"For the Sake of Our Planet, Tourism Should Be Discouraged." How Far Do You Agree or Disagree?

Over the years, tourism has grown to be one of the most rampant industries in our economy. Visiting new places, trying new food, observing new cultures, and visiting sites of attraction all are great ways for recreation, and creates booming business for many tourism industries. However, tourists forget the consequences of their recreation. In the long run, tourism can lead to the loss of biodiversity that destabilizes ecosystems, and threatens our food supplies. Tourism also leads to an increase in ozone – depleting pollutants such as chlorofluorocarbons. Refrigerants, aerosol sprays, and pollutants from aircrafts all contribute to the destruction of our ozone layer in the long run. Furthermore, tourism not only impacts weather; we can also

In 2012, transportation accounted for 19% of the total global energy consumption, 96% of which was produced by fossil fuels [1, p. 201]. Furthermore, air transport is the most carbon intensive mode of transportation, accounting for approximately 10 times more carbon emissions than road transport and 100 times more than shipping (per tonne km) [2, p. 4].

If the public transportation improves, more and more people would take buses instead of driving. Then there would be less CO2 for our environment. Mohammad-Beigi, Nouri and Liaghati (2015) claim that the population in large cities is growing very fast, which means that transportation needs also increase really fast which leads to environmental problems. Therefore, in order to solve the problem, improving public transportation is a good solution. This study shows that driving cars really causes air pollution and it is harm for our environment. Phoenix is the largest city in Arizona, so the population growth in Phoenix will lead to the same problem that the three author mentioned. Improving public transportation will be helpful in decreasing the number of drivers and therefore reducing toxic emission. According to the PR Newswire Europe Improving public transportation in Brasilia (2009) claim public transportation is good because buses are more orderly, and they are safer and have less impact on the environment. It also shows that public transportation can help to reduce air pollution. Phoenix is an urban city like Brasilia, so it has a similar situation. Improving public transportation would be a good solution because it will lead to less driving. Then we will reduce exhaust gas

One means to increasing environmental stability is represented by the reduction of the carbon print. In other words, emphasis is placed on the reduction of the carbon consumed with the scope of decreasing the negative environmental impact onto the environment. Within Australia, this endeavor has been approached at multiple levels, one notable effort being represented by the creation and implementation of a carbon tax. At this level then, the focus falls on the assessment of the tax and its short and long term impacts on the tourism and hospitality industry.

The Tourism Industry uses that to their advantage to make lots of money off these people. They all book flights through Travelocity, Kayak, Expedia etc. Almost everyone stays in a five star hotel and expects to be treated as VIP guests. Hotels take up most of supplies that we are short of. People have an itinerary of activities to get through for their trip . In the upside it provides more job for people who live there since it’s a busy attraction destination are. It raises awareness and shows off the beauty of their destination especially in poorer countries. But the downside of tourism is the environmental damage it provides. There will be lots of pollution since people are site seeing. The over capacity of people staying at one area is a major concern. Major tourism attraction areas like ancient buildings, monuments, and temples often struggle to cope with the vast amounts of tourist traffic and they suffer wear and tear or damage. Pristine sites and natural national park and wildlife parks are ought to be saved. These areas are old and fragile so it must be protected and preserved. Traditions are lost when people put on a costume and act just for a couple of dollars. Tourists don’t acknowledge or follow the policy acting like they own the place. Dressing how they want, eating how they want and doing what they want

     Tourism also has its costs/down-sides. One of the social costs to the community because of tourism is that it may attract visitors whose lifestyles and ideas may conflict with the community’s (which commonly happens throughout the world, a good example of this can be seen in the settling of North America, and the effect it had on the Native Americans). Tourism could also lead to the overloading of porters which would lead to health problems. A loss of traditional values and culture is a possible outcome as well, through imitation of visitor behavior or

Pollution is slowly ruining the earth, so if we can cut down on fuel (which is caused by how much weight is on a plane) we could slowly eliminate all pollution in the world.

Passenger air travel has been forecasted to increase to over 1 billion persons annually by 2023. This

Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Spacex, once stated “Some people don’t like to change, but you need to embrace the change if the alternative is disaster.” Elon Musk will shape our future travels to be more efficient and safe, with a goal to reduce the world’s amount of fuel consumption. This is an important topic to investigate because of the amount of greenhouse gases that have been emitted into the atmosphere from our ways of travel. The planes, trains, cars, and other forms of transportation contribute to an outrageous percentage of the pollution and are negatively impacting our Earth in ways, such as global warming. Elon Musk has made it his own personal goal to change the ways humans unintentionally treat our planet. Musk’s ideas to reduce

Firstly, public transportation reduces carbon dioxide emissions. For instance, if everyone used their own private car to get to their destination daily, there will be a plenty of poisonous toxic gas released into the atmosphere daily which contributes to global warming and air pollution. "Public transportation produces about half as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide, per passenger mile, as private vehicles"(1). Thus, an advantage for our environment as well as for our health. "A research by United Nation revealed that people who are more likely to use public transports have contributed in reducing emission as much as

From an environmental perspective, it is apparent that the world is starting to realise that increases in tourism are having a negative impact on the environment. This is due to increases in energy consumption, which in turn heightens the effects of global warming (Neto, 2002). There are many controls that governments are trying to put into place, such as flight rationing (Liverpool Business School, 2009). However, it can be argued that these have not really begun to have a significant effect on tourism, as they are still insufficient to dampen demand. It may become a problem in future years, as the number of controls is likely to increase. Perhaps the largest environmental factor would be natural disasters, like Hurricane Katrina (Cashell, 2005) and the tsunami that hit Asia in December 2004 (Birkland, 2006). These will impact negatively on people’s confidence in visiting places that have been hit severely by such disasters.

Literature reveals that the globalisation of the airline industry has resulted in easier accessibility across international borders. This has greatly benefited the tourism industries economic sector with a rise of foreign tourists and an increase in global competition (Dwyer, 2015). However the negative effects on the environment are vast with climate change has become a global problem. A swish study proved that out of the countries examined, 50-85% of tourism based emissions are as a result of air transport and therefore if the tourism industry is to reduce emissions, it can only be achieved through a major decrease in these environmentally destructive emissions caused by aviation (Perch-Nielsen et al, 2010).

Automobiles are a major producer of greenhouse gas. One gallon of fuel burned puts five pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Let’s say that an average car gets 25 miles to the gallon, and that car has a ten gallon tank. Every time a car gets filled up with gas, another fifty pounds of carbon dioxide have been put back into the atmosphere, and that is just one car. The automobile industry is very important to the world economy, so I am not saying that we should stop making cars, but there are other solutions. The recent trend of hybrid electric cars that get up to fifty miles to the gallon are becoming more popular. Also public transportation is very important. City dwellers that live downtown, do not need to drive their cars to work. Every major city has a form of public transportation that can get anyone around the city, and for that gallon of gas a bus burns the same five pounds reaches the atmosphere, but instead of one

Planning and development are both extremely important factors within the tourism industry and can have both positive and negative effects on the environment, local communities and tourist destinations. “Destination planning aims to limit the negative impacts of cultural tourism upon the history and lifestyles of the local community. An understanding of sustainable tourist development allows for the development of culture without loss of its authentic identity” (Maidment. T. 2012). This statement discusses the importance of planning to avoid having any negative impacts on environments and communities. Because the effects of tourism are so severe to destinations, many natural and cultural resources have been destroyed, therefore tourism planning is vital to preserve and maintain these places for future generations.

A significant increment in the quantity of individuals utilizing a range's assets is liable to have an impeding effect on the environmental. These damage are are area disintegration, expanded activity or swarmed parks; however the effect may be sufficiently extreme to bring about damage to a delicate normal zone. Next, Air pollution has caused a huge issue with the expanded level of vehicle movement in a destination zone; alongside different exercises or sources that cause air-quality issues. Another damages will be noise pollution is turning into a issue in numerous groups particularly with the movement or extension of airports. The last damage of environmental is devastation of flora and fauna and legacy destinations is the impacts that occur to vegetation, wildlife, and precious historical attractions. Unplanned or poorly planned development can lead to the endangerment of flora and fauna species and the erosions of the sites. However, the advantages of environmental is minimizing the environmental impacts of tourism through good design and planning. First, in order to provide services to visitors, a tourism area must first develop the necessary infrastructure to support these services. Infrastructure is the underlying foundation or basic framework for a system or