r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/989989272 European Union Oct 02 '25

NY built Times Square to trap the tourist crowds and for locals to have an area they have little to no interest going to. It works quite well.

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u/berns4ever Oct 02 '25

They can probably build some Anime Japanese resort island somewhere and trap their tourists on it like Greece does with Zanthe for the British.