Tourism and hospitality has developed drastically over the last decade since the advent of digital era. These days, people cross countries and cities not only for leisure but also for education and business. This significantly contributed to the growth of such destinations.
On one hand, tourism has proved as a powerful tool for economic growth. We have a handful of countries across the globe who rely majorly on tourism to sustain their economy. For developing countries it is an important source for revenue generation and infrastructure development .It also promotes a country’s rich and varied heritage and also drastically reduces unemployment in the region.
On the other hand, tourism poses its own risk and threats like air, water and land pollution, overcrowding and exploitation of local communities. Large crowds may cause imbalance in eco fragile areas like national parks, mountains due to construction activities.
In my opinion, government should strongly support tourism but restrict over-tourism. Imposing extra taxes on all flights and hotels may adversely affect the tourism sector in the long run. Instead, governments should explore ways to establish sustainable tourism through measures like capping the number of visitors , an annual shutdown for maintenance , promote eco-friendly practices in eco fragile areas. For instance Bhutan, a mountain country in the Himalayas managed to cap the visitors ,has strong rules for preservation of tourist spots, imposed hefty fines to rule breakers, and practiced regular maintenance, thereby maintaining a sustainable tourism model that not only attracted international travellers but also preserved its lust forests and mountains.
To conclude , balancing is the key here and Governments must analyse and develop a tourism model that would preventing tourism from slipping into over tourism.