Forget the Chinese and Australians, Instagram tourists are Bali's worst visitors

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Forget the Chinese and Australians, Instagram tourists are Bali's worst visitors

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on my last trip ( an it will definitely be my last trip there) in oct 20187, i'd agree. I would be at a temple or a scenic spot, see a tour bus pull up, out comes the crowd and gathers around the temple/site and bathrooms and 20 minutes later back on the bus.. :beer3:
Although Antipodean adventurers have been outnumbered by their Chinese counterparts in recent years - the island welcomed 1.4 million from the Middle Kingdom against 1.2 million from the Land Down Under in 2018, according to figures from the Bali Government Tourism Office - and both nationalities have their detractors, Destinations Known is electing another group for consideration as the worst type of traveller found on the island: the Instagram crowd.
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What none of these tours seem to offer, however, is originality. Each follows an almost identical route and affords little time at each destination to soak up the surroundings.
Pretty much par for the course everywhere in the world. I totally encourage this behaviour because it means I can avoid 95% of my fellow tourists without trying too hard.
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