Environment v.s Economic

After reading the article of “profiteers turn to an Africa Eden”, I think it is always a hard dilemma to seek a balance between the economic development and the environmental protection.

The immense pristine rain forest in Gabon has been a heaven for various kinds of creature and also the hope that it will be the steady stream of cash for a long time. Thanks to the industry of fossil oil, the beautiful land almost entirely untouched. However, the good condition does not last long, the government decides to destroy the waterfall and construct a dam to power a mine and its rail way because the fossil resource is now shrieking radically.

If I were in the shoes of the government in Gabon, I wonder which decision I would make to save the economic crisis in my country. Is it really an inevitably fate that the economic cannot coexist with the environment? I don’t think so. For example, Spanish make good use of their tourist resource which includes culture, architect, arts, and natural environment. Combining these special characteristics and the perfect scheme of great service, travel course planed down to the last detail.

Though, like the article mention that it won’t be an overnight miracle, if once building up the comprehensive tourism industry, the prospect of the industry is optimistic. Looking back to Taiwan, there are still many defects and some room for improvement. It not the matter of how many luxury hotels we build in the tourist spot, instead, it whether or not we bring the characteristics of the spot to the visitors thoroughly and the surrounding of the attraction is well organized. If we can make effort to develop the tourist industry, I believe the environment projection won’t be an obstacle but stimulation to economic.