Travelers behaving badly: Is the conduct of tourists getting worse?

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Travelers behaving badly: Is the conduct of tourists getting worse? - CNN

Whether it's skinny dipping in Venetian canals, chasing geishas down the street in Japan, or simply turning up in unsustainable numbers, tourists have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons recently.

Each week seems to bring new stories of travelers engaging in some type of transgression in popular or far-flung places.

While tourists were once seen as a highly coveted source of income by destinations -- and still are in some cases -- we appear to be living in an age where traveling has become a byword for trouble.

But has the behavior of tourists actually gotten worse over time, or is this simply an inevitable consequence of more and more us packing our bags and heading out into the big wide world?
 
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