Some problems that the development of the tourism has caused to the environment?

I agree with you about the link between the increasing of pollution and tourism. I have seen so many tourists that just don´t care about the country they are visiting. They just forget that we are in the same planet. Of course not all tourists do that but I think that the campaign for a clean world should target the tourists.

hi there! i am from the world known tourist destination, the Philippines. yes, tourism development can cause problems in our environment but it depends on how tourism was developed. we have a lot of experiences wherein, tourism development caused severe damage in our natural resources. Pollution, destruction, and degradation of the natural resources became our problem. Because of these, the concept of eco-tourism and sustainable tourism evolved. whether we have a natural or built tourist spots, as long as the above principles are taken into account and a sound management scheme will be implemented, we can go away with some environmental problems. sound laws and policies should back-up tourism development.

Yes I can see your point. Too much tourism and many factories etc. I think Governments whould implement strict laes and make the factories cleaner. Better infastructure should be laid out and also more sustainable energy should be created. Any new buildings built should be as echo friendly as possible and made from sustainable and recycled materials, that should help a lot.

You have raised a valuable discussion.. You may be knowing that India attracts lot of tourist from all countries due to the heritage and attractive places to visit..Offcourse our government is earning a huge sum of money through this industry and has also improved a lot in providing facilities to tourist inside and outside India in recent years.. The main problem is the environment gets polluted..more awareness is needed among people as we can find people dumping garbages near tourist spots..

The biggest problem I've seen is caused by the disgusting behavior of some tourists in China. When I was in Huanglong last year, the pools were mostly dry. There were signs EVERYWHERE telling people not to touch anything because of the severe damage it would cause. I saw some idiot WALK off the path, on the calcified rock formations! He went right past guards who stood around doing nothing! I also saw plenty of people throwing their trash into the beautiful lakes of Jiuzhaigou. Those people should be ashamed and thrown in jail for pure stupidity and disrespect. China would be a more beautiful place without those people.

Air pollution.. Corruption.. ( it has also contributed its mite from the angle of Tourism) The Plastic wastes as disposed by the tourists.. in the form of Cups, bags.. adds to the pollution.. The excess of Carbon-di-oxide..gases that emanate from the vehicles..comes as cause that triggers cascading effects on pollution.Though viewing from the standpoint of Tourism area it has only minor effect.

You are right. Definitely the development of a tourist spot to harness greater income for the state will result in exploitation of a balanced region. Earlier one vehicle was moving in the direction. Now hundreds of vehicles, cars, jeeps, trucks move in the direction, thereby they create a sound pollution, air pollution and noise pollution. When it is developed for tourism, other fellows like traders jump into fray to establish their shops and wares.

Hi William, All kinds of development are bound to have some adverse effects on our environment and tourism is not exception. More tourism means more revenue and better standard of living but also more houses and roads and transportation for the tourists. All these definitely change the environment and the ecology of the place. I don’t know about other tourism in India but ecotourism has tried to balance the environment as much as possible. There are sanctuaries where log huts are built and no other materials of construction is allowed. Tourist cars are allowed only till the periphery of the parks and not inside and if you want to roam inside, it’s the elephants you will have to look for. There are also jeeps run on electricity.

It's inevitable. Our Earth is suffering everyday due to heavy pollution all over the world. Ever since human advanced into industrial age, the pollutions started and a lot of organism are endangered. In our country, the pollutions are getting serious and most of the rivers are classified as toxicated and not safe to consume. The most significant impact does not come from tourism, but from the industrial development. But in some places like the beach and islands, the pollution there are caused by tourism, especially those local tourists (what a shame LoL) It's because most of tourists are not aware of the importance of preserving our environments and littering around the tourist spot they visit. Besides, it's the authority responsibility to educate the visitors to keep the place clean and love the mother nature.

In my country also the tourism development has trigerred pollution. there are many places that were virgin and never touched down like this. for tourism development they are building hotels and all.many people are going there and making it polluted.

This is a very important and thoughtful question! In our state, we have many tourists during the season. And they cause much damage to our roads and beaches. They come here from other states and throw their trash onto the beach and into the water. Then they use gas for their cars to race around and pollute our sky! Then they go to their summer homes and crank up the air conditioner; clean the pool and run millions of gallons of OUR water into their pools. Then they leave and our expenses are higher as we pay for the portion that they used! It's called tourism and our state supports it, cause the tourists bring in much needed revenue. But the citizens who live here year round and never leave are the ones to suffer! I wish that our state would impose a tax on anyone who comes here only part of the year so that their electricity usage is more expensive. As is, the rest of us have to defray their costs. I wish that they would police the tourists better to keep them from polluting. They could do that simply with town ordinances enforced by severe money fines. Most of the people doing the polluting are rich and could afford it. But they would not want to pay so they would be careful not to pollute!

Dear friend, I could see that tourist have both effects on the environment. Hence it might be the implementation of eco-tourism in our place where the environment is not disturbed for the tourist benefit. Still at times tourism attraction these environment is misused .Hence I feel these environment should be kept well in mind even if they make arrangements for tourists. It is better environment that might give rise to healthy tourism.

Hi williamjisir ! I like you is a take good care of we exist the environment of environmental protection bodyguard. Becaust personal influence limit. So I only have affect with own activity nearby of person .Appeal everyone here at the same time "the Earth is our house"let us all pay a power of for the environmental protection business.

Well I can kind of say something of the opposite for this. I live near Cleveland, Ohio, and for us because there aren't as many tourists here like we'd like, the city isn't doing as great as it could. We actually have a lot of homeless people in Cleveland due to businesses not doing to well and other things like that. The closest thing we had to bringing all that back up to good was our basketball team finally made it to the NBA finals.

Well, Williamjisir, That is a very good point and thanks for pointing it out here but I honestly never have thought of the problem that way at all. I guess I just don't associate tourism with pollutions at all. I think pollution in every country always have been around and the coming of tourism didn't increase it in any way of shape and form. That is just what I think of it and I am not saying that your are wrong or anything. I don't live in China and I don't know the situation a lot more than you do. So, this might be the case in China but I don't think it is the case in the USA.

When on thinks of development, one should also take care of the environment. When huge industrial plants and factories are put up in a place, the critical question asked is: would they not destroy the environment, especially its waste disposals that would eventually pollute the rivers, soil, air? That's the ultimate question, and if these huge developers do not pass the standards of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, then they will not be given a permit at all to go ahead with the development. The price of progress should not be degradation to our environment. There should be some system of waste disposal that would not harm the environment; even beaches which are developed like Boracay should still observe proper procedures so as to continue to protect the environment even amidst tourism boost...

Hi williamjisir! Tourism has been one of the income-generating program of our country. It helps so much in the economy however, sometimes with so much infrastructures being built such as hotels and bars, the natural environment faces some damages for instance, they have to flatten or destroy a part of the forest or mountains just to accomodate a 5 star hotel with all its amenities. I really don't know any program that may help to protect the environment but if there are, I would surely obey such guidelines and laws. Just my thoughts. Take care and have a nice day!

Hi williamjisir ! I am similar to you also is a to pay attention to the person who the wreath embraces the problem very much, our personal ability limit. So I from personal set out, only have affect with own activity nearby of person .Appeal that "the Earth is our common home" lets us take good care of it together here.

QUESTION 1;- What are some problems that the development of the tourism has caused to the environment in your country? ANSWER 1;- Ecology and economy known as Tourism Innovations. So it definitely cause problem to ecology and economy. _______________________________________________________ QUESTION 2;- Any effective ways to help protect the environment without being damaged because of the development of tourism? ANSWER 2;- The most legal and authoritative protection is to enhance the enforcement on EIA(Environmental Impact Assessment). Our environment is our greatest asset. Great scenery, open spaces, unspoilt wilderness, and natural diversity. While there are a number of attempts to minimize the impact of tourism on our environment, we still have a long way to go. EIA is used to integrate environmental management with the approvals process for proposals. Environmental impact assessment is intended to: 1. ensure that proponents assume primary responsibility for protection of any environmental values that may be affected by their proposals; 2. address environmental management for the expected life of proposals; 3. contribute to statutory decisions on whether a proposal should proceed, and if so, decide what environmental management and monitoring conditions should apply; and 4. where legislation allows, incorporate community and stakeholder views in assessment and decision-making processes. ______________________________________________________ My dear best friend, williamjisir; my finger feel numb on typing this text for you. Actually more to talk about this matter, but I will be paid for only 1cent for this article and feeling fair to stop here...ha..ha..ha.. The Little Me, Michael.