Tourists love 'live like a local' travel. Do locals?
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- Опубликовано: 27 июн 2019
- The way we travel has changed.
Forget travel agents and hotel concierges - the modern traveler uses smartphones with GPS, Airbnb and Instagram to plan an off-the-beaten-path trip.
And sure enough, it’s not hard to find business owners and locals who have benefitted economically from the boom. But the economic benefits of “live like a local” travel only tells part of the story. In Lisbon, the tourism boom has had ripple effects everywhere from the housing market to getting into the local lunch spot.
Quartz News travels to Lisbon to understand the full impact of 'live like a local' tourism.
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the problem is over-tourism, and the incompetence of authorities to protect the wellbeing of locals, NOT tourists or “live like a local” tourism.
if tourists are bothered the economy and locals will suffer far more than you expect
Let's not twist anyone's words. Portugal is very grateful about tourism. We're one of the most welcoming countries. And we NEVER want it to stop.
BUT, things need to be done in a balanced way, and we can't build a city with ONLY tourists needs in mind. Because the tourist needs are usually superficial and don't cater to locals.
SO a balance is needed, otherwise cities like Lisbon will loose the soul it has.
I mean, I live in northern Portugal and I couldn't possible move to Lisbon because even cities far away from the centre have ridiculous high rents...
It's unsustainable.
And something needs to be done.
Luís Filipe well said
I agree!
Ask the people of Venice what happens when tourism takes over a city. The cruise industry has increased the cost of living in the city and few locals can afford it.
Been an avid traveler for the past 17 years thanks to the mileage I earned from traveling for work. I’ve always told people I prefer to “live like a local”, meaning that I rent an apartment and go to the local market, ask for the help of locals to guide my food and “site-seeing” choices. I’ve always considered “live like a local” traveling to be when you befriend the people who live there and truly immerse yourself in the culture for the sake of learning and going outside your comfort zone. No photos for social media. No trendy shopping. Guess I’ll stop using the phrase “live like a local”.
"Off the beaten path" and "cultural immersion" are better ways of putting it. I, even if I can afford Airbnb, choose to only use Couchsurfing when possible (however, only a bed not a couch!). My conscience is better about ruining the local housing/rental market leading to evictions and the notion of rich get richer and poor get poorer. Also, you directly get the "live like a local" experience from actually living with a local.
If I want to travel to the certain place, I want to travel there not because I want to see and experience the same thing I had in my country. I want to experience something new and different culture I never had before. I think every country should keep that in mind, not making the same with every other countries for the sake of convenience and capitalism.
Me the same thing you are describing. Ruining the local culture is the most terrible thing to do. We want to see the culture different than what we are use to. No like this.
Almost every tourist destination that received influx of money and invested them into modernization is loosing their identity and uniqueness. Everywhere around the world, especially in cities, you start to find the same shops, restaurants or even copy-paste architecture . At least villages and rural places so far manage to retain culture.
It's kinda funny that the woman who's interviewed runs a souvenir shop with many expensive (for tourists) items. I'd say avocado toast is not really a problem - I think many locals also like hipster cafes and new interesting restaurants just as much as tourists. Rent prices or evictions are real issues and hopefully the local government has the wisdom to maintain a balance. Recent policy changes maybe offer some hope.
But her souvenir shop is made entirely of traditional handmade products. Those type of products that are different, that represent the city. She criticized how most places are basically all the same-
And locals like hipster cafes and interesting restaurants, but not if they're all the same and catered to tourists only
That's not a souvenir shop. It's a lifestyle shop meant for locals. Kitsy tourists happen to like it because it's authentic.
Luís Filipe How many months wiuld her shop survive without foreign tourists that eat avocado toasts?
@@ab-ul1yz you're still roaming around the point that isn't exactly being complained about. No one is against tourists ffs. The whole point is = more laws who cater to locals and a more diverse set of soulfull traditional stores and shops like hers who aren't clones of one another.
@@ab-ul1yz She already acknowledged her city's dependence on tourists. What's the point of this question?
I CANT AFFORD A HOUSE IN THE CITY I GREW UP IN BC OF TOURISM AND LACK OF REGULATION ON HOUSE RENTING. Young people in Lisbon are going trough a crisis, we can’t pay rents, we can’t afford to eat anywhere but at McDonald’s. I don’t even live in Lisbon and I’m affected.
Exactly, it's happening in every major city worldwide :( Average rent costs where I live have gone up 300 for a one bedroom in the past 3 years.
I'm Portuguese and I don't know ONE local that knows how to make a Pastel de Nata 😂
Yea, I feel like most people wouldn't actually want to "live like a local"
You want to worry about tourists swarming your city, European austerity measures, and rising expenses? Live like a Local, haha
THANK YOU. Lisbon was not ready for this tourist boom in any way, shape or form, and it's been steadily going downhill. Shop prices and house prices are cheap for foreigners, but that means they're ridiculous expensive for Portuguese people. It needs to be regulated somehow. Airbnb is a freaking nightmare: people are evicted for it - entire families, old people - for nothing but greed.
If you come to Lisbon, please stay at a hotel. And if you want to 'live as a local', I hope you enjoy the experience of having a monthly wage of 600€ and trying to find a small apartment to rent - chances are the only ones that aren't a airbnb now, are upwards 800€ a month.THAT is living as a local.
As someone who lives in London one of the most touristed cities in the world I understand. Ever since I had read up and saw documentaries in how airbnb was hurting locals in their countries economically I stuck to only hotels. London has some of the worst rent prices in the world - people my age can't afford a roof over our heads and it's been a socio economic problem for years now and it just keeps getting worse. We have a lot of issues going on but even us who were used to tourism have seen yet a further increase. We also have some of the highest immigration rates to the city. It's all extremely unsustainable and I don't know when it will come to a peak...
Imagine being a local in Venice. :/
They still exist?!
Tourism is great for Portugal except the pressure it creates on locals, locals dont have the buying power that can match tourists and speculative housing makes it impossible to buy or rent a house, in Lisbon and Porto specially. I just hope our government can stop this out of hand growth. Loved the video !
Don't forget the Algarve. I would argue that it's even worse here... While in Lisbon and in Porto locals are being forced to move further away at least they have decente roads for their comute, and are still able to live in cities, have amenities nearby. In the Algarve we're being forced to move to the middle of nowhere, have to drive in dirt roads to get to work and everything, while all the houses we could be living in are empty for 9 months out of the year, because the Algarve only interests people in the summer.
I've been to Portugal for 3 weeks last year, Lisbon for a week, and it's a magical place. The locals were genuinely friendly and the city is truly beautiful. Fact is, it is filled with tourists. I found some of the popular tourist places to be insufferable and just went on exploring small streets and neighborhoods away from it all. I can see how the locals are sick of living in a place like that, but more importantly, their cost of living has risen significantly. However, unlike some (I see u, Frenchies and Andalucians) they will not treat you like shit because you're a tourist! I've never felt so good and homey in any foreign country besides Portugal, so I send so much love to Portuguese people and am forever grateful for being the major reason why my holidays were so enjoyable.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It seems like you got to see both sides of the story.
Portuguese are known for their hospitality, it's in our blood, remember Portugal discovered the world and we are use to talk with others...Thanks, i do appreciate your comments
I agree!
As a portuguese it makes me so glad to see this. We really enjoy receiving tourists
@@TheMiguelGameiro it shows! I will be coming back to Portugal, for sure. Madeira or Azores in late autumn or early spring, but I also want to go back to you guys in September. Do you have any recommendations for some sleepy beach towns? Just not Algarve please, I'm not really a fan of the mass tourism there.
I'm a local and I never learned how to make pastéis de nata... Am I not local enough? ;)
João Duarte yes
Se calhar, se for ao sítio são capazes de o ensinar.
You’re local, but not authentic. There are levels to this.
Learn how to make pastéis de nata and you too can become authentic.
@@ariesmry That may be, but they are selling this as a "living like the locals" experience. If a local person hasn't learned to cook pasteis de nata, that means it's not a local's experience. So, turists aren't living like the locals when they learn that. Locals don't have the time, energy or need to cook pasteis de nata: they are everywhere, we can by them at pastry shops.
@@ariesmry c'mon that's like saying to be a new Yorker you need to know how to make New York pizz
If I see one more ridiculous "traditional" canned sardines store in Lisbon I'm going to lose my mind. I love tourism, but Lisbon is suffering from fake authenticity all around, unfortunately.
do people not see the inherent contradiction in being a tourist and 'living like a local' ? 🤔😒
I am a local that lives like a mole
And I don't have any problems
While I get the point you're trying to make I dont think I see much contradiction at all. If you visit a new city with the intention of experiencing and learning about a culture different from yours after which you return home, then you are a tourist. Even if part of your experience includes "living like a local" activities during your time there.
'live like a local' is nowadays a kind of tourism. This means, you can travel in a traditionally tourist style, or in a live-like-a-local style, which has different travel and accomodation options. If you're interested, "slow travel" is another kind of tourism, usually leaning to luxury, but still, all the ways people travel nowadays are a reflection of how people live and want to live, experience and of course buy.
Many of these issues are true in the more popular parts of the United States. I live in "wacky, bohemian" San Francisco Bay Area. I grew up in a working class/industrial neighborhood where artists could afford to live. The rent in these areas are now among the most expensive in the United States, driving out the local artists, meanwhile the local tourist industry have put up banners proclaiming this area as "Artisan District." Long established independent businesses are closing right and left, and we are left with Whole Foods, Starbucks and the Apple Store. It's not caused by tourism per se, but it's still the result of temporary residents. The people I've met who rent the overpriced apartments don't stay long (too expensive for too little + low paying/unreliable employment) and the culture and community is being destroyed, just so a few people can profit.
Tourism will continue to explode because people all around the world are getting wealthier, and in the 2040 with 4 billion (now there are 1.4, in the 80's, 0.2) tourists there is no way to find an alternative to the touristification
This is not bad, but we must get used to it. There is no way you can have sustainable local tourism when most people in the world are middle class, the only alternative is to go back to the era when no-one afforded travel
Az4212 knowledge thirsty We must all think about and try to be responsible travelers.
@sebatian the problem is not the population because it hasn't grown that much recently, the problem is that people are wealthy now and therefore want better quality of life
@LbA agreed, asia has great places
@sebatian yeah and wealth is that control you need, we have a 50%+ of the global population that is middle class or wealthier AkA people whose population naturally stalls or decreases, we need to continue the wealth creation we currently have so that everyone gets to middle class and therefore the population can stagnate or decrease, that's the only non genocidal way
Also that figure you used assumes Africa won't follow the rest of the world which is untrue, the only reason it felt like their fertility rates were not falling fast enough was because child mortality fell so quickly that it compensated the normal decline in fertility, in reality the population will be of 9.5 in 2050 which isn't much of a change but if you extrapolate that instead of 11bilkion in 2100, you get 9, a decrease
it IS bad. You're basically saying everywhere nice (because let's be honest there are many countries nobody wants to go to, for good reason) will become like Venice. It's hell. You're short-sighted, like all the people who liked your comment
I overheard a conversation between a few locals in my home city and they were discussing this very topic. One of them said:
"As long as the tourists that come here are wealthy and spend a lot of money during their stay here, then I'm fine with that.
I just don't like those cheap tourists that only take pictures, rarely eat out in the local restaurants/bars/pubs, do AirBnb, and only go to the free attractions. They put a strain on the local housing economy, public transportation services, and overcrowd the place."
Tbh I think every part of Europe has that kind of citizens
Good point
Who the hell don't? That is like saying I prefer marrying people with money
👍🏼 good point
I also can't stand tourists who know nothing about the country (they barely know where they are travelling to), don't bother learning anything about it and just want to post pictures on Instagram. Which is to say I hate most tourists. I wish air travels simply increased so that all these assholes could stop coming. And don't give me the "well they help the economy" no they don't. They litter everywhere, destroy the environment and overcrowd everything. Awful assholes.
The rent in Lisbon is crazy expensive! It's almost impossible to keep on living. I've seen apartments near the Eiffel Tour that are more in touch with the reality.
I love that Lisbon is seeing a huge wave in tourism interest. The downside of it is that rent prices are so high I can't rent an appartment for a reasonable price to go live in the center and closer to my work. Lisbon is not for the Portuguese anymore.
As someone who lived in Lisbon for several years and saw the change first hand, it really sucks. I left cause the city was effectively ruined by tourism. And I'm not anti-tourism, but I am anti-the government not doing enough to curb overtourism. A few of the problems that allowed overtourism, aside from the general economic state of the country, are: A) Airbnb et al being allowed to run rampant, B) publications and media companies continously saying Lisbon is the next cool place to be C) Web Summit, etc, bringing in even more hipsters and digital bro-mads. Not to mention, the more this cycle continues, the less Portuguese it becomes, which is the reason people started going in the first place (sun, local charm, historic city, good prices, good food, etc).
Thank you for your comment. It's good to have insight from someone who lived there.
Also a local here, don't agree, before all this tourism Lisbon was a shabby, gritty, empty city full of trash, crumbling buildings (still marvelous city thought but with touches of 3rd world). Sure, it was more "authentic" but who likes a city were you cannot find people past 9 PM in a central area of Lisbon, Baixa. I simply don't agree, it's a false statement that Lisbon was better before the mass tourism, it wasn't. Now, what needs to be done it to recover old buildings in the possession of Lisbon, rebuild them and put them in the market with accessible rents. Good polices are put in place right now, all Airnb&b licenses are canceled for new apartments in the historical neighborhoods. A new centrality is going to born in Beato, with a new creative hub.The key now is to spread the tourist to Lisbon Metropolitan area which has a immense potential, from Ericeira to Setubal. I cannot believe when a "local" says it was better, no IT wasn't, Baixa was falling apart, Alfama was falling apart, unbelievable, Lisbon was already losing people from the neighborhoods. That being said, there are thing to be corrected, the "false drug dealers", the need for a better mass tourism transport, specially a expansion of the metro system, the creation of a free car zone in Baixa, for me the most urgent measure, the creation of some hotels in Belem area and Ajuda to help spread tourists(undergoing), and a very important one, finish once it for all the graffiti, man this is getting worse and worse and tourist are not responsible for them. I agree that Lisbon needs more locals, sure, but central areas are premium real estate....
@@luismarques9280 "it's a false statement that Lisbon was better before the mass tourism". I'm not talking about the 1990s or anything. I mean the early 2010s were way better than Lisbon now. Sure, certain things improved at the same time as mass tourism, but any of those positives don't compete with the negatives caused by mass tourism, in my opinion.
@@luismarques9280 Be carefull man, you don't want Lisbon to become the next Venice, if the wages don't increase, and the rent doesn't stop to going up, you my find yourself with a theme park, the shell of what it was a beautiful city.
They complain about the tourists, but they love the money! I can not stand the cynicism!
S100 Flo They just deserve to end up without jobs, when they'll have to emigrate to find one they'll see that tourism was not that bad. My city, Florence, is full of tourists, and our current lifestyle would disappear without tourists.
@@ab-ul1yz I mean, that's what tourists want: the Florentine experience that should be different from whatever those tourists experienced back home.
No one is complaining about tourists. Stop twisting people's words. They are complaining about how things are being dealt with. No one wants tourists to stop coming. They just want things to be managed in a balanced way.
As you heard, the money does not (for the most part) go to the local people. Sure some are profiting off of it but what about the students, young people hoping to rent and later purchase a house whilst working in their field of choice outside of tourism. The government is the ones benefiting most and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Amazing video!! Thank you for sharing it ✈️
No Portuguese person in their right mind is against tourism unless they don't remember what the city looked like just 10 years ago. The problem isn't the amount of avocado toast cafes or that "the soul" of Lisbon is being lost. The problem is that through a complex mix of factors which, over time, contributed to the great majority of locals being unable to afford living in the city, people are essentially living in poverty. And I'm not talking about the city center, but a radius of dozens if not hundreds of km all around the major portuguese cities. Our medium wage is 900 euros a month. Rents in Lisbon are an average of 800 to 1200 a month, bills not included. That's the true problem, the disparity between wages and cost of living. Tourism is just a contributing factor.
I just have to appreciate the color of this video!
Saw a docu about the same thing happening in Venice
Almost 0 locals with family history/ancestry located in Venice still live there.
It seems that unregulated airbnb is the issue - not tourism per se (though as a prospective tourist, that's easy for me to say!)
I wonder if it's possible for me to join the production and remove the rustles, I'm a qualified sound engineer.
Like many, as a tourist I do seek out that "local" experience, while trying to be as respectful as possible. I was just in Lisbon this past June, and intentionally chose to stay in the Alfama. The locals I encountered were nothing but gracious, friendly, and hospitable. In all, the experience in Lisbon was one of my most memorable trips.
However, I do understand the sentiments of some locals. Even deep in the Alfama, I was a bit surprised to see how many Airbnb's and hostels existed. The street I was in was quite short and small, so I only encountered locals. But just a few windy streets away, the entire block was occupied by hostels - and I was still deep in the Alfama. After seeing this clip, I can see how locals feel they may be getting pushed out. I did stay in an Airbnb because it was 1/4 the price of staying in a hotel for the same duration, and worked for my budget. I did research some hotels, but in the end an Airbnb was what I could afford.
It's a sad reality that while a city should really be thinking of its citizens, the flow of money from tourism is hard to resist, and oftentimes does help a large chunk of the local population. There are always those left behind, and it is unfortunate many cities haven't found a right answer. This strikes close to home; I come from the SF bay area, and we've had similar experiences of locals being pushed out- albeit not by tourists but by highly-paid out of state transplants that work in tech companies.
"Locals" haven't lived in Lisbon for over 30 years. Lisbon metro area is 3M people, the city centre is about 500 thousand people. Local officials have consistently taken disjointed policies not to make Lisboa manageable. This demographic problem only caught media's eye when tenants started updating rents that had been frozen since the 70s.
Exactly, same thoughts here
And people can only live like a local because the shops are all the same all over the world and every body is selling avocado toast.
This has happened to Bali and soon will affect my hometown Jogja :(
Gisela Swaragita Happened to Amsterdam years ago :/ if you go to the city center you’ll notice as if it’s cathered to tourists and not locals. You see the same souless cannabis, gelato, and souvenir shops everywhere as if they’re made out of one template. Even local markets didn’t stay safe from it. You can’t walk normally without being slowed down by hordes of tourists. It became of victim of its own success.
I visited Havana recently. While tourism is becoming a massive source of revenue in an otherwise cut-off island, the impacts of tourist culture are also being felt. Travelers are not presented with Havana as it is, but rather with the Havana they expect to see. For example, the only old cars I saw were taxis, which primarily serve tourists. Cigars and rum were priced beyond what the average citizen can afford, marketed only in tourist areas.
The problem is that since tourism, selling a curated experience, generates so much revenue, it is impossible to restore a city to its local culture without economic changes that phase out tourism in favor of something more profitable.
As someone who lives in a major US city that has a lot of tourists all year long, these are the type of tourist I hate the most.
there are custard tarts in pretty much every cafe and ther are atleast 3 cafes on every street lol
I’m gonna ask strangers on the internet for suggestions on local gems and fuse that with personal research to be safe, if I go visit somewhere
It’s the job of the locals to preserve the culture. If they bend and cater to tourists needs it will become another theme park.
But the tourists, over-commercialization threaten the culture. Some groups do say no tourists no more. But you cannot really say no to your government. Already in one country it overly diversified the culinary experience. Very westernized.
@D & X F I like that way to quarantine the tourist protecting the locals
Only a small percentage of the locals have that kind of control. They needed money during a hard economic time and the government chose to focus on the tourism industry. Also, foreign investment and wealthy individuals and companies largely run the show, while the poor get pooerer.
I'm a Portuguese-american and i lived in Lisbon for a few years. Lisbon is easily one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
The problem is the cost of living is going to through the roof, especially the housing market. Portugal's minimum wage is 600€ per month but renting a 1 bedroom apartment can cost you more than 500€ per month and i'm being generous. Working-class people from Lisbon can't afford to live there.
We have the same problem in the Algarve, except our tourism dies for 3 or 4 months a year unlike Lisbon's. Literally half my village in abandoned apartments waiting for summer workers and tourists, while the locals are struggling to find a place to live
Vancouver: hold my 2.9million dollar closet
Queremos Lisboa de volta! We want our city back!
You know this is happening in New Orleans, could’ve spent sometime showing what’s happening there and French quarter being more and more out of reach for the poor locals and artists that is what the quarter has been for a century
I saw quite a number of abandoned or run-down buildings in the french quarter but I also get what you mean. It also seemed quite racially segregated imo
When I travel I like to do at least one local.
5:50 on, revenue but difficult to live, destroying city, diversities among shops, and all our cities are becoming the same
Jeez I saw this thinking "the soundie was really bad at mic placement" (scratching in all interviews!!)... until I saw the credits and couldn't find a sound mixer/recordist in there... who did you task for that? The DP? The Fixer? Please, either hire a soundie in your next videos or have your crew learn mic placement techniques.... (I am really annoyed).
I love portugese egg tarts!!! They're all over Asia and so so soooooo delicious! I wouldn't mind taking a class to make some but I'd rather buy 2 bakers dozens and eat them in a beautiful place.
I'm addicted to Portuguese bread!
0:50 Why is it a problem that there are 9 places selling avocado toast?
Oh haven't you heard? Avocado emits a neurotoxin that brutally kills anyone who's not a Filthy Millenial Liberal
Because that’s not a Portuguese thing not even European
Rita Matos Who cares? There's all of Portugal to do Portuguese stuff and all of Europe to do European stuff, imagine if people have to be offended by avocado toasts.
@@ab-ul1yz yeah the internet isn't european, guess we gotta stop talking lol
@@maybeyourbaby6486 Your inability to understand context is incredible. Ridiculous comparison.
Somehow the background song in the end reminds me Bonobo - Kerala
It’s not only in Lisbon; Unfortunately this has spread throughout the whole country and,,,, well,,,, we are a small country compared to many other tourism-oriented countries and this whole “living like a local” thing is forcing many people to move out of their homes bcs of the need to build new Airbnb’s and for the prices of everything to go SKY HIGH compared to what an average Portuguese is able to spend
That’s why my city made airbnb illegal.
And you are talking about?
I would love this to have subtitles. As a non-native speaker, it's hard to understand what the portuguese people say
O turismo é so uma resolução a curto prazo. Assim como trazer especiarias do oriente e madeira do Brazil, irá aparecer outro país que irá passar nos por cima e acaba o bom turismo e o dinheiro. O Português não gosta de pensar a longo prazo. É muito mau... mudem a mentalidade, e mudem o nosso futuro para melhor.
I don't even go to capitol cities anymore and avoid them like the plague except for arrivals and departures, or one or two days to see the main sights, if that.. The real "experience" is staying in provincial cities and towns. These places are much more authentic, not over run by tourists therefore less touristy, less expensive and your tourist money goes much farther. Your presence and contributions to the local economy are much more valued by the locals as well....
Funny to hear the criticism of Catarina Portas, despite having a point her stores clearly charge tourist prices, are driven for tourists and she has gained quite a lot with that...
Avo toast statement accurate af
Would you make a similar video on the impact of tourism in Cuba?
That's a really great idea! Thank you for the suggestion.
When in Lisbon, Live like Madonna
0:45 That woman seems annoyed 😀😀😀
Totally. Too much avocado toast. 🤷♂️
@@Qznews Well, the law of offer an demand. If there's so much avocato is because people are locking for it, nothing against it ;)
luis marques it's because *tourists* are buying it, and in the process, stores targeted at locals (like groceries or bookstores or other basic shops) are being replaced.
"I wanna live like a local!" but cries if there is no food like at home.
Cool it was a good idea to go to tourism school. 😓😧
my country 🇵🇹❤️
Lisbon ♥️♥️
The host of this looks like the "Ermahgerd Gersberms" girl.
Portugal caralho 💪😂🇵🇹
When Lisbon is 80 percent composed of digital nomads, I want to see what Portuguese food and the Pastel de Nata taste like. WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK
What does avocado toast have to do with living like a local?
kakkalakkinn Absolutely nothing, but I think she was using it as an example of something that didn't exist in Portugal a few years ago but now is everywhere
I live in an area that is completely dominated by tourism. In the summer our population grows by 10-15X.
I'm sorry Lisbon, and other tourist areas, but get used to it. Tourism and other customer based industries are the way of the future. It sucks, but that's the way it is, if you don't like it then you have to move.
Viva Portugal
when interest rates double or triple no one will be travelling there is going to be heaps of empty apartments in these cities so start saving your cash now peoples.
If you want to live like a local in Lisboa, you should have a 600€/700€ budget for a month, and try to live at a city that is too expensive to you. That would be authentic, trust me.
Amsterdam is worse now:( so done with tourists. Our city centre is ruined.
To "'live like a local" is cool. But what kind of "local" ?
A local one probably
Live like a local = stay in an apartment not hotel, avoid tourist attractions, visit suburbs, shop at local markets and cook at accommodation, take a course in the local language, socialise with locals.
I think this is the fundamental problem that Airbnb is enabling investors to covert apartments into tourist accommodation. That’s one less apartment for a local. If a city wants more tourist accommodation that is apartment style, they can build it but not remove housing from … the housing market.
Beautiful, just beautiful, let me live my own misery and go pretend to enjoys some else's!
COOL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
How can one ever have enough avocado toast?
That would have been a great follow up question!
If a tourist were to truly "live like a local", you'd expect their interests to be the same as one.
Ignorance and lack of perspective/empathy taking. I choose to use Couchsurfing app when I travel and to host travelers in my area.
Pick pockets are rampant in Lisbon.
mrs mucha As in everywhere.
lil something - except Australia
senhor Porto erm... no, that's just false. Pickpocketers have always been a problem in downtown Lisbon and all the one's I've seen "scouting" for victims or harassing people were portuguese
Rick Steves !!!!!!
Lol, the look-at-me generation and their Instagram lives.
Oof right in the feelz man. They are sensitive
their narcissism is through the roof. At the end of the day, these people are boring and mediocre af
Humans have been that way for ever. There's a reason philosophy exists. Mans search for meaning. No matter what you do people will complain.
Personally, I mostly take food pictures to leave reviews on places like Yelp or Google reviews. Any photos that are of scenery, I mostly keep on my phone. My personal Instagram is filled of edits of my favorite bands and singers and not much else and I have another page for bookstagram where all my reading adventures are.
Smashing tourist cellphones should be a sport for the locals in those cities
Locals need to be flexible and adapt to a changing world.
I think tourists need to be more conscious, self-aware, and less ignorant. Perspective taking an interest in the local history and current events/issues should be intertwined with travel.
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With all the tourist tax revenues, they should provide guaranteed income to the residents. The residents can then have the same power as the tourists.
Locals in western countries should complain less, i was in an airbnb in beijing and the people there are glad we were visiting their city.
Yeah, they love the tourist money.
You can't not compare a city with 21.58M people and a city with 0.5M people. Beijin can take away more turists without being affected, than Lisbon
Yeah so the government can spy and get more intel on foreigners and their states. Also, their government probably tells them to say that
Voooocalllll fryyyyyy
9 tourists for every 1 local, ffs.
Just focus on making money.
Everybody wants multiculturalism, until the day we have ONE single mono-culture
How fun I’m Going to Portugal in 3 weeks. I’m not Going to Lisbon tho 😊
I was in Lisbon last week
Well... If I have one thing to say
Have fun
It's your lost...
luis marques
No actually not i’m Going to Lisbon soon after that so No 😂
@@Denden16995 Then you hit the jackpot ;)
“Live like a local” is mostly a european thing because majority of european cities look the same. Same cathedrals, same cobble stone grounds, same style buildings. So living like a local gives you a different image of the city, you get to experience the local food, do what the locals do, discover beautiful non tourist areas and so on
I mean, you could say that about every city in world in its own region.
Architectural styles across history were vastly different across Europe so idk what you're talking about.
Tee hee - you're right, once you've seen a few European cities, you've pretty much got the gist of it; main square, cathedral, old town lanes, riverside stroll - ya done.
OldSoulMillennial I’ve been to almost every city in Europe and they’re all basically the same just with a small difference to it.
Disney em pt-pt i mean if you were to go to east Asia japan, Korea and China look completely different to each other.
You can't have your cake and eat it
Don't ruin this for me.
I'm thinking about Amsterdam....
MrMarkusmulder please no, the city is already full, it’s over rated and it smells like pee and weed
@@Onneukbaar eheheheh, nice city but definitely over rated, the weather and food sucks, i prefer my beloved Lisbon
luis marques the weather is only bad in the autumn and some parts of the winter. And the food part I don’t understand, there are thousands of restaurants that sell different food, if you think food sucks in Amsterdam you’ve only been to crappy expensive tourist places.
@@Onneukbaar No, the Dutch food, the rest is fine... Bad weather only in Autumn and part winter! What? You definitely don't know the southern Europe weather for sure. The weather is awful, always raining and when is not raining is cold and when is not cold the skies are grey....
Follower of Saints a dutchie told me never try dutch food. He said their cuisine is worth skipping.
The content of this video is absolutely ridiculous- it's a tourism gimmick and you're all falling for it!
Living like a local is NOT being a tourist. A tourist cannot "live" like a local for two or three weeks! They have no idea how locals live until they "move" there and actually do it!
It does attempt to give a balanced view of the subject, whereas the RAMMs don't give a rats tail about the locals.
Free market is the best way to resolve these problems. More tourist means more incentive for the investor to build more hotel and housing for Airbnb. Big government regulation will only slow down new building and investment into the city. If Lisbon can't keep up, then another city or country will take that tourist money.
“Life like a local” travel is fine until that person wants to become a local. Travel and go back home. And living locally should be regulated, too many homeless people but empty Airbnb’s.
"attract foreign dollars" 😂 as if america was the backbone of the tourist industry 😂 it should be foreign euros, yuan, pounds or maybe even rupees before its americans
@Soff1859 Uhh you do know Australians, Canadians and et. Use dollars right?
@@argonauts56au1kera6 yeah but both countries are pretty small population wise and very far from portugal. There are definetly more europeans and asians going there. Since americans travel very little compared to europeans and there arent that many americans, canadians and aussies compared to chinese.
Change is unavoidable. The question is how it occurs. If it from centralized control like with the EuroZone, everybody loses on net. If it is organic, grass-roots, by choice of the property owners, then all will benefit, on net. Some will always complain because they see only immediate limited growing pains, not the whole picture or the end result.
The less the govt. is involved, the better. Zero taxation would speed up constructive change.
What other industry do countries like Spain and Portugal have other than tourism in order for the country to survive? The unemployment rate is super high. Embrace the tourism and make a profit off of it.
That's not true, the unemployment is quite low nowadays
You're right. You should go and have a look at European directives since the 80s. You'd have a feel for how the comunity's economy shifted centres.
Well, several ones in fact, the auto industry, the paper industry, wine industry, olive industry, and all the industries others got. Our economy is not like Ireland or the Netherlands, giant money washing machines dumping others economies. The tax paradises are destroying the world....also, the biggest economies in the world, US, China, are taking the planet to the absolute limit, pumping carbon to the atmosphere, destroying the environment and so on. Soon, not late, there will be no tourism problem because we will not have a planet, let us enjoy while it last...
Unemployment rate in Portugal is 6.3%, it is already inside European average... so not that high actually
what other industries?? thank you for proving how ignorant you are about Spain and Portugal. Not to mention patronizing. Typical.
Or just... Go to a rural area or another city? It's more likely to be cheaper and more likely to be traditional and less touristified
What European capital is not bursting at the seams with tourists
Soo fake, you go to another place to do what you normally do at home
Oh you poor dear, you have to live close to nine avocado toast venues?!? Ohhhh the hardship and the heartache. How do you survive? I won't be watching any more of this video because if that is the worst thing these people have to deal with, they're laughing.
Read between the lines.
OldSoulMillennial - I did and I deduced that anyone bitching about avocado toast as the most inconvenient thing about their life is spoilt and privileged.
@Alessia N - awww poor widdle baby, no bakewies awwww :(
great video, check my recent one out, keep it up
This narrator's voice is "so, like, annoying". Please find another narrator. The vocal fry is too much.