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When you follow sustainable tourism in your travels, you try to lower the expenses of tourism while maximizing the benefits to natural habitats and local populations. If you’re dedicated to practicing sustainable living, you have fewer chances of causing harm to the natural resources and local heritages.
Here are some things you can do to become a more responsible tourist:
Travel Off-Season and Use Eco-Friendly Services
Many cities are overcrowded in the summer. By traveling off-season, you’re consciously giving your destination a little breather from the surge of tourists it’s accommodating.
While you’re there, be sure to visit places dedicated to environmentally friendly products and services.
Choose an Environmentally Friendly Hotel
If you’re staying in a clean energy villa in Phuket, you have the opportunity to go a lot more green! If you are staying for more than a day or two, request that your sheets and towels not be changed every day. When you leave the house, always turn off air conditioners, heaters, and other electronic devices. Even better, stay in hotels with recycling programs in place that benefit the community and environment.
Don’t Support Illegal Trade and Products
When you shop at local businesses, you help to keep money in the community and generate jobs for locals. Support enterprises that aren’t involved in unlawful commerce, human exploitation, or artifact thievery. Harvesting rosewood, for example, is one of the illegal trades in Southeast Asia. Loggers are trashing Cambodia’s forests for rosewood, which can bring upwards of $7,000–$15,000 per cubic meter and is sought after for luxury furniture, vehicles, pens, boats, and other items.
Help Protect Heritage Sites
Because the heritage places you visit are likely to be visited by millions of other people each year, you must take care to ensure that others can enjoy them as well. Take your trash with you, and don’t vandalize mountain walls, caves, and sides. Know how to self-regulate, especially when there are obvious warning signs for tourists not to trespass or take pictures.
Encourage Tourism and Community-Based Initiatives
Koh Yao Noi recognized that tourists would not always stay in Phuket and Krabi; they would eventually go out to other less-known islands. The tourists have arrived, and the island is prepared.
Around 5,000 Muslims live on the Thai island of Koh Yao Noi, the majority of whom are fishermen and farmers who want visitors to their islands to dress appropriately, leave the corals and shells alone, and not litter. Residents formed a club to handle the surge of tourists to their islands after organizing to deter poachers from exploiting their marine resources. They are in charge of all areas of tourism, including tours and sightseeing as well as homestays.
Respect and learn from Local People’s Practices
When you find people praying in churches, mosques, or other spiritual temples, learn to be discreet. Additionally, if you wish to visit one of these locations, dress appropriately. People wearing sleeveless tops and shorts are not permitted to enter such venues in several nations. Be sure to respect the restrictions set on these areas. If there’s a pile of shoes outside the door, remove your own.
Conclusion
Sustainable tourism promotes the local area’s economy since it raises awareness of the environment’s needs and concerns while optimizing the use of natural resources. In fact, it even encourages the creation of new tourism-related enterprises. In your own little way, being a responsible tourist can help with the big picture of sustainability.
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