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Thx. Agreed. And yes, we all know why it is a thing.
When I answered to Chico Suave's slightly less amiable comment I wanted to share a few links to what I consider interesting reads. Then I read your comment and thought maybe they would be read with a lot less hostility if I shared them here.
They're in no order of importance and they're a bit redundant too (there were many more, hopefully anyone will find one more exciting to read) and they may help better understand my opinion on tourism in general (and their photographic laziness in particular). It may also be worth saying that we do our best to put our money where our mouth is as, both my spouse and I, we decided some 25 years ago to quit traveling by plane to fancy places (at the time we realized the ecological crisis that was to come and because it suddenly seemed to us an inexcusable waste of energy just to satisfy our mere 'leisure' needs), and soon after that we also quit flying for work. No revolution mind you, and no 'no fun allowed' either, we made all our 'touristic' activities local and all our work travels/meetings virtual.
So if anyone is interested, about tourism (there are others, I simply grabbed the first few not obviously AI-written results I could find):
And if anyone is interested in trying to make...less touristic images (not that I'm a pro myself, far from it but isn't it exciting to try to do better?) a few quick/easy suggestions: