[Vocabulary] "It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the encironment."

[nininaz]

What does the following mean?

"It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the environment."

Does it mean "The tourism industry has to be aware that tourists don't have a damaging effect on the environment and don't cause serious damage to the environment while they are on the destination country on holiday".

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: "It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the encironment."

Look again at "Tourism industry have" for a start. The subject and verb don't agree and there should be an article.

 

[Tdol]

Re: "It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the encironment."

Does it mean "The tourism industry has to be aware that tourists don't have a damaging effect on the environment and don't cause serious damage to the environment while they are on the destination country on holiday".

No, it doesn't. Tourism can be very harmful to the environment, so the industry must take steps to try to minimise the impact.

 

[tzfujimino]

Re: "It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the encironment."

"It is important that tourism develops in harmony with the environment."

When reading that sentence, the words "sustainable development" came to mind.