Extinct adj 1 (of a kind of animal) no longer existing ~ Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
I read an article in Chic Magazine about places that could be disappeared from tourism objects list within next 5-10 years. Here are the seven must see places :
1. National Glacier Park
Located in Montana, United States of America. The park contains a dozen large lakes and 700 smaller ones, but only 131 lakes have been named. Lake McDonald, St. Mary Lake, Bowman Lake and Kintla Lake are the four largest lakes. Glacier National Park is dominated by mountains which were carved into their present shapes by the huge glaciers of the last ice age; these glaciers have largely disappeared over the last 15,000 years. In 1910 there were about 150 glaciers, by 2005, only 27 glaciers remained, and scientists generally agree that if the current global warming continues, all the glaciers in the park will be gone by 2030, it means less than 25 years.
2. Mount Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway once inspired by Kilimanjaro in writing his short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” . Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa (5,963 meters), located in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro's crowning snow and glaciers are melting and likely to disappear completely by 2020, triggering major disruptions to ecosystems on the dry African plains that spread out at its feet below, scientists have warned. So before 2015 take pose on the peak of Kilimanjaro.
Unique Tibet culture is in extinction since the government of China started the strategy of developing the west teritory in 1999. Rapid economic development, espcially the use of machine in agriculture has made the impact to several communities in Tibet. Huge imigration of Han mayority ethnic from Beijing could vanish local culture which sentralized in Drepung Monastry in Lhasa. Its not a surprise in next 5-10 years the culture and the food of Tibet will be replaced by the culture of China in general.
5. Great Barrier Reef
This popular tourism destination spot is located in Queensland, North of Australia. A variety of boat tours and cruises are offered, from single day trips, to longer voyages. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. Thirty species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises have been recorded in the Great Barrier Reef. Four hundred species of corals, both hard corals and soft corals are found on the reef. But it is under siege from climate change and warming waters that have twice bleached its spectacularly colored corals white. In some locations, up to 90 percent of corals were killed.
6. Luxor in Egypt
Luxor is an old city on the south of Egypt. Luxor has often been called the worlds greatest open air museum. In ancient Egypt, Luxor was known as Thebes. Thebes was also known as “the city of the 100 gates”. As the more tourists visit the tomb of Pharaoh to see the mummy, some bacteria, humidity and other pollutants are coming inside too. Slowly the mummy will turns to be ashes because the raising of humidity in the room. Egypt has planned to limit the number of visitors to the tomb. No body can guess whether the tomb will be closed permanently for public.
7. Galapagos Island
The Galapagos islands are all part of Ecuador's national park system. Made famous by Charles Darwin with his book The Origin of Species.In the fall of 1885 , Charles Darwin arrived and began collecting and observing the archipelago's unique animal and plant life. At the time, Darwin did not fully appreciate what he was seeing. Only after he returned home to England did the scientist begin to formulate his theory of evolution. One of unique animal in this island is the giant tortoise hundred of years age.
"It appears to me that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist than a journey in distant countries." - Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle
