APPLYING ECONOMICS TO OBSERVATIONS

I had gone to Murree which infact is a tourist haven in Pakistan with extremely pleasant weather and there are many things I observed which caused me to use economic theories to understand situations.here are a few examples:

• I know it has become cliched now that we have a major oppurtunity cost in making housing schemes in deforestation.Never has this idea struck me with such a great force than went I went to murree.Man ,it is such a beautiful place due to its plantation growth but recent rapid housing developments most inevitably is leading to a great deal of deforestation.In fact,I learned from an acquaintance that he sold 'diar' ,the best wood,for roughly Rs.25 a kilo obtained from a tree in shamilat or government area.This example goes on to show ,in a very unscientific way,not only the relative abundance of plantations in the area but also the local indifference to such a major issue.Also,the ubiquitous accession of land by land mafia of government is what I would also like to write about but not now.
• As the tourist season is in full swing these days,Murree was full to its brim.If you dont see lines of upto 60 cars long along roads in murree now,then,I would suggest you should get your eyes checked.When I was part of these onerous traffic rushes,I started thinking about ways of regulating this traffic.Maybe some taxes or something should be introduced.there are some measures in place e.g. one way traffic system,no entry of cars during peak times but still more needs to be done
• It is always a great pleasure to actually see what you have studied or study what you have observed.As we were invited by some our friends over there.so it was more of a visit than an actual holiday and it is presumable that we had to buy very little from there for sustenance as our friends played such great hosts.but what stuff we bought had one thing,it was heavily overpriced;a coke cost Rs.110,300% overpriced.It all reminded about everything I had studied about monopoly and its effects.In fact,it was interesting to note ways to coerce monopoly on consumers.Many places do not allow outside stuff such as eatables inside,thereby forcing consumers to buy goods from them at sometimes upto three times the market price .
• I also observed that although Murree is carrying out its job as a tourist attraction due to its natural beauty but it requires more advertising to attract foreign tourists.Yes,I saw some foreigners but the more,the better :)My observation says that if money on advertising Murre as tourist haven is done properly,it might help to counter some of our long-running trade deficit.We have halted at making a tourist ministry and making scandals of the tourism minister.Next to nothing is done on advertisement