Harmful Tourists

Coral reefs are greatly affected by careless tourism. There are many cases when tourists are not paying attention while boating, scuba diving, or fishing. When people touch coral reefs they become disturbed in their natural habitat and they could easily die. People, especially tourists most likely do not realize they are causing harm to the coral reefs, but when they touch them when they are sight seeing it can be harmful. Also, there are many cases when boats dump their waste right onto the coral reefs which are very harmful to them and it could cause them to die.