responsible travel is very well expressed in the famous travelers saying: take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time. travelling is every one’s way of getting away from the hustle and bustle of life and sometimes, because we are so engrossed in our desire to enjoy and have fun, we tend to forget that the we only have one earth to live on and that we are all responsible for it. very often, we are not conscious enough to realize that one little candy wrapper that we threw outside the bus while travelling could one day contribute to the blocking of the drainage system and could cause flooding in the area; we are not aware enough of the fact that the litter we throw away carelessly might one day turn the place into a trash dump; we are not considerate enough to see the tree we attempt to climb might be over 500 years old and can hardly bear our weight.
i think we should understand that travelling should not be seen as something that is human-centered.
it should be understood that when we travel, we should feel honored that we could still see and enjoy the beauty of the world.
we, as a human being, should be responsible for the few of the remaining beautiful places in this planet. being responsible doesn’t necessarily mean that we are required to do something grand for the environment. it’s those little things that matter the most. if everybody starts doing those little things, i bet it could change the world.
