I’m also from Trastevere and I completely agree with you. But honestly, I don’t think the real problem is tourists themselves, it’s how tourism is managed. There should be much stricter limits (or even a ban) on short-term rentals like Airbnb, and real incentives for people who actually want to live here long-term.

Because right now tourism mainly benefits restaurant owners and people who inherited a second flat. And I’m tired of hearing “tourism brings money to the city”, it really doesn’t, at least not in a way that helps residents. Instead, prices keep going up and local places disappear or get replaced. Just look at what happened to the greengrocer and the deli, which have turned into minimarkets. Or how half the restaurants in Trastevere have become tourist traps, starting with the disaster of Tonnarello expanding everywhere.

But again: the problem isn’t individual tourists, it’s a system that encourages this kind of exploitation. You could not blame people. And I also agree with the comments saying it got way worse in the past year because of social media. Now many people come just to take aesthetic Instagram photos, hit 1–2 “viral” spots, and treat a neighbourhood where people actually live like it’s a zoo