The worst travel stories that made headlines in 2023
The desperate desire of tourists from all over the world to travel followed two years of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, which continued to make travel difficult.
People were finally able to travel, but all that pent-up frustration and anticipation led to incidents around the world. Here are a few examples of the worst travel stories that made headlines over the past year, as reported by 1010wcsi.com.
A mass brawl broke out on the popular Spanish tourist street, "Sin Street"
A video shot by local Spanish media outlet CEN shows a brawl along a popular tourist street in the Catalan city of Sitges on the morning of July 23. Men were seen attacking each other with anything they could get their hands on, such as bar stools, glass bottles, and metal bars.
The cause of the fight remained unknown, despite an investigation by the Mossos d'Esquadra, the main police force in the Catalan region. However, the main explanation was that a disagreement with a security guard quickly escalated.
An American tourist was forced to apologize in Thailand after blowing marijuana smoke on a crowded street
According to ViralPress, American tourist Anghan Vorak Chhieng was caught on video using a "Ghostbusters-style blower" to try to smoke a crowd of people on a busy street in Phuket, Thailand.
A Yellowstone tourist almost ended up crippled trying to pet a bison
A video shows a tourist attempting to pet a bison grazing near a trail on May 20 after a group approached the animal to take a selfie.
When the woman extended her hand to pet the large bison, she was startled. The bison lowered its head and charged at her with its horns. The animal snagged the tourist's sweater as she attempted to flee, but she managed to escape unharmed.
A tourist carved her name on the wall of the ancient Roman Colosseum
In July, a video surfaced showing a teenage girl from Switzerland carving the letter "N" into the wall of the nearly 2000-year-old structure, as first reported by local media outlet ADN Kronos.
Mexican tourist beaten with a stick after climbing a sacred pyramid
In February, a video captured an unidentified tourist from Poland running up the steps of the Kukulkan pyramid at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza in Mexico (which is prohibited).
A passerby attacked the tourist with a stick. The director of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) told the Mexico Daily Post that the tourist was fined 5 pesos ($000) for the incident and was released after 263 hours in custody.
Murder in Germany
Perhaps the most unpleasant and shocking incident of the year was the murder of a tourist near the Marienbruecke Bridge near Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.
According to the police, a 30-year-old man encountered two American women, aged 21 and 22, on a footpath and lured them to a path leading to an observation deck.
"The younger of the two women was attacked by the suspect," said police spokesman Holger Stabik. "The older one tried to rush to her aid, whereupon the suspect strangled her and subsequently pushed her down the slope," the statement said.
