The boom of Palawan tourism has led many to venture into investing into its elements. It is unfortunate to observe that the intentions for service and hospitality have been forgotten in favor of the want to profit. Tour guides and agencies have taken to the pirate code, “Take what you can, give nothing back”. This hack-and-kill attitude of some is oriented towards extracting what they can from every opportunity – preying on the listless tourist – listless and so far from his comfort zones.
Bad impressions and bad conclusions all lead to negative things that would take shape sooner or later. Every tourist that is taken advantage of is someone who is likely not to return. He is also someone who would not invite any of his friends to go where he has been. He might be someone who would start stopping people from going. He could be one of these three and is adequately computer savvy – a skill that can amplify the thoughts and feelings of a person indefinitely.
Businesses that operate short sighted of these potential perils, have obviously not learned from the analogous lessons of the human race’s hasty and steady destruction of his environment. Destroyed habitats resulting from abuse, exploitation and neglect affect whole populations – culprits and innocents, the bellyful and the have-nots – without prejudice, without a single receipt of fault or merit.
It is fortunate that the allure of the islands of Palawan is far too great to disenchant even for a whole generation of pirates with tour guide name tags.
Photo sources:
POC Singapore Pirate
Palawan Islet
