Travelling around the world is no longer as challenging and expensive as it used to be. Although it offers certain benefits for travellers, I assume that the more popular tourism becomes across the globe, the more environmental hazards it could pose.


Travelling appears to be beneficial for a number of reasons. An obvious one is that people who travel a lot tend to develop certain skills or traits necessary to survive in today's fast-paced and seemingly incomprehensible world. Travelling requires one to step out of their comfort zone, in this context their home and to embrace the unexpected, which involves interacting with foreign people or dealing with problems which are otherwise irrelevant in everyday life. All of these experiences usually toughen people and help them nurture particular abilities such as being self-reliant, resilient and well-rounded.

Even more essential than these virtues is that when people go on a trip, they can have a chance to obtain something that most of us lack today -- peace. Today, most people live under constant pressure, whether it be academic pursuits, excessive workload or family issues. Travelling gives us an opportunity to recharge our batteries, relieving all these burdens. Making tourism more accessible to people can have a profound impact on their well-being too.

That said, the influence tourism could have on the environment is far greater than its advantages. The first major problem is transportation, or more precisely, the toxic chemicals emitted eventually. It is a known fact that transportation is an inevitable part of tourism and most of the transport means still relies on fossil fuels which produce carbon dioxide. This, in turn, leads to global problems such as air pollution, global warming, not to mention the depletion of natural resources such as coal and natural gas.

Another downside of tourism is that most travelers are not environmentally conscious. In other words, whenever they visit environmental landmarks in order to see the natural wonders -- a sort of tourism that is growing in popularity these days, eco tourism -- most of them tend to be indifferent towards the guidelines set to protect nature by littering around. Therefore, encouraging people to travel is not necessarily a good idea.


In conclusion, while I admit that there exist some positive aspects of promoting tourism among people, making it as financially viable as possible, I strongly believe that it also comes with its own set of challenges which could be more hazardous for the environment compared to its advantages.

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