Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
Tourism is one of the largest industries worldwide, and travelers commonly visit national parks because of the peaceful scenery they offer. While tourists love to see these natural environments in their undisturbed states, they are often times adding to the degradation of these parks. Tourists can harm the environment in many ways, and may be unaware of what they are doing. Many visitors are there to see the beauty in nature and are focusing on enjoying themselves and not what they are leaving behind. Actions such as trampling vegetation and parking in areas that are not designated for parking can add to the destruction of the land. Companies that run air tours and snowmobile tours are adding to the enjoyment of the visitor, but may not pay attention to how they are affecting other visitors as well as wildlife. Because of the amount of tourism in these areas, many problems arise and these issues have been brought to the attention of the public in order to save and maintain these areas from further harm.
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Repository Citation
Finnessey, Lauren, "The Negative Effects of Tourism on National Parks in the United States" (2012). Honors Theses - Providence Campus. 4.
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Comments
Submitted to Johnson & Wales University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science under the Honors Program