Watch How These 12 Amazing Landmarks Get Ruined By Tourists

Mount Everest, Nepal

Mountain climbing and trekking on Everest is now a huge commercial operation. Come spring in the Himalayas and around 1,000 foreign climbers will head here for a chance to scale the world’s tallest mountain, whose summit was first conquered in 1953. So if you’re looking for a crowd-free, high-altitude adventure, you’ve come to the wrong peak.

In 2017, a total of 648 paying climbers reached the summit and thousands more trekked around the mighty peak. Unfortunately, this boom in tourism has left Mount Everest covered in debris too – huge piles of garbage are left behind on the mountain, not to mention human waste and sadly some bodies.

The overuse of trekking poles is also eroding the terrain and a dependence on tourism has changed the face of many Himalayan villages.