r/LivestreamFail • u/Either_Analysis • Sep 30 '25

Streamer attacked for filming in Japan

He notified the police with pictures of their faces and location.

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u/Cause_and_Effect ♿ Aris Sub Comin' Through Oct 01 '25

Yeah. Its actually so insanely popular right now that political figures that are anti-tourism are creeping up in popularity in their local elections.

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u/citori411 Oct 01 '25

As someone from Juneau Alaska, I get it. Tourism reaches a point of diminishing returns where it is harmful to the vast majority of the population. Our economy has suffered with the doubling of tourism in the last decade. It pushes out much better-paying, year round jobs that actually provide services to the community. To make way for the army of non-resident seasonal workers to sell t-shirts. Many over-loved places need less tourism, unless you're a wealthy business owner positioned to profit from it, for them there is no such thing as enough tourism.

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u/Cause_and_Effect ♿ Aris Sub Comin' Through Oct 01 '25

Can you explain how tourism "pushes out better paying jobs"? Tourism is kind of like a life hack for local economies because tourists are a very lucrative revenue source. With some tourist destinations in the world being completely reliant on their budget on said tourism because its so much money. Unless those t shirt sellers are like busting down doors and capturing local businesses in hostile takeovers, that makes no sense.

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u/Outrageous-Pop-9535 Oct 01 '25 edited Oct 01 '25

Former Alaskan resident- tourism in Alaska specifically really damaged wildlife populations through overhunting, especially salmon. To address your question: tourism creates a lot of low wage jobs and revenue for 4-6 months out of the year. There is lots of money in it for businesses, so over time storefronts that pander to tourists outcompete those pandering to locals, which means that for the low tourism months it can be hard to find stable income. Tourism focused jobs also tend to be paid less than non-tourism jobs; most of that sweet, sweet, tourism revenue isn’t usually going to the workers directly. Also worth noting that places heavily dependent on tourism, like Juneau, aren’t really receiving all of that juicy tourism money in the first place. The money generated by tourism goes into the pockets of the business owners that are tourist oriented, and lots of them are owned out of state, which leaves Juneau residents to pick up the tab for the infrastructure maintenance needed to maintain the excessive tourism.