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Tourism is a double edged sword. Large chunks of the world with very fragile eco-systems, sometimes the last few of a species depend on the tourists for their income. But tourists don't have quotas and too many of them destroy the thing they seek to find. It's a delicate balance. Kudos to mr. Winchester for realizing that all by himself on that boat, it's a hard realization that the best tourists are the ones that you can't see.


Case in point, Maldives:

"Maldives island swamped by rising tide of waste"

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29399966-e80b-11e4-9960-00144feab7...

It's one of the most beautiful places on earth that you must visit to truly appreciate. But each extra person generates a load on that fragile ecosystem that diminishes that beauty by a little bit.




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