Like hemorrhoids in the famous advertisement, tourismophobia should be pulled off silently. What a paradox. If you complain about a man yelling under your window at all hours, if the bottle is ready, if you curse because two jet skis woke you up to shrimp on a good Sunday, if the beach has become a permanent place for a bottle Because whenever it’s happy hour at the amusement park, you get crucified. Noise feeds us. We live on it. Us and Dubrovniks. The poor pearl of the Adriatic. Being beautiful was not enough, and they thought of shooting the world’s most famous TV series in their charismatic corners. So, to the many visitors who want to enjoy the history and monuments of the Croatian coastal city, we must also add the thousands of Game of Thrones followers who spend their holidays visiting the filming locations to take a dozen selfies. . And they come rolling with their suitcases, worth the excess, and thousands of demons roar on the characteristic cobblestones of the historic center at all hours of the day and night. Because another of the effects of the democratization of tourism is that visits arrive at inopportune times, because low-cost companies take off and land at dawn, which is better for them to be cheaper. The thing is, Dubrovnik residents can no longer stand the noise pollution from rolling luggage, and the mayor has banned it, it’s that radical. Since this summer, you can’t make it look like you’re pulling a wheelbarrow in Dubrovnik and digging the asphalt. Newcomers have to carry their suitcases on their backs and as of November, they will leave their luggage in a locker located in the slums by law, and deliver their luggage so that a courier can fulfill the overnight stay for a fee. The authorities and residents are united in the demand for silence and respect for their city and their health, what an enviable thing. They have already limited tourist ships and are now forcing their visitors to travel light, to reduce the impact on people’s lives as their main source of income that will keep the goose that lays the golden egg alive in the long run. . Please do them.
