Today more and more tourists are visiting places where conditions are difficult, such as the Sahara or Antarctica. What are the benefits and disadvantages for tourists who visit such places?
Visiting adventurous places is becoming a trend among a large number of people across the world. It is undeniable that travelling to such places has many merits as well as demerits for the visitors. This essay sheds some light on both aspects of this topic.
There is a myriad of benefits associated with travelling to extreme places. Firstly, some people have great enthusiasm to explore the weather, biodiversity, and the lifestyle of uncommon places. So, fulfilling such desires while visiting these places gives immense pleasure and satisfaction to the tourists. Similarly, the Sahara Desert and the continent of Antarctica have extremely hot and cool temperatures respectively. Environmental conditions of such places challenge the visitors both physically and mentally. So, the accomplishments of these kinds of trips are not less than a victory in itself, hence inculcates confidence and determination in tourists.
On the other front, dangerous journeys have serious drawbacks too. Many deaths have been reported due to extreme conditions in difficult places. For instance, many people died in the Sahara Desert due to an entirely different climate which became intolerable because of sudden extremities such as scarce water and exceedingly hot weather of this desert. Similarly, so many trekkers have become the victim of dangerous treks such as Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. If we talk about Antarctica, it has been regarded as ‘A frozen graveyard’ since hundreds of visitors’ bodies are buried under the sheets of ice according to a BBC report.
Indeed, difficult journeys are utterly satisfying for voracious travellers however, the risks linked to these journeys are life-threatening which cannot be ignored.
