Eco-tourism means piles of trash on beaches and ‘digging up marine creatures’…
Greenpeace campaigner Ha Shun-kuen on Wednesday told a radio programme that at least 22 sites with high ecological value in Hong Kong are not protected by the city’s environmental ordinances because they lie outside designated country parks and marine parks.
…The sites include Sharp Island in Sai Kung, a snorkelling hotspot which was thronged by thousands of tourists during China’s National Day holiday last October. Many were filmed trampling on coral and digging up marine creatures, sparking concerns about ecological protection.
…Hong Kong’s natural attractions have seen large crowds during holidays, with viral videos showing poor hygiene at the sites and problematic behaviour that could damage the environment, leading to overtourism concerns.
Can’t they go to Hainan to do this? Maybe they do.
Via Twitter – AI videos of very young white kids insisting the Senkaku Islands are Chinese.
Hainan has been completely devastated by development in the last 10 years, so the answer is no.
Eco-tourism can only mean 1 or 2 things, but not both:
1) Exclusive and very restricted, expertly guided tours of certain environments in a very eco-friendly way avoidingdamage, harm and disturbance
2) Concreting and tarmacing access to such environments and destroying them with massive numbers of dumb ass grockles who throw their shit everywhere, take photos, destroy the flora and fauna for momentos and encourage greater numbers via ocial media and low cost tour groups.
We’ve seen which HKG will get; as did Thailand etc