A lot of tourist attractions charge admission and parking fees. And now, even remote, picturesque countrysides are looking to capitalize.
There’s a rural area in the mountains of northern Italy where local farmers have set up turnstiles, like the ones at amusement parks, to charge people who are there to take photos.
That seems silly, and it is, but they aren’t targeting regular tourists and retirees. Apparently, the area has been overrun by travel influencers who are flooding the area in droves for their social media “content.”
These turnstiles charge around $6 to access several “Instagrammable” spots, and they can do this because the land people are passing through is private.
Of course, this publicity and “exclusivity” is just making influencers MORE interested, especially if they can get a shot at these turnstiles. (Which look like this.) One person said, “People go where everyone else goes. We’re sheep.”
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(Yahoo)
