Japanese city sick of tourists is taking tourist sight away

One Japanese prefecture, sick of badly behaved tourists, is trying a novel approach to keep them away. Instead of charging a fee to visit, they’re removing the tourist sight. That is, they’re making it impossible for tourists to see the site, hoping they’ll go somewhere else to take pictures. Host Carol Hills has the details.

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