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Environmental Factors always influence the business and economy. In this connection, Tourism sector across the globe is facing many challenges due to global warming, Poor air quality, Polythene uses, availability of those foods which impact the health concerns to tourists and imbalances created by the tourists. The growth and development of tourism sector depends upon the natural resources, greenery, basic freshness , beauty etc. but manmade artificial development might disturb the same and natural disaster like earthquake, pollution in Air, bad quality air, flood etc. might occur due to over exploitation of the resources and tourism activities will have no place due to such disaster.
Nepal (Earthquake in 2015), Kerala in India (Flood in 2018), Tsunami in Japan etc. are the some of examples where environmental factors have impacted the environment. In India, Tajmahal was degraded with yellow spot due to heavy pollution in Agra and the river Yamuna. In USA, cities like NEWYORK, Chicago etc. once overly polluted but federal govt were taken step to make an attractive place to these cities.