Right now my country is going through the summer season where most of the population goes on vacation. This season runs from December to February and this time it is experiencing record numbers since in the previous season (2020-2021) few people were able and encouraged to go on vacation but this time with a vaccination in the country close to 90% And with the pre-travel program installed by the Argentine government, thousands of Argentines go on vacation every day, in addition to the restrictive measures (and in my opinion not very democratic) that the Argentine government applied to trips abroad, national destinations are come benefited. It is a tradition that the Argentine people are divided between those who vacation on the beach and those who vacation in the mountains. The most visited cities for their beaches are: Pinamar, Miramar, Monte Hermoso, Mar de Plata, Necochea, Azul, Santa Teresita, Las grutas, Villa Gesell, Puerto Madryn among others and the cities most visited for their beautiful landscapes of forests, mountains and lakes are: Villa la Angostura, San Martín de los Andes, Junín de los Andes, Bariloche, El Bolsón, Lago Puelo, Esquel, El Chaltén, El Calafate, Ushuaia among others. And there are also other popular destinations that do not fall into either of these two groups, such as Salta, the Cordoba mountains or Las Cataratas del Iguazú. But despite the numbers of visitors, the economic movement, hotel occupancy or the situation of the pandemic year after year, this season suffers a bad moment because there is always some type of fire started by tourists, almost always the result of ignorance. and misinformation. This year the tragic event fell to the beach town of Puerto Madryn, in the south of the country in the province of Chubut, a voracious fire consumed more than 90,000 hectares of Patagonian pampas and at the moment it has not been possible to calculate an estimate of the loss of fauna in the area. The cause of the fire has not yet come to light, but the damage is clearly serious and irreparable.

Faced with this type of situation that affects the environment and the flora and fauna of my country, I would like to send you some advice to promote responsible tourism around the world and avoid this type of problem in other countries.

Tips for responsible tourism in reserves and national parks:

Do not light bonfires or fires in places that are not allowed and much less in national parks.

Make sure to turn off all types of fireplaces or fireplaces after use in permitted places.

Do not throw cigarette butts much less in dry places.

Do not set intentional fires of any kind that have no purpose or utility.

Alert authorities in the event of a minor fire sighting or abnormal fire.

Do not throw any type of paper or waste on the floor and whenever possible leave the places visited with the garbage generated during the visit.

Do not enter with non-native species that are not allowed to the reserve, both animal and plant species, as they could be invasive.

In this time of pandemic, comply with all Covid-19 protocols

Being visiting a place other than ours and much more when we visit a reserve or national park, we are responsible for caring for and respecting that place and preserving it, number 1 so as not to affect the flora and fauna that live there and number two, so that our future generations can enjoy these beautiful places.