Some people believe that tourists should be responsible for protecting the environment. Do you agree or disagree?
Agree
They are the root cause of environmental complications
If they embraced responsible practices,the evil will be nipped in its bud
Choosing hotels and services providers that comply with environmental norms
Carrying eco-friendly
Disagree
Tourists are using services created and afforded by hosts and their governments
Policymakers of host nations should take the onus
Tourists are helping raise revenues which should be used responsibly for creating sustainable tourism
Locals involved in offering services and products should ensure eco-friendly policies
Some suggest that safeguarding the natural surroundings of the destination locations is the onus of those undertaking journeys for tourism. However, this view can be challenged on various grounds by virtue of not being pragmatic.
Those lobbying for this proposal propound that it is the leisure travelers who behave irresponsibly and erratically by littering, disposing plastic refuse and resorting to resource abuse: water and electricity. Therefore, it is assumed that making them accountable for the imbroglio they are causing will help nip the evil in its bud, but such harsh steps are likely to produce undesirable outcomes: people will be deterred from visiting such societies, impacting tourism and its associated sectors unfavorably.
Ones undertaking voyages to tourist destinations must completely rely on the locals for every need - boarding and lodging, and traveling and other activities- and consume whatever facility or resource is laid at their disposal; they cannot act independently in alien surroundings. Hence, expecting them to espouse (embrace) the burden of protecting ecology is unwarranted (unjustified). For instance, a European visitor traveling to Asia is likely to be oblivious of local environmental circumstances, and cannot act on their own to protect the planet.
Similarly, the tourism sector is helping generate colossal revenues, through various channels, for natives and policy makers of the host society - direct beneficiaries of this industry, making it imperative for them to devote a part of resources earned for the cause of insulating the environment from the impact of tourist activity. To corroborate, Japan allocates some portion of its annual budget for the upkeep of tourist locations and surroundings.
Overall, this view cannot be concurred with under any circumstances as this will only mean shifting the blame instead of acting concretely: host should don the mantle (take responsibility) of detaching tourism and the environment.
