beautiful bali a victim of time revered for its surf waves absolutely sublime many a footprint did approach it then but now its a gallop of who where and when no laws to abide by no respect paid in full just total abuse and many hospital bill alcohol and drugs pervade the night endless partying amongst locals plight they bring in the money for there cheap good times but damage the spirit of an ancient kind as i sit back and wonder how development grows the double edged sword and the wounds that are sewed once again man has managed to overwhelm all and damage a country thus dividing all ........
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Posted: Jul 2014
About this poem:
when tourism overcomes the delicate beauty of a place and the load or should i say waste that develops from the volumes of visitors there.....
Hi Socrates.........How is it we can send man to the moon...but we can not live in an enviroment free from rubbish.....sadly those reefs much like the mangroves are the breeding grounds and once gone very hard to get back .......the ocean is a provider in so many ways we need to be so more proactive about its health......thanks for your views they are very much appreciated.....regards Nu
Hi Mick ......thanks mate ....the cost is priceless and its usually the poor or less knowledged people that pay for it .......my thoughts are we are all going to pay for it in the end.....thanks for your thoughts .....much appreciated...regards Nu
JEANIEMACLETTERKENNY, Donegal IrelandJul 29, 2014
I traveled through Bali, Java and Sumatra in 1983, as part of a three month tour of South East Asia. Amazing places. Amazing people. I would dread to repeat that experience now.
Great insight on the environmental impact of tourism my dear! Though you only brought up Bali in here, the issue is really at a global level. No matter where in the world, tourism provides a positive hike on economy but greatly undermines ecology. We are sacrificing things like biological diversity, depleting the ozone layer, and even climate change due to greenhouse effect. In a much more localize level, I have seen its damaging effect against the preservation of cultural values and heritage.
Unfortunately people need to survive in a very unforgiving, unstable economy and to do that Mother Nature is being sacrificed. Third world countries are much more susceptible to fail because of the lack of or inability to create and implement a good system. What you saw about Bali you'll see it in all of the big Asian tourist destinations apart from Singapore.
Regrettably I would say 90% of travelers only see the good bits and never the footprints they leave behind :-(
Totally agree babe .......what would be nice if the developers had more insight into the long term impact and adopted processes that would create employment and also offer positive solutions to waste management . They create the situation encourage it sell it then wonder where that pile of crap came from thats growing in the back ground .....it should not get that far ....i spose the local government needs to take a certain amount of responsibility also ....if there is one .........thanks for your lovely thoughts ...love Nu
Comments (11)
The clean up must cost fortunes,
which is in itself a contradiction
to attracting tourism.
Mick.
I would dread to repeat that experience now.
Though you only brought up Bali in here, the issue is really at
a global level. No matter where in the world, tourism provides
a positive hike on economy but greatly undermines ecology.
We are sacrificing things like biological diversity, depleting the
ozone layer, and even climate change due to greenhouse effect.
In a much more localize level, I have seen its damaging effect
against the preservation of cultural values and heritage.
Unfortunately people need to survive in a very unforgiving, unstable economy and to do that Mother Nature is being sacrificed.
Third world countries are much more susceptible to fail because of
the lack of or inability to create and implement a good system. What you saw about Bali you'll see it in all of the big Asian tourist destinations apart from Singapore.
Regrettably I would say 90% of travelers only see the good bits and never the footprints they leave behind :-(