Please don’t make Machu Picchu a go-kart track
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Newsweek offers a pessimistic assessment of some of the world’s greatest tourist destinations:
The number-one threat to tourist treasures, paradoxically, is tourism itself. The challenge is how to keep the world’s most esteemed monuments from being loved to death.
The list of the most endangered sites includes both natural and man-made treasures. Stories of visitors stealing ancient artifacts, or riding go-karts on the Great Wall of China — go-karts!!!? — are horrifying. Read the whole thing.
Travel is a great, life-enriching experience, but it needs to be sustainable, even if local vendors don’t always make it easy.
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