Mass Tourism on Mount Everest. The Devastating Consequences

Essay from the year 2021 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Applied Sciences Wernigerode, language: English, abstract: Tourism is always connected with benefits and consequences; directly referring to local people and visitors. Unfortunately, this destination is now characterized by mass tourism lately. Beautiful locations all over the world have become assembly points for crowds of selfie-taking travelers, elbowing away at one another. It might seem odd to liken an unbearable move in hazardous conditions to the world¿s most elevated peak with mass tourism, however, that is what the journey to the highest peak of Everest has turned into. But how can such a change on Everest be possible?

This paper thematizes the impacts of mass tourism on Mount Everest directly connected with benefits and consequences with regard to the economy, environment as well as to the mountaineers health while waiting for hours with a minimum of oxygen in the air.