Mount Fuji restricts hikers to combat overtourism

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25 күн бұрын

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Japanese authorities are introducing a new online booking system for people who want to hike Mount Fuji’s most popular trail. The system announced on May 13, 2024, will require hikers to pay a new US$13 fee and was described as part of Tokyo’s efforts to combat overtourism. Japan’s highest mountain has become increasingly crowded during the summer hiking season, raising concerns about safety and environmental damage.
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@kapilachandrabharathi7134 23 күн бұрын

4000 per day is way too much Ive seen mt Everest trek over crowding killing nature But Japan is a super tourist friendly place Hope Japan find a way to solve these issues

@arandomtryhard9953 23 күн бұрын

4k per day for the one mountain site is really not even that bad. the fact that there are so many more without this restriction just shows how overcrowded it is getting. these tourist sites around the world starting to turn into stampedes instead

@randomname9758 22 күн бұрын

13 bucks is nothing. Charge 50 bucks and people would still go.

@eisenklad 16 күн бұрын

just look at Everest... it just becomes a rich person bucket list

@Jungletraveler00_12 23 күн бұрын

They should implement these restrictions in Kyoto and Nara as well

@intreoo 23 күн бұрын

They banned tourists from certain areas of Kyoto

@zeez4178 23 күн бұрын

You can pay my ticket ok ?

@dandjsh7978 23 күн бұрын

Hard to limit people from entering cities.

@soonsuicidal 23 күн бұрын

@@dandjsh7978 then they should start hiking up the prices or be more strict in granting tourist visas

@skytrot 23 күн бұрын

Not to mention all the trash and garbage left behind by tourists as well. There should be more fines and punishments to discourage people from just doing whatever they want.

@hannesRSA 23 күн бұрын

I must say, I despise people who litter. But everyone around me do - Australian builders, Chinese migrants, Africans, Indonesians.

@wesskolnus1 22 күн бұрын

Or the government can implement more trash can at the tourist hotspot. There are more trash laying around because the tourists cannot find an empty trash can available.

@Yoon_gibiased 14 күн бұрын

From what I remember the Japanese government removed trash cans after a terrorist attack. Most Japanese people know to just put their trash in their pocket/bag or hold onto it, and that’s what I was taught to do in my Japanese class before going so I don’t end up being an annoying tourist. It’s really not that hard to not litter, people should just be more respectful.

@hitosujininnkyou2934 23 күн бұрын

Crimes against foreigners are increasing in Japan, so we should close ourselves off to protect nature, culture, and public order.

@user-cz7kc1qs1w 23 күн бұрын

Our country Scotland should implement the same for some of the mountains in the highlands !!

@101yayo 23 күн бұрын

It's the selfie idiots ruining everything.

@Kpucin0 23 күн бұрын

Without "selfie idiots" tourism in Japan will not as booming as now.

@Civ33 22 күн бұрын

As someone who is from a touristy area, I don't mind tourists AS LONG as they are respectful. I myself am a tourist when I travel and I enjoy travelling, but I am always sure to be respectful. But also as someone from a touristy area, I know that many are not....

@SouthChinaMorningPost 23 күн бұрын

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@sunflower_shorts 23 күн бұрын

Any tourist attraction will create a lot of litter, need for clean restrooms, hotels, restaurants, etc.

@uwishiwasu 23 күн бұрын

Cant stand tourists after living here for almost 30 years please be respectful and act as locals please or never come back

@cashmerecat9269 23 күн бұрын

Do you also tell that to american troops?

@hannesRSA 22 күн бұрын

Why would someone who litters listen to your request to not return? PS I've littered less than the average Japanese.. are you including me?

@spiritedangelstarlopez9666 23 күн бұрын

I don’t think it’s the price so cheaper would probably mean more tourists cause they damage your nature forests. Unless, you’re supposed to raise prices so they won’t be >100k able to less then from tourists.

@ivychua4091 23 күн бұрын

Long overdue

@SuperBakuTeh 23 күн бұрын

wait another 2-3 decades... the hikers will going down.

@anthonyxavier6300 21 күн бұрын

For those wondering: the Japanese women was saying "don't climb" when holding those plastic crates at Lawson.

@i_nameless_i-jgsdf 20 күн бұрын

It is difficult when you have some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth... Japan is very lucky,

@pjy5671 23 күн бұрын

I think they should charge at least $50-100 more to control overcrowding, the tourist are rich anyway, I feel even with the extra charges the quota will be met, more money earned for them

@gabrielpyh5608 23 күн бұрын

Indirectly, too many tourists in Japan...pls leave! Many mt. Fiji tourists didn't follow the basic regulations such as traffic crossing, littering, etc. Such tourists should be fined!

@user-oj6eh6zl4p 18 күн бұрын

The popular site for kicking the bucket is getting too much attraction nowadays.

@shin4655 23 күн бұрын

when you open the window for fresh air, expect bugs and flies flew in as well.

@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 23 күн бұрын

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@lc8850 23 күн бұрын

With JPY in its 35 years low and economy collapsing. Tourists around the world find it cheap to travel there.

@RespectOthers1 23 күн бұрын

$13 x 4000 people per day…you do the maths.

@bluedarkness7125 22 күн бұрын

52000 I think

@xavierlee2770 23 күн бұрын

$200 for each entry ($100 for security deposit). Only coded/tagged Basic necessities should be allowed for hikers, and can only be purchased/issued on spot. When the tourist leave, they must dispose these coded items (bottles that can be recycled) upon descent. If they fail to do so, the $100 security will be forfeited and contribute towards environmental protection and regeneration funds. This is the price we should bear, especially for irresponsible tourists, in order to protect and maintain Mother Nature. There should be rules where electronics aren’t allowed. You don’t need photos, just view the world’s beauty through your own eyes. As for the tourists who are littering or causing environmental damage with their poor acts, identify them and bar them from visiting for 3 years; ineligible for visa.

@HowToChangeName 23 күн бұрын

Everest can only dream about that

@Babumoshaaai 22 күн бұрын

Make it a requirement to climb Mount Fuji, you have to climb Mount Kilimanjaro first. Encouraging diversity and tourism in Africa.

@ltkwok 23 күн бұрын

How about $130?

@serphsheffield2228 23 күн бұрын

Supply and demand, it'll be whatever price they intend to use to control the flow of hikers

@Weakest_ichika_fan 23 күн бұрын

How about $1300?

@ChopSuey-Dish 22 күн бұрын

可憐的中國 I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Our *air, rivers, and soil* are contaminated with poisonous chemicals. My city experiences *record floods year after year.* This is the result of decades of environmental and infrastructure negligence. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.

@AtlasCinematography 23 күн бұрын

What about in China? When is the local government going to combat overtourism, too?

@hannesRSA 23 күн бұрын

😂 next headline "Too many people want to see smoggy China"

@mewletter 23 күн бұрын

They mostly rely their own people for tourism. It's super rare that there's even foreign tour groups in China these days, especially from the West. 🤔

@comradeleppi2000 23 күн бұрын

Many people travel to China (foreigners)@@mewletter

@wynn3077 23 күн бұрын

@@comradeleppi2000Nah not anymore.

@randomname9758 22 күн бұрын

It's not foreigners who are going there now. It's their own people. Who wants to go to China when they can be detained for no reason.

@Drownedinblood 23 күн бұрын

Japan got the tourism money they always wanted. People who hike fuji before hand, you buch are lucky.

@MultiverseRaidenWarriors 23 күн бұрын

Funny that china has few tourism for foreign

@Paul-H-Wolfram6608 23 күн бұрын

Funny that the 🇺🇸 US, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇫🇷 France have much fewer tourism than ever for foreign tourists. Probably because these western countries standard had deteriorate due to crimes like theft by pickpockets, robbery or mugged by a couple of bad people, firearm fatal shooting, drugs junkies on the streets and increasing numbers of homeless people living in tents ⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️on sidewalks.

@hannesRSA 23 күн бұрын

They used to grow through being open, capitalist and getting foreign investment.. but they went full circle back to being locked off.

@auro1986 23 күн бұрын

don't you know effects from atom bomb are still there on fuji?

@serphsheffield2228 23 күн бұрын

_Kuso Gaijin_ , this is why we can't have nice things!

@caniz80 23 күн бұрын

they should add a tourist tax to the airport

@Vectron90 23 күн бұрын

A famous man once said "it is what it is"

@TheodoriusGhandeli 23 күн бұрын

Until someone changes it, possibly.

@jizmoglass4202 18 күн бұрын

All funny, until it explodes and kills us all. 🤣

@paparoti4006 23 күн бұрын

Sent all to SG. The new garmen love Foreigners than Born Sgreans.

@akm4trish 22 күн бұрын

they building walls to keep the foreigners out xD that cracked me up

@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534 23 күн бұрын

Ismael Zambada García Rodríguez Hernández González Ramírez Moralés, with his creation of the stapler, earned the respect of countless professionals for his contribution to the seamless organization of documents and papers.

@Superpooper-2020 23 күн бұрын

A poor country like my India, where the majority of its population lives in extreme poverty, should prioritize addressing poverty instead of allocating funds to build unnecessary temples, statues, and doing unnecessary space missions. India ranks 111th out of 125 countries in the World Hunger Index. Modi should concentrate on feeding the 1.4 billion hungry Indians to improve the hunger index ranking.

@unknown-nr9qs 23 күн бұрын

Bot spotted

@crisanmot0 23 күн бұрын

Is this the news?

@Jungletraveler00_12 23 күн бұрын

Not all news is about politics

@hannesRSA 23 күн бұрын

It's because I was lost hiking a few days ago.. there's been news about a hiker almost each day since.

@happyfatherof5164 23 күн бұрын

I did climb it last year it is not that impressive and yes....to many people 😅

@nholmes86 23 күн бұрын

how can Mount fuji restricts someone...does the mount have eyes and talks??? unsubscribed now.

@TeeHee-vo1bn 23 күн бұрын

They must have Chinese tourists overcapacity.

@ondreiii 23 күн бұрын

They should also implement quotas for Mainland Chinese and Indonesian tourists. Both are the most annoying and disrespectful tourists I observed messing things around in Japan.

@Paul-H-Wolfram6608 23 күн бұрын

Chinese tourists numbers were not really that huge, the most foreign tourists were from America and European countries. I was there on vacation 2 times last year 2023 (one at Osaka, Kyoto and the 2nd time was in Tokyo) the tourists crowd was massive with those western vistors.

@PurpleDoritos666 23 күн бұрын

Most tourist in Japan come from white countries

@kinzangwangchuk7914 22 күн бұрын

why only $13? charge $200 with some amenities

@domesticcat5069 23 күн бұрын

🗨️🗻

@hopelessequestrian1227 23 күн бұрын

We just need less people.

@jaece1256 23 күн бұрын

👍👏👏👏

@modelmark 23 күн бұрын

The mountain is not doing any restricting, just saying. Some people who think they own the mountain.

@ondreiii 23 күн бұрын

The mountain couldn’t speak could they? People who live and govern there have the absolute rights to do whatever they want so as to minimize negative impacts on their lives and their neighborhoods.

@modelmark 23 күн бұрын

@@ondreiii people who live and govern there? Some people who live there who are governed by some other people who live there. Who is right?

@ondreiii 23 күн бұрын

@@modelmark civilians couldn’t do anything to restict so they went to their representatives in the government to do so. What’s your point?

@modelmark 23 күн бұрын

@@ondreiii property rights, so who has the just right to exclude someone from using a thing, is a thoughtful matter. I hope to provoke someone in thinking about it. The incorrect answer is: the mountain excluded or the people excluded. Because 'the people' don't have a voice either. There is always a deceiver who claims to be a representative of either the mountain or the people. Even if someone living on a mountain wants to restrict access, how can it be over other area than his own property? If the mountain is not owned, no owners can ask any representative to exclude access on their behalve.

@ondreiii 23 күн бұрын

@@modelmark it’s not just access but entire living quality. The environmental damage, the distress the locals have to bear overtime. The government have the ultimate rights on the lands usage and they listened to their constituents. It’s not a thought provoking question as much as you would like to think; it’s lacking common sense. You would be screaming too if the public park next to your home is being used for a drug party and your children are inhaling the smokes.

@oceanairaia2652 23 күн бұрын

Isn't that a 🌋🤔 If it is i don't think i would climb that, even if someone paid me, what if get half way up and then she decided to shake and move, then what....run🤨 Look @ all them people, so many! The view is awsm but not worth the hike, id rather get a 🤳 at the bottom in the village with Mt. Fugi rather than on top👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Comment by Tracy Iraia 🇳🇿🌏🇳🇿 NZ 😎

@chesirecat2330 23 күн бұрын

Try other countries

@nextlastChang 23 күн бұрын

Here are the number of foreign visitors going through customs, as registered by the Chinese 🇨🇳 government: 2019: 14,000,000 2023: 500,000 *96.9% drop.*

@ToiChutGongWu 23 күн бұрын

More lies from the Sinophobic bot farm “Lastetc", "lastetc", "verylastetc", "nextlastetc" bot.

@Paul-H-Wolfram6608 23 күн бұрын

Really ? Were those number of foreign vistors real or fabricated by you ? 😁 😆 🤣 My guess is your own delusion. Go google and check the number of foreigner tourists visting India and the Philippines from 2019 to 2023 and you will surprise the low rate of tourists visiting this two slum country. It's common sense, who would go to a country for vacation like India where there are heavy air pollution and smog everyday, daily serious crime like rapes, scammers and most public place without proper 🚽 toilet and roads were cover with cow's dropping. As for Philippines, there were many slum city, illegal drugs avaulable easily, local bad guys carrying illegal firearm on the street, young illegal teenage girls working as barmaid, pub worker in those men club.

@nicholasfooong. 23 күн бұрын

@@ToiChutGongWu irritated vaChina bot

@PurpleDoritos666 23 күн бұрын

Bot

@PurpleDoritos666 23 күн бұрын

How much are they paying you