Tourism is as much to blame as any other industry.
The pandemic outbreak of 'touristitis' in the last few decades has left gaping wounds in many of the world's most pristine and beautiful natural environments. The general prognosis is that the wounds are acceptable as a way of promoting well-being of the 'whole'. But here it all starts to go horribly and cumulatively wrong. Tourism is a very young industry that has grown with exponential ease. Cultured on human needs and fed by socio-economic circumstances, there has been little time or inclination for any effective critical appraisal.