Dehradun, July 28 -- Nitin in the polar Arctic

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

Since I am writing about the natural world and earth science these days, I thought I should try to make a connection between sustainability and tourism - the two arch enemies who don't see eye to eye. In the world of sustainability and environmental protection, the most used buzzword has been over-tourism by us humans. You can't escape hearing or seeing it in your favourite destinations. Tourists as a group are vilified almost everywhere and for everything, be it for overcrowding big cities during peak season, raising the rents and other daily costs for locals, trashing historical places or for destroying fragile coastlines, not to mention...