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I personally experience this problem on a daily basis. I am a professional diving guide and instructor working at on a small island in the South China Sea. Fo
by diveanon 7y ago
I personally experience this problem on a daily basis.
I am a professional diving guide and instructor working at on a small island in the South China Sea.
For me it is very difficult to balance the sense of pride and joy of creating new environmentalists every day who learn to value our precious and rare remaining reefs against the anger and revulsion I feel towards the selfie crowd that stomps all over coral and harasses wildlife on a daily basis.
Tourism is a necessary evil in many places, without it my island would be in poverty and its people living off the reef for daily nutrition instead of protecting it.
I don't know what the long term solution is, but there are definitely days where I wonder if I am doing the right thing.