classic33
Leg End Member
Folk wanting to visit areas new to them is nothing new. The West Highland Railway was built to bring tourists into the wilder parts of Scotland. Queen Victoria included.Sadly true but I have no idea what could be done otherwise.
People have more money and time now but I wonder how many visiting these places are simply ticking boxes and have no real interest in the place they are visiting.
I consider myself lucky as I travelled and visited most of the UK before tourism became a menace.
Now I am in the slightly unfortunate position of being a prisoner in what has become a must see area due to pressure of numbers of visitors.
This has happened fairly suddenly over the last decade.
What we're seeing now is the growth in people "staying at home" for their holidays. Visiting areas new to them, away from the built-up areas that are their normal areas.
I remember being royally cheesed of that a road I'd cycled down a little over an hour before was now closed off, due to the An Post Tour of Ireland coming down it and being made to wait with everyone waiting on the tour coming past. When all I wanted to do were get home with the shopping.