Which visitor behaviors annoy tourist-town residents most?
23%
23% named this as the most annoying visitor behavior: bad driving or ignoring road rules.
n = 3,042 year-round residents of traditional tourist towns · Fielded June 2025 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Response categories are reproduced as reported; some source breakdowns are partial, and rounded totals may differ from 100%. Some rounded response categories total 101%. The economic-benefits answer is described only as nearly a quarter; no exact percentage is inferred.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,042
- Population
- year-round residents of traditional tourist towns
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- June 2025
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- How Tourism Affects Year-Round Residents
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (June 2025). "Which visitor behaviors annoy tourist-town residents most?" Survey of 3,042 year-round residents of traditional tourist towns, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/which-visitor-behaviors-annoy-tourist-town-residents-most
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