It might seem odd to equate a torturous climb in life-threatening conditions to the world’s highest peak with mass tourism, but that’s what the trek to the top of Mt. An 84-year-old British grandmother vowed to at least make it to the base camp, and succeeded. “Sometimes, people have a dream and they don’t pursue it at all,” she told Oprah Winfrey. Quebec’s situation reflects the global problem: mass tourism produces jobs and taxes while devouring the locations themselves. The world’s highest peak is just another sorry victim.

Source: National Post May 29, 2019 14:31 UTC