Myanmar's Golden Pond

As globalization reaches to far corners of the world, it brings visitors and tourists to remote regions. They bring money and a worldview that locals crave, but they also leave behind accelerating changes that eventually may lead to the destruction of centuries-old lifestyles. Cambodia and Tibet are familiar with this destruction, and now Myanmar's Inle Lake may be next in line. The lake has is shrinking, and tourists are very much to blame, as this report points out.


Myanmar's Golden Pond - WSJ.com