I'm starting to dislike European and American tourists
Why do American and European tourists feel entitled to other countries
I have never had an issue with tourists at all infact i think tourism is great it brings money exposure and all of that but lately especially in Cape Town the entitlement is just getting out of hand I was there in December last year which if you are South African you know December is literally like a whole another month like it's our time it's awesome it's our holiday because it doesn't snow and it's just summer we celebrated in a specific way and enjoyed in this specific way and the amount of European tourists was insane again it's not the amount of people that are coming that is the problem it's more of the attitude but they bring my friend and I were literally in a line at a cafe waiting like normal people and this guy he was a German guy on a call just walk straight past everyone and tries to order no excuse me no awareness nothing we tell him politely to get to the back and he ignores us and then when it comes becomes an issue he's starts going on rant on how he's helping our country because his European euro is like contributing or something like that.
Which took me aback cause why does he think that he deserves special treatment just cause of his nationality. And I thought maybe he's just like that, but I've noticed this mindset on social media as well like a few weeks ago on tiktok i was watching this video from this african-american woman and she was basically saying that she has been in South Africa for three years and she and her words quote "I have been putting money and pouring money into this country" and basically she said that she applied to extend her visa and South Africa basically denied her and she's complaining on the internet like she deserves to be here. And I saw more who think like like this
and this isn't something I'm noticing in SA only but other countries like Japan and Hawaii. Especially Hawaii cause why do I see so many Hawaii natives trying to being awareness to over tourism and it's a bunch of Americans and Europeans being so rude and entitled talking about how "we feed your country" or "you should be thanking us" like why are you guys like this. do y'all leave your respect at the airport or something?? And it's so concerning to me because I see how drained Hawaiian people are and I fear that's going to happen to our country