Source: Travel News
Tourists look through a glass bottomed boat on a tour of the Great Barrier Reef reef at Green Island off the coast of Cairns, Australia. Carla Gottgens / Bloomberg
Skift Take: Australia's unwillingness to accept what is happening to the Great Barrier Reef is tied up with its tourism industry. Officials are worried that highlighting the problem will scare of visitors. But burying your head in the sand isn't a coherent long-term strategy.