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Kelsey commented about My Travel Social Responsibility, On Monday June 26th, 2006 08:11:00 PM
The tourism dilemma really interests me. For some places, tourism seems to be the best answer for the preservation of the environment and the culture, but without a doubt it intrudes on both. For instance this time last year I was in a remote village in Honduras where they still practices slash and burn agriculture. Families rotate their crops annually between three different fields. No one person owns any of the land. The Honduran government is considering divvying up the land among the Miskito people. If this happens outside investors will move in and buy the land for next to nothing but what seems to be a fortune to the indigenous people. This scenario is very likely especially since the region is supposed to have an untapped oil reserve. The thing I loved about the region was that it was so untouched. Tourism or oil - it won’t be untouched for long. But at least with tourism some preservation may occur.
Maybe in this case tourism is just the lesser of two evils.
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