Salem hikes tour guide fee by 3,000% after surge of witch-enthusiasts flood town
Salem hikes tour guide fee by 3,000% after surge of witch-enthusiasts flood town
The spooky Massachusetts city issued 230 tour guide licenses last year, and has already reached 176 in 2024
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Is the city council under the impression that tourists will arrive, fail to find a tour guide, then just shrug and go home? I agree that tourist congestion has gotten worse in recent years (a friend of mine recently moved, citing this exact reason), but this is going to do exactly nothing to stop it.
Is it to prevent? Or just bring more tourism money to the town?
I think it’s more so profiting off the popularity of the tour guides. And maybe the could hire an extra PT staff to process all the applications
Even if it doesn't stop tourists from coming, it will bring in more revenue for the local authorities and inhabitants.Just read the whole story the cost goes to the local guides, not the tourists.