Lokacin da kuka ga wasu bukukuwan suna yin kama da yawon shakatawa za a gafarta muku don tunanin an ƙirƙira kalmar "greenwash" don masana'antar yawon shakatawa. Oh, ya kasance. A zahiri wannan sinadarin da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin shekarun da aka yi amfani da su a cikin 1980 ta hanyar Amurka Jay Westerelvelt, wanda hotan Hotels ya yi tarayya da wani wuri kuma da gaske, ya yi zargin, kawai yana so ya ajiye kuɗin wanki.
Tun daga wannan lokacin abubuwa sun inganta, amma har yanzu akwai tafiye-tafiye da yawa sanye da alamar "ecotourism" na bogi. Waɗannan sun haɗa da yin iyo da dabbar dolphin da aka kama (tambarin shirin The Cove a kan kisan dolphin na shekara-shekara a Japan tunatarwa ce ga gaskiyar da ke bayan kama su da cinikinsu) da kuma hutun farauta tare da adadin “dorewa” - Tanzaniya ta sami suka game da siyar da filayen kakanni. ga masu mulkin mallaka a ƙarƙashin farashin kasuwa, wanda ya bar ƙabilun gida suna girma da bushewa.
Amma sau da yawa masu yin biki suna kuskuren ra'ayoyi masu ɗorewa - irin su sufuri mai ƙarancin tasiri - tare da yawon shakatawa. Ba zato ba tsammani bincike da Cibiyar Heidelberger don Makamashi da Binciken Muhalli ya kwatanta ma'auni masu gurɓata yanayi da tasirin muhalli na jigilar hutu daban-daban ya gano kocin yana tafiya don amfani da ƙasa da makamashi sau shida fiye da jiragen sama. Amma har yanzu wannan bai sa kocin ku ya yi balaguron yawon buɗe ido ba.
Bambance-bambancen na iya yin kama da aikin motsa jiki amma yana da mahimmanci. Ecotourism ba shi da ƙayyadaddun ma'anar shari'a, amma ƙungiyoyi irin su Kiyayewar yanayi da Ƙungiyar kiyayewa ta Duniya sun yarda a kan sigoginsa - cewa tushen yanayi ne, mai ilmantarwa ga muhalli, gudanarwa mai dorewa kuma yana ba da gudummawa ga kariya ga yanayin yanayi. Sikeli kuma yana da mahimmanci. Ya kamata ku ɗauki aikin da a bayyane yake ƙarami, mai iya sarrafawa kuma wanda ke ciyar da kai tsaye cikin tattalin arzikin gida.
Amma ina za ku ga ainihin abin? Responsible-travel.org ya dade yana ba da cikakkiyar ma'ana ga saƙon kore mai wuya cewa ba za ku sake sanya ƙafa a ko'ina ba saboda hayaƙin carbon. Abin da suka dauka shi ne, an yi ciniki tsakanin hayakin da tashi sama ke haifarwa, don haka nauyi ne da ya rataya a wuyan matafiyi, ya canja zuwa wani biki da ke samar da kudin shiga ga al’ummar yankin. Hutun balaguro na alhaki ya haɗa da gabatarwa ga dazuzzuka na Amazon, zama a wani masauki a Peru da aka gina ta amfani da kayan asali kuma mallakar al'ummar Infierno.
A cikin littafinta mai kyau Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Wanene Ya Mallaki Aljanna? Martha Honey ta bayar da hujjar cewa ya kamata a yi tafiye-tafiyen yawon shakatawa na gaskiya ya ƙunshi ƙididdige ƙididdigewa na gaskiya game da yawan masu yawon bude ido da mazaunin za su iya dorewa. Shahararrun tsibiran Galapagos suna yin amfani da ƙididdiga, matakin da ke tashi ta fuskar dimokraɗiyya na tafiye-tafiye na kwatsam amma yana iya ceton ɗaya daga cikin wuraren zama mafi rauni a duniya.
