What are the precautions for the Great Barrier Reef in Australia?

To play the Great Barrier Reef well, one must "test the water with one's own body" \x0d\ Many tourists who come here not far from Wan Li are often "disappointed on impulse" because they don't know much about the Great Barrier Reef and don't make adequate mental and material preparations. On the cruise ship to the Great Barrier Reef, you will often see some tourists wearing shoes and ties, such as going to the Great Barrier Reef for a meeting. In addition, many tourists choose tourism projects purely by price and choose to travel to the cheaper Inner Barrier Reef. As a result, they were disappointed not to see the wonderful scenes in the advertisement. \x0d\ First of all, the Great Barrier Reef has made China tourists misunderstand its name. Many people think it's a trip to an island or something, but it's not. The main part of the Great Barrier Reef and the most exciting and unforgettable part are underwater. Although there are indeed many small islands with coral reefs and beautiful scenery in the Great Barrier Reef area, the main purpose of traveling to the Great Barrier Reef is to watch the colorful underwater world. There are many rare animals living in this mysterious crystal palace, including all kinds of soft and hard corals, dazzling tropical fish, large but docile long-lived fish, unhurried turtles, giant mussels with blue flesh color, blue starfish and obese black, red and white sea cucumbers. Visitors who like the Hollywood movie Finding Nemo can watch almost every character in the movie up close. There are Nemo's family, clown fish living in soft coral, endless fish tails and green turtles. Because the Great Barrier Reef has evolved for millions or even tens of millions of years, the complexity and diversity of its ecosystem are very surprising. Visitors can witness strange symbiosis and competition between many different species, such as clever camouflage and psychedelic colors of fish, competition between corals, cohabitation of fish and shrimp in a cave, coral and fish in the same boat, strange turtle and fish cleaning stations on coral reefs and so on. It makes people lament the mystery of nature and the complexity of biological evolution. Therefore, the trip to the Great Barrier Reef is a wonderful experience integrating entertainment, sightseeing and knowledge acquisition. In recent years, due to the greenhouse effect, the temperature of seawater has risen, and many corals have been destroyed. The international call for protecting the Great Barrier Reef is very high. Some scientists even called for the closure of the Great Barrier Reef tourism to better protect its ecological environment. Therefore, viewing the Great Barrier Reef has a potential limitation. It's now or never! \x0d\ In order to see and even touch some animals clearly and experience the underwater world stimulated by the Great Barrier Reef, tourists must be prepared to "test the water with their own hands". Those who can't swim don't have to worry, because the travel company will provide corresponding services and equipment, so that tourists who can't swim can fully and safely experience the excitement and excitement of underwater sightseeing activities. The most interesting thing about going to the Great Barrier Reef is that tourists have to participate in the activities themselves. You should throw yourself into all kinds of activities with the mentality of "put it down when you come", so that you can have fun, enrich your experience, and enjoy the glory in front of friends and relatives in the future, and you will sigh when you are glad that you are here. \x0d\ There are two ways to visit the Great Barrier Reef \x0d\ There are two ways to see the underwater world in the Outer Barrier Reef. Take water as the best experience. The so-called water walking is usually to put on swimming trunks, snorkeling clothes and flippers, put on eyepieces and snorkeling breathing tubes, and go into the water in person. With this snorkeling suit, visitors can immerse their heads in the water for a long time and float at will, and watch all kinds of corals and fish carefully at a distance of 60 cm to several meters, especially suitable for watching fish and other marine animals swim and live in all kinds of corals, such as clown fish and giant mussels. Because you are close to coral, don't stand on coral when snorkeling. This is to protect corals from damage, and also to prevent legs and feet from being scratched by sharp and hard corals. If you can't swim and want to experience the excitement of deep diving sightseeing, visitors can try "underwater walking" helmet platform to stroll and dive. This kind of play is to wear diving suits and rubber shoes for walking underwater, a lead belt with an enlarged waist and a helmet with oxygen supply. Under the supervision of the diving instructor, tourists dive to the seabed platform with a depth of 3 to 4 meters and watch corals and various fish at close range for about 20 minutes. The staff will throw bait from time to time to lure all kinds of fish to compete for food near the tourists' helmets. Visitors can carefully observe the posture of various fish and touch some big fish at a distance of 20-30 cm from their eyes. Underwater photographers will also take the opportunity to capture the wonderful scene of tourists and fish living in harmony. The most advanced deep-water sightseeing is to carry an oxygen bottle on your back, put on a diving suit and flippers, put on a thick waist lead belt, put on an eyepiece and a deep-diving breathing tube, and under the guidance of a diving instructor, go deep-diving sightseeing at a water depth of 8 to 10 meters for about 30 minutes. At this time, tourists can swim in the coral reefs and watch all kinds of corals, starfish and fish, giant clams, sea cucumbers and so on at close range. Tourism companies in the Great Barrier Reef generally have diving photographers. In the process of swimming, snorkeling or deep diving, tourists often have the opportunity to take photos with marine animals such as corals, giant longevity fish and big turtles. \x0d\\x0d\ After arriving at the floating platform on the outer barrier reef, ordinary tourists will go sightseeing collectively by glass-bottomed boats and semi-submarines. These two kinds of boats take different routes and see different things, each about 20 minutes. Glass-bottomed boats usually cruise on the top of coral reefs, and visitors can see all kinds of corals and fish at a distance of 20 _ 50 cm from corals. Semi-submarines usually cruise between coral reefs, and visitors can see the strange growth patterns and conditions of corals within a few meters, as well as the posture of fish feeding on corals. In addition, visitors can enjoy the feeding performance of corals and fish in the underwater viewing hall on the floating platform at sea, touch the marine life such as starfish and sea cucumber in the marine life tank, and listen to marine biologists introduce the natural ecological environment of the Great Barrier Reef and the living conditions of corals and fish. In addition, you can also take a helicopter to watch the beautiful scenery of the Jade Coral Sea from high altitude. \x0d\ When tourists are engaged in various sightseeing activities on the offshore platform before boarding the ship, professional photographers are always busy capturing various wonderful scenes on the platform and in the water. On the return trip, all the wonderful photos will be repeatedly played on the TV screen of the ship, and there will be a miniature color photo exhibition for tourists to choose, whether they decide or not. As a professional photographer, coupled with advanced cameras and technology, the shooting effect will always be excellent. Therefore, despite the high price of photos, many tourists generously bought their favorite photos. \x0d\ Never go to the Inner Barrier Reef for the sake of cheapness or fear of water \x0d\ Traveling to the Great Barrier Reef is an important difference between going to the Inner Barrier Reef and going to the Outer Barrier Reef. The so-called inner barrier reef refers to an island or reef group formed by corals on the land side, which is close to the coast (20-30 kilometers) and has shallow sea water. The advantages of traveling to Neibao Reef are low price and short sailing time (about 50 minutes). For tourists who don't want to go into the water, they can walk on the island and the beach for sightseeing. The disadvantage is that swimming or snorkeling in the beach environment, most of what you see is white sand, which is similar to swimming on the beach, and you can't see the really colorful corals and fish. Even if you take a glass-bottomed boat or a semi-submarine, you will see far fewer kinds of corals and fish. In addition, a little wind and waves will easily muddy the sea, which is not conducive to underwater sightseeing. Because of the low price, most of the tourists who go to Neibao Reef now are inexperienced tourists from emerging tourism markets, among which China tourists account for more than 80 _ 90%. \x0d\ Outer barrier reef generally refers to a coral reef far from the coast (more than 40km) and facing the deep sea. Because facing the trench, the sea water is deep, the water quality is the clearest, and there are many kinds of fish and corals. On sunny days, the underwater visibility can generally reach 20 meters deep. The advantage of traveling to the Outer Barrier Reef is that you can experience the real natural ecological environment of the Great Barrier Reef and see a wide variety of things with rich patterns and colors. Sightseeing in the Outer Barrier Reef usually starts from Cairns Great Barrier Reef Fleet Pier and its vicinity by boat or helicopter. 1 It takes half an hour to more than two hours by boat, and it takes about 20 minutes by helicopter to reach the floating platform on the outer barrier reef. All sightseeing activities are based on this platform. This offshore floating platform is built directly on the Great Barrier Reef, and generally has two layers, above water and under water. The water part includes a canopy that can shelter from the wind and rain, tables, chairs and benches for tourists to rest, changing rooms, shower equipment, service desks for various tourism activities, swimming safety monitoring stations, etc. The underwater part includes diving training platform, underwater walking platform, underwater viewing hall and children's swimming pool. Due to environmental requirements, toilets are all located on the ship. At present, most tourists from the Outer Barrier Reef come from the mature tourism market, mainly from Europe, America, Japan, Hong Kong and the local area.