Tourism and its Impact on Environment: A Critical Review

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of tourism on environment. Conservation of natural resources is one concern, but the immediate concern is to tackle the harm caused by the increasing number of tourists. Environmentalists have insisted on solutions like burning or burying of paper and taking away non degradable polybags to ensure proper disposable of wastes. But such solutions are always easy to suggest and difficult to implement. Even the children there are taught from an early age to keep their surroundings clean and they don’t hesitate to pick up the odd piece of garbage on the road and put it in the bin. This realization and seriousness is the need of the day. If this can be achieved then we sure will be able to preserve our country’s rich tourism from degradation. Given this backdrop, this paper brings the review in the field of tourism and environmental degradation and suggestions to overcome the issue