Sunday, September 18, 2011

effects of Tourism on Enviromnment

            The concept of natural environment was different before 19th century than what we have in this modern world. During the first phase, nature was treated as enemy. Forests were destroyed, tees were cut. Nature and natural products are warts, dangerous and uncomfortably ken. During the second phase, nature was seen as unkempt and is to be tamed . Many artificial parks , lakes, fountains,  were built during this time. They treatednatural  as raw material ,but they were ignorant how to protect the raw materials so that the tourism industry would be a conntinuous one. Now in the western world nature is treated as  final product of tourism . It should be sold as it is . It should not be touced , destroyed or tamed. The nature should be protected to ensur the continuity of the tourism industry. E nvironment is the most powerfull magnet to att\ract the tourist. But every tourist knowinglu or unknowingly leaves his impression or footprint.
            Environmental impacts of tourism could be analyzed in two different .  subjects, as the environment is of two types; Thee Man\-made and the natural . The man-made environment are the city, temples , city layouts, etc. Thfe natural environments are the Himalayas, rivers, mountains, valleys, etc.

1. Man-made Environment: During the first phase of tourism many beautiful old houses were destroyed and new buildings were built to give better facilities . In Singapore, many old houses were destroyed and multichannel-storied buildings were built to cuter to the increased number of tourists. In Thames way old houses were destroyed in Lhasa to open new buildings were destroyed in Kathmandu and patan. Beautiful wood carved window is replaced py gals window. Only Bhakatapur city has realized the importance of old traditional crafts man ship, traditional city layout and traditions. They have realized that to welcome the tourist they must protect man-made environment. They renovated temples, old palaces and ghats. In this respect we may analyze the effect of tourism as follows.





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