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Many Americans Are Breaking Laws While on Vacation
17.12.2024 - 21:25 / travelpulse.com / North America / Rich Thomaselli
More Americans than ever before are breaking international laws when they vacation, but the problem is that they might not even know it.
From simply possessing marijuana to bringing ammunition into a foreign country, many Americans are unfamiliar with international law and the numbers don’t lie.
In the past year, there have been more than 120,000 news articles on “bad behavior on vacation,” six times more (up 512.2 percent) than the 19,600 news articles the year before.
Dubbing this phenomenon “tourist syndrome,” travel analysts at Radical Storage conducted a survey to uncover just how normalized bad behavior on vacation is, and the psychology behind it.
Further showing their apathy or indifference, or both, many Americans have posed inappropriately with statues in other countries. More than 75 percent of them are below the age of 43.
Knocking over a wall of masterpieces in the pursuit of the perfect selfie, being intimate on the Great Pyramid of Giza – these are real examples of tourists behaving badly. Some places, like Copenhagen, are actively rewarding tourists for good behavior, whereas other places, like Spain, are seeing waves of anti-tourist protests.
People are more likely to act out on vacation the younger they are. Around 70 percent of those aged between 18-27 (Gen-Z) said they are likely to behave differently on vacation.
“Unfortunately, the findings of this survey confirm what we already know,” Giacomo Piva, co-founder at Radical Storage, said. “The tourism industry may have recovered from the impact of COVID-19, but sadly the epidemic of bad behavior continues to threaten the future freedom of travel, with anti-tourism protests sweeping across Europe.”
“The fact that 56.5 percent of people admitted to behaving badly and experiencing 'tourist syndrome' on vacation shows us that this issue isn't about the few ruining travel for the many – but the many ruining travel for us all,” Piva continued.
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