People employed due to tourist revenue are angry about tourists. That’s some real funny stuff .
The concern about AirBnBs driving up prices is valid though, but is a failure of local politics.
It wouldn’t be that difficult to fine everyone who rents a rental unit not for touristic use on Airbnb into oblivion. These assholes usually also don’t pay taxes
People employed due to tourist revenue are angry about tourists. That’s some real funny stuff .
Seriously … how long do they think they can sustain a museum with just local visitors? Like are they expecting regulars? Do some Parisians just want to look at the Mona Lisa once a week?
The Louvee workers have been complaining for years that they are understaffed and unable to handle to massive amounts of tourists that come in. If your office keeps piling more and more work on you while you are already overwhelmed, you can’t function properly.
Mass demonstrations also broke out in Mallorca, Venice, Italy, and Portugal’s capital of Lisbon, per the AP, with locals leading chants like “Everywhere you look, all you see are tourists.” The objection the residents have to the visitors is primarily their role in causing an affordability crisis, leading to things like housing costs skyrocketing as homes are sought after to be listed on Airbnb and other short-term rental markets
This article does a poor job of covering the background.
But Louvre workers call Macron hypocritical and say the 700 million to 800 million-euro ($730 million to $834 million) renovation plan masks a deeper crisis. While Macron is investing in new entrances and exhibition space, the Louvre’s annual operating subsidies from the French state have shrunk by more than 20% over the past decade — even as visitor numbers soared.
People employed due to tourist revenue are angry about tourists. That’s some real funny stuff .
The concern about AirBnBs driving up prices is valid though, but is a failure of local politics.
It wouldn’t be that difficult to fine everyone who rents a rental unit not for touristic use on Airbnb into oblivion. These assholes usually also don’t pay taxes
Seriously … how long do they think they can sustain a museum with just local visitors? Like are they expecting regulars? Do some Parisians just want to look at the Mona Lisa once a week?
People aren’t annoyed with regular tourists, but with completely and utterly regarded morons.
This kind of person: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/palazzo-maffei-verona-italian-museum-police-tourists-van-gogh-chair
Yes they are. That’s literally what the article is about.
The Louvee workers have been complaining for years that they are understaffed and unable to handle to massive amounts of tourists that come in. If your office keeps piling more and more work on you while you are already overwhelmed, you can’t function properly.
Yes, but the management isn’t caused by tourism.
Because it is a bad headline trying to undermine a labor union
It says “phone-addicted” in the headline. Doesn’t sound like pleasant, educated people to me. Sounds like morons.
You STILL trust headlines?
This article does a poor job of covering the background.
https://apnews.com/article/louvre-museum-paris-closed-lines-delay-2bbf9be4f49de739fd14dd4d908e4d72
The staff is getting their ass kicked.