Tourists damage many historical places, making them harder to preserve. What are some of the reason for this? Suggest some ways to resolve this problem.
Many countries around the world are concerned about damages caused by visitors in historical places. Some people believe that most tourists are lack of knowledge about heritages or historical sites, so they act carelessly. To solve this problem, the governments should provide tourists with educational programs leaded by professional guides.
Most historical sites in the world are most popular landmarks of every city and country, so they attract international and domestic visitors. However, as the number of visitors grow, these precious heritages and places are destroyed. This is because many visitors have insufficient knowledge and understanding about the meaning the heritages have contained. In particular, foreign visitors do not have adequate historic backgrounds about their destinations, so they simplify national heritages as just attractions like amusement parks or observatories. As a result, many visitors do not feel that they should be responsible to preserve heritages, so they tend to act irresponsibly.
To address this problem, the governments need to implement innovative policies that visitors should compulsory take comprehensive educational programs before they enter to historical sites. By taking these programs, visitors understand how much these places are historically valuable and how they should behave carefully. Nevertheless, if they make the damages on national treasures, they should be strictly punished by paying penalties. Thus, they could realize and regret their misbehaviours themselves and will not repeat these mistakes.
To sum up, the increase amount of damages in historical sites is a serious problem around the world. By offering educational programs for tourists, every country and city can encourage their tourists to learn about history of places and leads them to participate to preserve their invaluable treasures.