Tourists Found Damaging Corals In Palau

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Tourist writes on corals in one of Palau's famous dive sites
Tourist writes on corals in one of Palau’s famous dive sites


 
Photographs have surfaced showing damages to corals caused by visitors.
The photos clearly show tourists engraving their names or messages into the corals, buy sitting and holding onto corals damaging them.
On this particular dive, the tour guide was diving along with the visitors.
It’s unclear if the tour guide educated the visitors about corals and the marine environment.
It’s also unknown what tour company was involved in this tour.
Sources say there has been many similar, but unreported incidents relating to environment damages caused by visitors
 
Other coral damages from tourists
Other coral damages from tourists

 
Divers sits on corals
Divers sits on corals

 
Diver holding on to corals
Diver holding on to corals

 
Divers and the tour guide
Divers and the tour guide

1 thought on “Tourists Found Damaging Corals In Palau”

  1. thranx

    Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. Fire the tour guide, fine the company that hired him (or her).

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