Welcome Urban Nomads to the final blogpost! The title says it all, and it has been a lovely 13 weeks with my fellow readers.

In our blog post, we aim to highlight the issues of tourism and its impacts on our environment. This is by no means a small feat. Firstly, we explored how not unsustainable tourism activities such as over tourism and partaking in F1 activities can create a lot of negative impacts on our environment.

Beaches being littered by tourist

Secondly, our blog post sheds light on how transportation methods such as airplanes and cruises are also responsible for contributing a lot of pollution. Thirdly, we look at how facilities like resorts that houses tourist can also unknowingly generate environmental pollution.

Airline as key sources of pollution

In order to understand the tourism industry and its unstainable ecological footprint, we have therefore looked at these key players to help develop a better understanding on the whole issue. Often, when looking at environmental issues, critics are quick to shift the blame to tourist instead of looking at the involvement of other stake holders.

Hotel chains can contribute to pollution

However, in the discourse of our research, we have found that not all hope are lost; industries and tourist have been increasingly green in an effort to reduce their carbon foot print by partaking in sustainable tourism. Some stake holders like hotel chains have also become increasingly green in an effort to not just appeal to a greener clientele, but have also understood that tourism should not be done “ at all cost” ( looking at the eco resort , discussed in our post).

Green hotels like Citicape House captures eight tonnes of pollution

With that said, there is a lot of work still needs to be done on the tourism industry for it to be “ truly green”. As with all problems, recognizing the existence of a problem is an important first step in an effort to tackle the unsustainable ways of the current tourism model.

Throughout the writing of our blog post, we have been exposed to various sources and types of tourism and its pollutions, opening our eyes to issues that we have overlooked in the past as an ignorant tourist. This exercise has not only help us conveyed our findings about key issues, but have also allowed us to be more aware and critical of tourism and its supposedly good benefits.

Fancy a holiday during the holidays? 

To conclude, thank you all once again for being part of our audience in an incredible journey of self-discovery in the realm of tourism. We wish our readers all the best and hope that the message of being a sustainable tourist will be practiced in future trips.

Signing off,

Kai Jun & Lydia

Nomad Chronicles Team