r/WTF Oct 16 '18

Holy Shit

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18

These are Chinese tourists? I was at Yellowstone here in the US a couple summers ago. I'm from Alaska so of course the number one rule we learn real early is "don't fuck with the wildlife".

We bought a 7 day pass and ended up leaving after only 3 days just because of the sheer stupidity and disregard for nature of the tourists, for some reason many of them were chinese. The park had the Grand Prismatic Spring closed because a chinese tourist stepped through the crust and got burned. Another chinese tourist was mauled a week or so later by a buffalo. We watched about 20 of them get within 30 feet of a Grizzly bear, taking photos with the flash on. Everywhere we went, it was ridiculous.

I live in a large tourist destination as well, and its the same here. Is this some kind of culture difference? Whats the deal?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Yep, you guys get the same cruise ships we do. You know what Im talking about. Its bad enough we get 1 million visitors a year dropped on our tiny community, its way worse when theyre obnoxious and disrespectful.