to milions of foreign tourists destinations are exotic paradises, unspoiled, idyllic and full of local charm. But many of the world's resorts are struggling to cope with relentless waves of tourists, whose demands for more and more swimming pools and golf coures are sucking them dry."The issue is massive and global". says Tricia Bannet, director of Tourism Concern, a charity which campaigns for more responsible approaches to travel. "Tourists in Africa will be talking a shower and then will see a local woman carrying a pot of water on her head, and they are not making the cannection. Sometimes you'll see a village wth a single tap when each hotel has taps and showers in every room "The problem is that tourists demand so much water. It has been calculated that a tourist in Spain uses 880 liters of water a day, compared with 250 liters by a local. An 18-hole golf course in a dry country an consume as much water as a town of people. In the Caribbean, hundred of thousands of people go without piped water during the high tourist season as spring are peped to hotels.
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