SMN: Hawaii, National Parks, And The Perils Of Overtourism

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Hi. In today's episode, we look at how an influx of tourists often has a negative impact on a location's environment, infrastructure, and residents. SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QC6ultbDswSojaHa2OnVLnUwZEKdODGY5sVX1re_f4Y/edit?usp=sharing Check out our MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/somemorenews SUBSCRIBE to SOME MORE NEWS: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh Subscribe to the Some More News and Even More News audio podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA?si=5keGjCe5SxejFN1XkQlZ3w&dl_branch=1 Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews Go to https://eightsleep.com/MORENEWS and save $150 on the Pod Cover by Eight Sleep. That’s the best offer you’ll find, but you must visit https://eightsleep.com/MORENEWS for $150 off. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, the UK, select countries in the EU, and Australia. Leave summer stress behind and upgrade your CBD. Go to https://NextEvo.com/MORENEWS to get 20% off your first order of $40 or more.

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0:00.0	What's up news perverts yeah you love to watch me do the news in front of you don't you and of
0:10.7	course my news proves you hate it when I read the news in front of you don't you here's some news
0:17.8	it's summer I at least in this hemisphere don't mean to hemisphere shame you I apologize and
0:23.3	promise to do better any who summer is when at least a third of Americans cram their personalized
0:28.8	body coverings into bags and cram those bags into boxes and bring that box somewhere that isn't
0:34.5	the box they usually live in often a random person's box we love it we love traveling how can we
0:41.5	not we're bombarded with vacation advertisements and movies that push us to wanderlust someplace new
0:48.2	perhaps we'll have an emotional affair with Bill Murray or Kidnapp and impregnate a woman with
0:53.4	a memory disorder oh or maybe we'll get hostile that'd be fun getting hostile we probably deserve
1:01.6	to get hostile a little bit we are after all a statistically white character who either gets
1:07.2	magical help or is hunted and killed by the locals movies movies are fun we love them we love
1:13.6	them like we love traveling and watching me do the news and we love going to the places we see
1:20.1	in movies you like them lords of the rings there's a tourist company that sticks you right in
1:25.6	them rings right in those rings or maybe you want to get real freaky on the same island is
1:30.6	Leonardo DiCaprio's film The Beach you know how all the kids and adults love and talk about the film
1:37.2	The Beach well just hop on the tourist boats that ferry you to that exact beach off the coast of
1:43.6	Thailand or let's say you're an overachieving millionaire who saw 2015's Everest and want to conquer
1:50.3	the highest peak in the world no problem guided excursions are now cheaper than ever wow
1:57.1	seems like you can really go anywhere and all of your needs will be catered to without any repercussions
2:02.5	or exponential cost to the environment I even saw that they do titanic submarine tours now
2:08.8	didn't read the article but it does sound fun anyway good episode bye
2:17.2	overtourism is a big messy problem oh dang sorry the script keeps going and these are blank but
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