Two Sides of Tourism Industry
The world is too wide with its scenic mountains, vast deserts, cheerful rainforests, shining beaches and interestingly India exhibits all these features of nature and hence it is called "The land of all seasons". Not only the nature's mystic presence but also the culture and ethnic traditions of India are worth experiencing, thus making India a tourism hotspot.
Travelling enlightens our mind, body and soul. Hence, all the nations take the advantage of the tourists to gain the foreign currency but as the old adage goes "One has to lose something to gain something" The industry prospers at the cost of environment. No doubt, tourism in million ways brings people closer and foster understanding between different cultures. Tourism, in developing countries such as India, is looked upon as a golden opportunity to promote development. A tourist arrival benefits all from a panipuri vala to the manager of a 5 star hotel. Yet a flip side exists of this flourishing industry. In a bid to please these foreign arrivals, we have harmed our culture and environment to a high extent. The country has witnessed a shift of younger generation from traditions. The green land is being cleared as fast as the speed of light for building roads to hard to reach places such as waterfalls in Uttrakhand. The wild life is bereft of their habitats and ironically the headlines say "A cheetah entered the city" while it is the city which entered the habitat of cheetah. Moreover, at times tribes do not survive infections that are got in to the area by the tourists due to lack of medical infrastructure in remote areas.
Thus, tourism industry does more harm than good to our nation but the government overlook the ill effects for the sake of economy. Area under tourism should be limited and a check should be kept on tourist activities for a prosperous nation.
Travelling enlightens our mind, body and soul. Hence, all the nations take the advantage of the tourists to gain the foreign currency but as the old adage goes "One has to lose something to gain something" The industry prospers at the cost of environment. No doubt, tourism in million ways brings people closer and foster understanding between different cultures. Tourism, in developing countries such as India, is looked upon as a golden opportunity to promote development. A tourist arrival benefits all from a panipuri vala to the manager of a 5 star hotel. Yet a flip side exists of this flourishing industry. In a bid to please these foreign arrivals, we have harmed our culture and environment to a high extent. The country has witnessed a shift of younger generation from traditions. The green land is being cleared as fast as the speed of light for building roads to hard to reach places such as waterfalls in Uttrakhand. The wild life is bereft of their habitats and ironically the headlines say "A cheetah entered the city" while it is the city which entered the habitat of cheetah. Moreover, at times tribes do not survive infections that are got in to the area by the tourists due to lack of medical infrastructure in remote areas.
Thus, tourism industry does more harm than good to our nation but the government overlook the ill effects for the sake of economy. Area under tourism should be limited and a check should be kept on tourist activities for a prosperous nation.
