"Becoming" toxic? It's been toxic. Tourism has had a huge negative effect on many places.
On the flip side, tourism has the capacity to help support communities, bring awareness to critical issues, and instigate positive environmental change when done right.
Unfortunately, the way many people travel - the way that is cheapest, easiest, most convenient - is terrible for the environment.
Communities can be supported in other ways. Tourism is pushed and pushed and the propaganda is that we need to endlessly increase tourism or the economy collapses. Everything is about growth because it’s more profitable for the rich. Even when the cities or towns can’t support it.
Tourists also use water and roads and sewage systems and garbage disposal. All these services locals pay taxes for.
Airbnbs displacing locals.
Tourism worsens housing crises.
Animals thrived in 2020 where i live because tourism was almost 0. Traffic improved and people were less angry and aggressive. Because we were overcrowded.
We weren’t filling every bit of space with people.
Locals still went to parks but it was nothing compared to how invasive tourism is.
People act like humans and profits matter more than anything.
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '24
"Becoming" toxic? It's been toxic. Tourism has had a huge negative effect on many places.
On the flip side, tourism has the capacity to help support communities, bring awareness to critical issues, and instigate positive environmental change when done right.
Unfortunately, the way many people travel - the way that is cheapest, easiest, most convenient - is terrible for the environment.