Essay On Environmental Impact On Tourism

5.1 Environmental Impacts in Tourism:

Environmental impacts on tourism refers to the effects on the environment that tourism is causing. Positive impacts include following the carrying capacity of a location, conservation of historical buildings for other uses and the preservation of wildlife.

5.2 Positive Environmental impacts in Bali:

Positive impacts of tourism are due to sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism is being encouraged as it reduces the amount of negative impact of tourism on the environment. Visitors can do their part in reducing the use plastic bottles by checking with the accommodation if they have a boiled water tanks which they can fill their recyclable bottle with. The tourism industry of Indonesia is trying to be eco-friendlier by introducing attractions like green hotels and homestay in village. It is said that

This helps the environment as the coasts of the beach have been cleared. (Curtis S. Chin, 17/7/2017)

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5.3 Negative Environmental impacts in Bali:

Negative impacts on Bali refers to the deterioration of the natural beauty due to the mass number of tourist since 1970. Now although it still ticks many boxes when it comes to the beauty of the island, tourist have brought about high amounts of litter and trash to the surrounding landscape within the many beautiful islands. These litter and trash pile up in the drains, gutters as well along rivers and canals and all these litter and trash would head towards the ocean polluting the surrounding beaches and coral reefs.” What I didn’t know before I went was that Bali has a massive rubbish problem, and, unfortunately, arriving at the end of the wet season, I was there to witness it at its worst. Along every road are deep gutters that fill up with plastic rubbish, which is washed down to the sea when it rains. Stream and river banks are used as informal rubbish dumps, meaning more rubbish headed for the sea” Gina