Japan's Fujiyoshida cancels annual cherry blossom celebration due to overtourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around 200,000 tourists visit the week-long festival each year, which is particularly popular due to Fujiyoshida's picturesque location overlooking Mount Fuji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this year, there will be no such thing. Residents have protested how the influx of tourists is disrupting the \u201dquiet lives\u201d of the locals. Fujiyoshida, with a population of just under 50,000, has been inundated with traffic and discarded cigarette butts \u2013 and even tourists doing number two in people\u2019s gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A weak Japanese currency is said to be contributing to overtourism, which has also affected other parts of Japan. In Kyoto, for example, \u201dInstagram-obsessed\u201d tourists have been accused of harassing geishas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, Japan was visited by a record number of tourists: 42.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Aftonbladet.se-tt.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Japanska Fujiyoshida st\u00e4ller in det \u00e5rliga firandet av k\u00f6rsb\u00e4rsblomningen. Anledningen \u00e4r \u00f6verturism. Runt 200 000 turister bes\u00f6ker varje \u00e5r den veckol\u00e5nga festivalen, som \u00e4r s\u00e4rskilt popul\u00e4r p\u00e5 grund av Fujiyoshidas bildsk\u00f6na l\u00e4ge med utsikt \u00f6ver berget Fuji. Men i \u00e5r blir det inget. Inv\u00e5nare har protesterat mot hur turistanhopningen sl\u00e5r mot lokalbefolkningens \u201dlugna liv\u201d. Fujiyoshida, med […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":302564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[6776,6774,964,6775,155,423],"class_list":["post-302563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-fuji","tag-fujiyoshida","tag-japan","tag-korbarsfest","tag-turism","tag-turister"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n