Comment on YSK: If you’re ever planning to visit French Polynesia, consider choosing Maupiti over Bora Bora.
quivivraverra@jlai.lu 11 hours agoTourism is not a problem. Mass tourism is. Tourism is welcome in reasonable numbers and a great source of income for the locals in a place with not many ways to make money.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Oh. At what point does harmless tourism become mass tourism?
quivivraverra@jlai.lu 28 minutes ago
At the point where the influx of tourists surpasses the organic capacity of the place, as it’s the case in Bora Bora with the Four Seasons and St Regis (and the other resorts) for example. In Maupiti everything’s run by locals, so once all the guesthouses/pensions are booked - max capacity is reached. The influx is thus controlled organically.