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The curse of mass tourism, or rather, Instagram: Tottori Prefecture started to enforce a prefectural ordinance banning graffiti on the famous sand dunes just outside Tottori City after a recent spike in graffiti incidents. Since 2009, over 3,300 incidents of "sand graffiti" have been recorded.
This graffiti from January 2019 measured 25 by 5 metres and had to be cleaned up by a foreign couple. Natalie must have been delighted.
Tottori Sand Dunes boosts foreign language warnings to curb defacement by tourists - The Mainichi
TOTTORI -- The Tottori Sand Dunes, a major attraction here and one of the only environments of its kind in Japan, is increasing its foreign visitor-ai
mainichi.jp
This graffiti from January 2019 measured 25 by 5 metres and had to be cleaned up by a foreign couple. Natalie must have been delighted.
Against the grain: anger grows at spike in 'sand graffiti' by tourists in Japan
Tottori prefecture to install more foreign-language signs urging visitors not to vandalise dunes
www.theguardian.com
鳥取砂丘で落書き 35mに渡り「SEBASTiAN」:朝日新聞デジタル
鳥取県は4日、鳥取砂丘(鳥取市)で、外国人の名前とみられる「SEBASTiAN」という英字と顔のような図形が落書きされていたと発表した。 落書きの大きさは縦約35メートル、横約27メートル。観光客が…
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