In recent years, “responsible tourists” have paid attention to preserving both culture and environment of the places they visit. However, some people say that it is impossible to be a “responsible tourist”. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

To address the burden tourism brings to the local

culture

and environment, the idea of "responsible

tourists

" has been emerged and promoted by different

travel

destinations.

While

some people hoped to advertise

this

idea to holidaymakers, it is not just difficult to define "responsible" but

also

travel

agencies are not sensitive

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making tourism sustainable.

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paper aims to

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topic through different contrasting views with personal insights added. In some places in the world, there have been assumptions that cultures and natural sceneries can be better respected if overseas

travellers

were "responsible". In Japan,

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and signs were set up across the streets to remind

tourists

with tips

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avoiding disrespectful behaviours as considered by the locals.

According to

an interview conducted by the NHK, most respondents hoped that these measures

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help to eliminate

tourists

' unwanted manners in local communities.

While

inviting

tourists

to be "responsible" could be beneficial to host countries, in my

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this

initiative was barely simple and realistic to

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implement

.

Firstly

,

foreignners

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foreigners

often live in locations where cultures are contrasting to their

travel

destination where there have been differences in expectations between the local people and the

travellers

, even "being responsible"

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their intention.

For instance

,

while

tipping

culture

was popular in North American restaurants to show appreciation

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the service, people from other countries would be used to paying only the meal costs. With aspects like

this

, I am certain that it is challenging for overseas

tourists

to adopt a brand new

culture

in order to gain perfect impressions by the locals.

Secondly

, Many tourist attractions were irresponsible in balancing their hosting capacity of

tourists

over maximising

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potential revenue. In destinations like Phuket and Disneyland,

travel

agents and operators are keen to attract as many

travellers

as possible for a better economic return, undermining the burden of not just the destination itself, but

also

the communities nearby. With too many

tourists

exploiting the area, I believe it is impossible for them to be considered as "responsible" even

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have respect

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rituals. All in all, with differences in cultural expectations

as well as

the inability to control the

amount

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of

tourists

in a

travel

destination, it is nearly impossible for overseas

travellers

to gain the impression of "responsible

tourists

" even

they

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have heard and

willing

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to practice the idea. In my opinion, local

culture

and environment can only preserved by the mutual effort of all stakeholders involved and engaged at

travel

destinations.