Had to move to another place because home became a hot check-in point

Ms. Hu (Shanghai, China) is the latest victim of daka, the trend of going to hot places online to take pictures and call on others to come experience the same.
The 80-year-old woman now has to move back to her grandchildren’s house after being harassed by tourists, according to South China Morning Post.

Recently, her house, which belongs to a building on Wukang Street, gained attention on social media thanks to a large pink bow hanging from the balcony, making the building look like a miniature Disney castle. Since then, curious people have come to take pictures of check-in more and more, disturbing the life of the elderly woman. The pink bow hung on the balcony caused many tourists to flock to the door of the building where Mrs. Photo: The Paper. The 1.5 km long Wukang Street is a familiar place in Shanghai with many famous cafes and historical sites. The two movies are Color, Gender (2007) and Like him (2017) are all set here, making this place even more attractive to tourists. Ms. Hu suddenly became famous online after a user visited this neighborhood and shared a video online with the caption, “Standing on Wukang Road, under the phoenix tree, under the balcony with a giant bow attached, waiting, waiting. an old lady”. Reply The Paper , a neighbor said that someone else had attached a bow to the outside of the building, right on the balcony of the grandmother’s house. After the pink bow was taken down, there were still a lot of curious people coming to this place according to the recommendation of internet users. Photo: Sohu. “Mrs. Hu’s family is very worried because she is 80 years old,” the neighbor said. Not only the old woman, other residents also faced difficulties in getting in and out when the building suddenly attracted a large number of visitors, standing in front of the door. The fever brought to the house with the giant bow made Fang Shizhong, director of the Shanghai Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism, to suggest that tourists need to have a sense of civilized sightseeing, without disturbing life. of people. In recent years, the phenomenon of tourism daka, means break in in Chinese , became a trending trend on social media in China. Accordingly, not only taking pictures at check-in, tourists and reviewers also broadcast live, talking about where they are going. The flip side of this trend is that many people start livestreaming incidents, traffic accidents, and crime scenes to attract views. In 2020, Chinese media reported that a woman in Hangzhou was murdered by her husband, her body was scattered around the apartment complex. After the news broke, many Internet users flocked to “livestream from the haunted house” and interview neighbors.