>>1682700I share your dislike of barbaric Chinese hordes but natural attractions under private control can be even worse. I cite Meramec Caverns in Missouri, a limestone cave system privately developed as a tourist attraction. The tour is an abomination of poured concrete, colored lighting and plexiglas with a fitting Americana coda of a projected light show complete with tape-recorded rendition of "God Bless the USA".
I suspect the true answer might lie beyond solution, at least in the present. One can always point out that our treasonous fifth columnists should never have been allowed to transfer our middle class wealth to China in the first place but that wouldn't help the immediate problem. I recall an incident that I find applicable; on a trip to Maui's Haleakala Crater, I witnessed a tourist encroaching on a silversword (beautiful flowering plant endemic to the volcano). These plants are susceptible to soil compaction so visitors are warned repeatedly not to approach too closely for pictures, with the examples nearest to the parking area having the additional protection of poured concrete pads to one side to allow the dauntless photo-seeker his perfect shot. This wasn't good enough for one Boomer and he approached an unprotected specimen for his photo. He was verbally accosted by a private tour guide, sharply and repeatedly until he desisted from his willful trespass. I was impressed by this act and think it may well be applicable elsewhere.
