(Another environmental crisis, along with AGW-
tourism-
How humans are loving Nature" to death"):
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The negative environmental impacts of tourism...
are substantial. They include the depletion of local natural resources as well as pollution and waste problems. Eco-tourism offers a greener alternative.
There are 1 billion tourist arrivals in the world every year. That’s 30 every single second. By 2020 the number will increase by 60 percent. Tourism often puts pressure on natural resources through over-consumption, often in places where resources are already scarce.
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(Eco-tourism is detailed at the end)
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Crisis in our national parks
how tourists are loving nature to death
As thrill seekers and Instagrammers swarm public lands, reporting from eight sites across America shows the scale of the threat.
"Just before sunset near Page, Arizona, a parade of humanity marched up the sandy, half-mile trail toward Horseshoe Bend. They had come from all over the world. Some carried boxes of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, others cradled chihuahuas and a few men hid engagement rings in their pockets. But just about everyone had one thing at the ready: a cellphone to snap a picture.
Horseshoe Bend is one of the American west’s most celebrated overlooks. From a sheer sandstone precipice just a few miles outside Grand Canyon national park, visitors get a bird’s-eye view of the emerald Colorado river as it makes a U-turn 800ft below. Hundreds of miles from any large city, and nestled in the heart of south-west canyon country, Horseshoe Bend was once as lonely as it was beautiful."
www.theguardian.com/...
"Wish you weren't here: how the tourist boom – and selfies – are threatening Britain's beauty spots
Poldark, Instagram and the heatwave have led to a 20% spike in tourists to Cornwall this year. While crucial to the local economy, the crowds are proving overwhelming. Can a balance be found?
Nobody wants to see this sort of mass tourism affecting the area, affecting the tourist experience and clogging the roads,” Malcolm Bell, Visit Cornwall’s chief executive, told the BBC, adding that he wants to see a “redistribution” of tourism across the county. Cornwall has 400 beaches along its coastline, he pointed out, many of which would benefit from an increase in visitors. “This is a sustainability issue,” he said.
www.theguardian.com/...
(All over the planet):
As the stag parties flood in, the Dutch flood out. Tourism’s changed not just the way we feel about our cities, but Europewww.theguardian.com/...
Stone stackers at ancient sites could face jail, warns Historic England
Pastime of creating ‘fairy castles’ is feared to be putting protected monuments such as Stowe’s Hill in Cornwall at risk
"Historic England said stone stackers should not tamper with spots classified as ancient monuments.
The warning followed concern that stone stacking was putting the neolithic site Stowe’s Pound on Stowe’s Hill in Cornwall at risk.
Caradon Archaeology posted images of “fairy castles” – stone stacks – on its Facebook page and called for the registration plates of anyone seen piling stones to be taken and reported.
The post said: “Stowe’s Hill is a 6,000-year-old settlement, built by our neolithic forebears. It is a protected, scheduled monument.
“This practice is not only vandalism; it is illegal, and carries with it a possible prison sentence. If anyone sees anyone attempting to move stones please warn them of this and message us. Or try and get their registration number and message it to us.”
www.theguardian.com/…
Stone-stacking: cool for Instagram, cruel for the environment
Patrick Barkham
From Orkney to Australia, adventure tourism and social media are turning a benign impulse into a plague on the natural world
The Edinburgh festival would be a joy if it weren’t for tick-list touristsThey have neither the time or the inclination to appreciate the riches being laid before them
www.theguardian.com/...
Jan 4, 2019 · Venice is a place of history, architecture and canals. Millions of tourists visit every year. They bring money and support employment, but there are environmental side- effects..…
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Hyams beach: thousands turned away as NSW tourism hot spot 'loved to death'
Shoalhaven council uses traffic controllers to redirect visitors after area ‘inundated’ with thousands of carswww.theguardian.com/...
Eco-tourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and relatively undisturbed natural areas, intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial mass tourism. It means responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.[1] Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds for ecological conservation, to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities, or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s, ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavor by environmentalists, so that future generations may experience destinations relatively untouched by human intervention.[2]:33 Several university programs use this description as the working definition of ecotourism.[3]
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