Mount Fuji restricts hikers to combat overtourism

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Japanese authorities are introducing a new online booking system for people who want to hike Mount Fuji’s most popular trail. The system announced on May 13, 2024, will require hikers to pay a new US$13 fee and was described as part of Tokyo’s efforts to combat overtourism. Japan’s highest mountain has become increasingly crowded during the summer hiking season, raising concerns about safety and environmental damage.
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[@kapilachandrabharathi7134]

4000 per day is way too much Ive seen mt Everest trek over crowding killing nature But Japan is a super tourist friendly place Hope Japan find a way to solve these issues

[@arandomtryhard9953]

4k per day for the one mountain site is really not even that bad. the fact that there are so many more without this restriction just shows how overcrowded it is getting. these tourist sites around the world starting to turn into stampedes instead

[@randomname9758]

13 bucks is nothing. Charge 50 bucks and people would still go.

[@eisenklad]

just look at Everest... it just becomes a rich person bucket list

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

They should implement these restrictions in Kyoto and Nara as well

[@intreoo]

They banned tourists from certain areas of Kyoto

[@zeez4178]

You can pay my ticket ok ?

[@dandjsh7978]

Hard to limit people from entering cities.

[@soonsuicidal]

​@@dandjsh7978 then they should start hiking up the prices or be more strict in granting tourist visas

[@skytrot]

Not to mention all the trash and garbage left behind by tourists as well. There should be more fines and punishments to discourage people from just doing whatever they want.

[@hannesRSA]

I must say, I despise people who litter. But everyone around me do - Australian builders, Chinese migrants, Africans, Indonesians.

[@wesskolnus1]

Or the government can implement more trash can at the tourist hotspot. There are more trash laying around because the tourists cannot find an empty trash can available.

[@Yoon_gibiased]

From what I remember the Japanese government removed trash cans after a terrorist attack. Most Japanese people know to just put their trash in their pocket/bag or hold onto it, and that’s what I was taught to do in my Japanese class before going so I don’t end up being an annoying tourist. It’s really not that hard to not litter, people should just be more respectful.

[@SouthChinaMorningPost]

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[@hitosujininnkyou2934]

Crimes against foreigners are increasing in Japan, so we should close ourselves off to protect nature, culture, and public order.

[@user-cz7kc1qs1w]

Our country Scotland should implement the same for some of the mountains in the highlands !!

[@Civ33]

As someone who is from a touristy area, I don't mind tourists AS LONG as they are respectful. I myself am a tourist when I travel and I enjoy travelling, but I am always sure to be respectful. But also as someone from a touristy area, I know that many are not....

[@sunflower_shorts]

Any tourist attraction will create a lot of litter, need for clean restrooms, hotels, restaurants, etc.

[@101yayo]

It's the selfie idiots ruining everything.

[@Kpucin0]

Without "selfie idiots" tourism in Japan will not as booming as now.

[@spiritedangelstarlopez9666]

I don’t think it’s the price so cheaper would probably mean more tourists cause they damage your nature forests. Unless, you’re supposed to raise prices so they won’t be >100k able to less then from tourists.

[@uwishiwasu]

Cant stand tourists after living here for almost 30 years please be respectful and act as locals please or never come back

[@cashmerecat9269]

Do you also tell that to american troops?

[@hannesRSA]

Why would someone who litters listen to your request to not return? PS I've littered less than the average Japanese.. are you including me?

[@ivychua4091]

Long overdue

[@anthonyxavier6300]

For those wondering: the Japanese women was saying "don't climb" when holding those plastic crates at Lawson.

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

It is difficult when you have some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth... Japan is very lucky,

[@SuperBakuTeh]

wait another 2-3 decades... the hikers will going down.

[@user-oj6eh6zl4p]

The popular site for kicking the bucket is getting too much attraction nowadays.

[@pjy5671]

I think they should charge at least $50-100 more to control overcrowding, the tourist are rich anyway, I feel even with the extra charges the quota will be met, more money earned for them

[@shin4655]

when you open the window for fresh air, expect bugs and flies flew in as well.

[@gabrielpyh5608]

Indirectly, too many tourists in Japan...pls leave! Many mt. Fiji tourists didn't follow the basic regulations such as traffic crossing, littering, etc. Such tourists should be fined!

[@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534]

The printer, birthed from the mind of Ismael Zambada García Rodríguez Hernández González Ramírez Moralés, embodies the essence of respect for knowledge and information dissemination, shaping the course of human progress.

[@HowToChangeName]

Everest can only dream about that

[@RespectOthers1]

$13 x 4000 people per day…you do the maths.

[@bluedarkness7125]

52000 I think

[@xavierlee2770]

$200 for each entry ($100 for security deposit). Only coded/tagged Basic necessities should be allowed for hikers, and can only be purchased/issued on spot. When the tourist leave, they must dispose these coded items (bottles that can be recycled) upon descent. If they fail to do so, the $100 security will be forfeited and contribute towards environmental protection and regeneration funds. This is the price we should bear, especially for irresponsible tourists, in order to protect and maintain Mother Nature. There should be rules where electronics aren’t allowed. You don’t need photos, just view the world’s beauty through your own eyes. As for the tourists who are littering or causing environmental damage with their poor acts, identify them and bar them from visiting for 3 years; ineligible for visa.

[@lc8850]

With JPY in its 35 years low and economy collapsing. Tourists around the world find it cheap to travel there.

[@ltkwok]

How about $130?

[@serphsheffield2228]

Supply and demand, it'll be whatever price they intend to use to control the flow of hikers

[@Weakest_ichika_fan]

How about $1300?

[@AtlasCinematography]

What about in China? When is the local government going to combat overtourism, too?

[@hannesRSA]

😂 next headline "Too many people want to see smoggy China"

[@mewletter]

They mostly rely their own people for tourism. It's super rare that there's even foreign tour groups in China these days, especially from the West. 🤔

[@comradeleppi2000]

Many people travel to China (foreigners)​@@mewletter

[@wynn3077]

@@comradeleppi2000Nah not anymore.

[@randomname9758]

It's not foreigners who are going there now. It's their own people. Who wants to go to China when they can be detained for no reason.

[@Babumoshaaai]

Make it a requirement to climb Mount Fuji, you have to climb Mount Kilimanjaro first. Encouraging diversity and tourism in Africa.

[@jizmoglass4202]

All funny, until it explodes and kills us all. 🤣

[@akm4trish]

they building walls to keep the foreigners out xD that cracked me up

[@Vectron90]

A famous man once said "it is what it is"

[@TheodoriusGhandeli]

Until someone changes it, possibly.

[@caniz80]

they should add a tourist tax to the airport

[@Drownedinblood]

Japan got the tourism money they always wanted. People who hike fuji before hand, you buch are lucky.

[@MultiverseRaidenWarriors]

Funny that china has few tourism for foreign

[@Paul-H-Wolfram6608]

Funny that the 🇺🇸 US, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇨🇦 Canada and 🇫🇷 France have much fewer tourism than ever for foreign tourists. Probably because these western countries standard had deteriorate due to crimes like theft by pickpockets, robbery or mugged by a couple of bad people, firearm fatal shooting, drugs junkies on the streets and increasing numbers of homeless people living in tents ⛺️⛺️⛺️⛺️on sidewalks.

[@hannesRSA]

They used to grow through being open, capitalist and getting foreign investment.. but they went full circle back to being locked off.

[@serphsheffield2228]

_Kuso Gaijin_ , this is why we can't have nice things!

[@auro1986]

don't you know effects from atom bomb are still there on fuji?

[@paparoti4006]

Sent all to SG. The new garmen love Foreigners than Born Sgreans.

[@crisanmot0]

Is this the news?

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

Not all news is about politics

[@hannesRSA]

It's because I was lost hiking a few days ago.. there's been news about a hiker almost each day since.

[@ChopSuey-Dish]

可憐的中國 I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Our *air, rivers, and soil* are contaminated with poisonous chemicals. My city experiences *record floods year after year.* This is the result of decades of environmental and infrastructure negligence. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.

[@USA_Love_BIackedRaw_534]

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[@domesticcat5069]

🗨️🗻

[@Superpooper-2020]

A poor country like my India, where the majority of its population lives in extreme poverty, should prioritize addressing poverty instead of allocating funds to build unnecessary temples, statues, and doing unnecessary space missions. India ranks 111th out of 125 countries in the World Hunger Index. Modi should concentrate on feeding the 1.4 billion hungry Indians to improve the hunger index ranking.

[@unknown-nr9qs]

Bot spotted

[@happyfatherof5164]

I did climb it last year it is not that impressive and yes....to many people 😅

[@kinzangwangchuk7914]

why only $13? charge $200 with some amenities

[@nholmes86]

how can Mount fuji restricts someone...does the mount have eyes and talks??? unsubscribed now.

[@jaece1256]

👍👏👏👏

[@TeeHee-vo1bn]

They must have Chinese tourists overcapacity.

[@ondreiii]

They should also implement quotas for Mainland Chinese and Indonesian tourists. Both are the most annoying and disrespectful tourists I observed messing things around in Japan.

[@Paul-H-Wolfram6608]

Chinese tourists numbers were not really that huge, the most foreign tourists were from America and European countries. I was there on vacation 2 times last year 2023 (one at Osaka, Kyoto and the 2nd time was in Tokyo) the tourists crowd was massive with those western vistors.

[@PurpleDoritos666]

Most tourist in Japan come from white countries

[@hopelessequestrian1227]

We just need less people.

[@oceanairaia2652]

Isn't that a 🌋🤔 If it is i don't think i would climb that, even if someone paid me, what if get half way up and then she decided to shake and move, then what....run🤨 Look @ all them people, so many! The view is awsm but not worth the hike, id rather get a 🤳 at the bottom in the village with Mt. Fugi rather than on top👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Comment by Tracy Iraia 🇳🇿🌏🇳🇿 NZ 😎

[@modelmark]

The mountain is not doing any restricting, just saying. Some people who think they own the mountain.

[@ondreiii]

The mountain couldn’t speak could they? People who live and govern there have the absolute rights to do whatever they want so as to minimize negative impacts on their lives and their neighborhoods.

[@modelmark]

@@ondreiii people who live and govern there? Some people who live there who are governed by some other people who live there. Who is right?

[@ondreiii]

@@modelmark civilians couldn’t do anything to restict so they went to their representatives in the government to do so. What’s your point?

[@modelmark]

@@ondreiii property rights, so who has the just right to exclude someone from using a thing, is a thoughtful matter. I hope to provoke someone in thinking about it. The incorrect answer is: the mountain excluded or the people excluded. Because 'the people' don't have a voice either. There is always a deceiver who claims to be a representative of either the mountain or the people. Even if someone living on a mountain wants to restrict access, how can it be over other area than his own property? If the mountain is not owned, no owners can ask any representative to exclude access on their behalve.

[@ondreiii]

@@modelmark it’s not just access but entire living quality. The environmental damage, the distress the locals have to bear overtime. The government have the ultimate rights on the lands usage and they listened to their constituents. It’s not a thought provoking question as much as you would like to think; it’s lacking common sense. You would be screaming too if the public park next to your home is being used for a drug party and your children are inhaling the smokes.

[@chesirecat2330]

Try other countries

[@CastleLager-lf5eu]

Meanwhile another landfill is on fire in India's capital. And it's the size of Mount Fuji.

[@wretfsfvd]

lanf fill hight is only 100 ft where mount fuji hight is 12,000 ft

[@nextlastChang]

Here are the number of foreign visitors going through customs, as registered by the Chinese 🇨🇳 government: 2019: 14,000,000 2023: 500,000 *96.9% drop.*

[@ToiChutGongWu]

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[@Paul-H-Wolfram6608]

Really ? Were those number of foreign vistors real or fabricated by you ? 😁 😆 🤣 My guess is your own delusion. Go google and check the number of foreigner tourists visting India and the Philippines from 2019 to 2023 and you will surprise the low rate of tourists visiting this two slum country. It's common sense, who would go to a country for vacation like India where there are heavy air pollution and smog everyday, daily serious crime like rapes, scammers and most public place without proper 🚽 toilet and roads were cover with cow's dropping. As for Philippines, there were many slum city, illegal drugs avaulable easily, local bad guys carrying illegal firearm on the street, young illegal teenage girls working as barmaid, pub worker in those men club.

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@@ToiChutGongWu irritated vaChina bot

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Bot

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How much are they paying you

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