Foreigners visiting tourist spots in Pakistan’s northern areas have expressed deep disappointment over widespread littering and the lack of dustbins in several locations.

 

A video of Australian tourist John Fuller is circulating online, showing him collecting trash near the stunning Rama Lake, a breathtaking natural site in Gilgit Baltistan’s Astore.

 

In the video, Fuller highlighted rock defacement near the lake, urging tourists to “leave nature as it is”.

 

He points out the complete absence of trash bins in the area. “We are taking rubbish back down with us which we collected, because there are no bins here at all,” he was heard saying in the 85-second video.

 

He emphasised that the situation could be improved easily by placing a few bins along the trail.

 

Fuller collected a large amount of trash from the surroundings of the lake. “Please put your rubbish in a bin, if you can’t find a bin, take the rubbish home with you and put it in the bin at your home,” he appealed.

 

This is not the first time that tourists have filmed trash scattered in tourist hotspots. Another tourist, Alex Wanders, highlighted the same issue in an Instagram video posted on July 3.

 

The video shows trash scattered just a few steps away from a dustbin in Passu, a village in Upper Hunza, located along the Karakoram Highway.

 

He quoted the locals as saying that 99 percent of the trash around viewpoints comes from Pakistani male tourists travelling on group bus tours from Lahore, Karachi & Islamabad.