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Yallourn Public Forum – dust and ash pollution and your rights

The poor of Warburton and environs are being shifted to Moe as it is getting increasingly difficult to find accommodation here in the Upper Yarra Valley. "Are you seeing more ash and coal dust than usual on garden vegetables, in your garage and around the house and yard?" You’re not the only person who is … Continue reading Yallourn Public Forum – dust and ash pollution and your rights

Rethinking tourism so the locals actual benefit from hosting visitors – the Conversation – May 23, 2019

Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Pundits are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia. Cities such as Barcelona, Venice and Dubrovnik are witnessing a backlash against imposed forms of tourism. https://theconversation.com/rethinking-tourism-so-the-locals-actually-benefit-from-hosting-visitors-116066?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=bylinefacebookbutton&fbclid=IwAR3TAHH5YZwktmL2SbVPtSsY35lahRuHdyNCLR5bGPzfYWKpqPWnJfCW-n4

Loud AirBnB Parties Obnoxious guests

Unruly AirBnb guests are outstaying their welcome in Healesville, with neighbours fed up with late-night noise, cars parked across their driveways and their gardens being used as toilets by drunks. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/loud-airbnb-parties-obnoxious-guests-reducing-healesville-residents-to-tears/news-story/45360c0b19c6d0c8cfdd7d45d4548251?fbclid=IwAR08Rv5Hb2JNW4ZL85I09HI28GG3gzZQgwiLMAOqmj6ygQeqeEj4WTAUcZ8

Tourists behaving badly are a threat to global tourism and the industry is partly to blame – the Conversation – April 8, 2019

Japan’s Nanzoin Temple is famous for its huge statue of a reclining Buddha. Its custodians are less laidback about the hordes of tourists the temple attracts. Signs in 12 languages now warn foreign visitors they may not enter in large groups. https://theconversation.com/tourists-behaving-badly-are-a-threat-to-global-tourism-and-the-industry-is-partly-to-blame-112398