For sustainable tourism, a novel method of security camera operation is proposed. In the method, security
cameras, which encrypt the taken images and store them into the memory card inside, are used. Only when
crimes occur, the memory cards are taken out from the cameras and the images are decrypted with the key
and viewed by the city government and/or the police. When no crimes occur, images are overwritten by the
new ones after a week automatically without being viewed by anyone. By using the stand-alone cameras
without wiring to the control center, the installation cost and the operation cost are much lower than CCTV
cameras. By using image encryption, the privacy of the tourists is protected. Using this system, high density
installation of the security cameras with very low cost can be realized in encryption with image encryption
privacy protection function.