The Worst-Behaved Tourists of 2023
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ - FEBRUARY 8: A crowd of tourists gather at Mather Point Lookout, located on the South Rim, to watch the sunrise and take selfies on February 8, 2019, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Grand Canyon National Park, often considered one of the "Wonders of the World," was officially designated a national park on February 26, 1919, and is celebrating its Centennial this year. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
We have been saying for years now that you need to go see all the landmarks you can before it’s too late. As of late, tourists have been vandalizing, violating and disrespecting places all across the globe. The folks at CNN.com compiled a list of the worst-behaved tourists of 2023. We’ve talked about a few of these highlights on the show when they took place.
The Worst-Behaved Tourists of 2023
People are traveling at a high-rate again and with the desire for likes on social media, they are doing some ridiculous things around the world. It happens so often that CNN.com was able to put together a list of poorly behaved tourists by month. Yes, there was an issue on a monthly basis involving d-bag tourists. The list begins in January obviously with an idiot American. According to CNN.com, the American tourist was fined 500 Euro for driving across a famous bridge in Italy that was built in medieval times. Jump to March, where a Russian man stripped down at a sacred site in Bali. He did so for a photo shoot. Onto July, where two tourists defaced the Colosseum in Rome by writing their names into the ancient structure.
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The amount of times cases like these take place are astounding. All over the world, people are jumping gates, pushing the limits by ignoring boundaries and defacing ancient structures. Not to mention the tourists who risk it all for an Instagram post and end up hurting themselves or even dying. This isn’t a new trend either. According to hastingsandhastings.com, there were two deaths in 2019 alone of men attempting to take a selfie at the Grand Canyon and falling.
Go While You Can!
Well, this is why we’ve been saying for years to go see the sights while you still can. With every tourist that falls off the edge of a cliff trying to get that perfect selfie, the boundaries inevitably will be pushed back further and further!
Netflix Shares 2023's Most-Hours Spent on Films and TV Shows
Right before the end of the year, Netflix shared new information about their viewers. Since launching their weekly Top 10 and Most Popular lists two years ago, the streaming giant has been providing more information about what people are watching. On Tuesday (December 12), Netflix published their What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report, which is a comprehensive report of what people watched on Netflix over a six-month period (January to June 2023). They took into account the hours viewed for every single title they have as their original content as well as licensed content that was watched for over 50,000 hours, the premiere date for the content, runtimes, and whether a title was available worldwide.
In total, this new report covers more than 18,000 titles — representing 99% of all viewing on Netflix — and nearly 100 billion hours viewed. Over 60% of Netflix titles released in the first six months of the year simultaneously appeared on their weekly Top 10 lists. So, while this report is broader in scope, the trends reflected similarly mimic those in the Top 10 lists. For example, television series Ginny & Georgia, Alice in Borderland, The Marked Heart, Outer Banks, You, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, XO Kitty, and films Murder Mystery 2 and Extraction 2. Meanwhile, new series like The Night Agent, The Diplomat, Beef, and FUBAR generated huge audiences. Non-English stories garnered 30% of all viewing, and older, licensed titles were in demand from Netflix. 55% of viewing came from Netflix films and series, while 45% came from licensed titles, like Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Suits.
Netflix said in their report that this would be bi-annual data that would show the engagement of their viewers. They claim that the information provided will “give creators and our industry deeper insights into our audiences and what resonates with them.” Take a look below at Netflix’s 7 Most-Viewed Items for the first half of the year:
