Pesky Instagrammers annoy residents of Koon Seng Road by leaving litter, climbing onto walls

Tourists taking photographs along the houses in Koon Seng Road, on April 4, 2019.
ST PHOTO: JASMINE CHOONG
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SINGAPORE - Thanks to witty hashtags, choice filters and thousands of well-framed close-ups, Singapore was ranked the world's 10th most Instagrammable country by travel publication Big 7 Travel in January this year.

But behind the many picture-perfect shots posted on social media, a dark side seems to have emerged.

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