To Open Up To Tourism Or Not - Christian Maeda

I think we should not open up natural areas to tourism to protect the nature. 

First of all, I want to share my opinion about tourism and nature conservation. The tourists who do not pay respect to the nature and who do not know how much money and time were used to protect these natures are one of the biggest reasons of despoiling and harming the area. We have to stop them to behave like that, or close up the area to protect the nature and stop tourist coming. Sustainable tourism is impossible with these unacceptable acts by tourists.

There is a good example in Japan. Arashiyama in Kyoto is good place to see beautiful bamboo grove and it was famous for sightseeing. Therefore, a lot of foreign tourists were coming there and enjoy the view of Arashiyama bamboo grove. However, in 2018, manager of this bamboo grove found some scratches to the bamboo. To keep beautiful landscape, more than 100 bamboos were cut down, because these scratches would never recover. These unthinkable scratched graffities were written by tourists, but they did not mean to hart the nature. They just want to make a memorial. However, they had caused the destruction of the beautiful bamboo grove.

                 On the other hand, tourism has positive effect. Nature conservation costs a lot, but if the area is opened for tourist, economy effects of tourism will be huge amount. However, these positive effects are not able to continue without sustainable tourism. Therefore, every tourist must understand the importance of nature conservation and try to keep beautiful nature for next generations.

Comments

  1. Sakura IyamaMay 21, 2023 at 4:26 PM

    I see your point. I've been the place you mentioned, there were bunch of can and rubbish. So I totally understand you.

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  2. Kiu Yan ZHAOMay 21, 2023 at 4:27 PM

    Yeah, it is quiet common to see some of the visitors did not care about the environment that they visited.

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  3. Hikari ShimizuMay 21, 2023 at 4:31 PM

    I didn't know about Arashiyama's example well. I could understand your opinion.

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  4. LuMay 21, 2023 at 4:31 PM

    The foolish behavior of some tourists will indeed bring great damage to our scenic spot, we need to pass some system to forbid these behaviors.

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  5. David WoodfieldMay 21, 2023 at 4:38 PM

    Scratching one's name on a historic building or cutting one's name into a tree is just the kind of selfish act that tourism authorities must work to discourage. Mehtods to do so could be through advertising, the use of CCTV cameras and punishments such as fines.

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  6. Nadia LinMay 21, 2023 at 4:45 PM

    I can feel you how some tourists are too childish and not consider the consequences of just making fun. Those people should be punished and the rules should be strictly taken.

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