By Daniel Hirsch, Mission Local
The Mission’s status as a global tourism destination has never been more acutely felt—when one walks down any of the Mission’s increasingly famous mural alleys, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Swedish and the ubiquitous snap of cameras can all be heard. As the number of tourists increases, so have the companies providing neighborhood walking tours—at least a dozen coming to the Mission. Not everyone, however, is thrilled about these arrivals.
Clarion Alley Mural Project, the nonprofit that first organized the creation of murals in Clarion Alley in the 1990s, has asked private tour companies to refrain from including Clarion in their tours—going so far as to list specific companies contacted on its website including: Avital Tours, Precita Eyes, Wild SF, Dylan’s Tours and the Real SF.
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