Ecotourism – Responsible and Sustainable Tourism

Eco-tourism Responsible tourism means all tourism directly dependent on the use of natural life e.g. wildlife and landscape. Nature based tourism include eco-tourism and mass tourism. Uncontrolled mass tourism continues to contribute to the degradation of natural & cultural significance (commercialization of Culture) thus leading or causing loss of biological and cultural biodiversity, and important sources of income. Nature based tourism offers a way of financing unique ecosystems preservation. This provides opportunity for the community living near the protected areas Read More

Destructive Tourism

I never thought I would do something very destructive to nature personally and deliberately, but I did. My wife and I were newlyweds vacationing in Thailand in the south along the Andaman Sea. We found a fantastic bungalow to stay at and not only was the scenery amazing, there was hardly anyone else around and we would often have the beach to ourselves. Just across from one beach was one of those odd ‘upside down’ islands, and we were eager Read More