An Italian Mountaineer Is Filmed Picking Up Garbage From A Saudi Mountain And Netizens Are All Praise For Him

Okay, well not all netizens, as some of them on Twitter were telling him to clean his country first!

An Italian mountaineer was crisscrossing his way through the lush mountainous southern part of Saudi Arabia when he came across heaps of trash thrown by other hikers before him. Seeing it he started collecting the trash.

The exact date of when the video was shot it is not known but his noble gesture has forced many to reconsider the way we look at our tourist sites.

The Italian tourist is seen in the video wearing his mountaineering gear and displays no hesitation in picking up the trash.

His act made its way to local newspapers.

An Italian ???????? tourist Reddy helps preserve the environment in Saudi Arabia ???????? & increases environmental awareness. pic.twitter.com/aCtdpFslX9

— Abdulaziz Hammad (@abdulazizhamad6) February 7, 2019

He even shared a message for the youth of the country in Arabic.

Watch what he had to say here.

فيديو: سائح إيطالي قَدِم إلى #السعودية لممارسة رياضة تسلق الجبال غير أن كميات المخلفات استوقفته فقام بتجميعها، موجهاً نصيحة لمرتادي الأماكن العامة. pic.twitter.com/dIH0K42UtL

— هاشتاق السعودية (@HashKSA) February 6, 2019

While many were impressed with his noble gesture and showered him with praises, there were others who started saying that Italy needs to be cleaned first.

One such user even shared a video of a trash-lined street in Italy to drive home his point.

هذا حال بعض الشوارع في ايطاليا .. ليته يساعد في تنظيف بلده ولا يدعي المثاليه علينا . pic.twitter.com/xXV1SSr2v9

— l’Avvocato Abdulrahman (@a_aljumeri) February 6, 2019