-of-bounds waterfall used for Buddhism training.

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