I’ve written before about sustainable tourism and why we should care about traveling more responsibly. But I realize that it’s one thing to read about why something is important, and another entirely to actually take action and do something about it.
But it’s time that we DO start to think seriously about how we are affecting the planet when traveling. Polar ice is melting. The Great Barrier Reef is bleached and dying. Species are going extinct as their habitats disappear. And let’s not even start to talk about man-made attractions that are now feeling the strain of too many tourists visiting.
The internet and social media have indeed opened the world up like never before – but this also means that more people are traveling than ever…