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| robyn76 | positive impacts of tourism | 10 | Aug 19 2010, 11:00 PM EDT by ricepaddy | ||||
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Hi there
would appreciate if you could send me your opinions or useful links re positive impacts of tourism. I need it urgently as i am going to participate in a debate with my colleagues in class(I am studying Hospitalilty management and tourism course,2nd year in Greek private university) and have to persuade them that the tourism has mostly positive image. I am looking forward to your ideas!
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| sust101 | CUltural and environmental | 0 | Oct 27 2010, 8:41 AM EDT by sust101 | ||||
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Cultural Benefits:
Tourism can enhance local cultural awareness, but eventually might distort it. Tourism can generate income to help pay for preservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings, and districts. Despite many criticisms about alteration of cultures to unacceptable levels, the sharing of cultural knowledge and experience can be beneficial for both the hosts and the guests at tourist destinations, and could result in the revival of local traditions and crafts. Cultural Costs: Youth in the community could begin to emulate the speech and attire of tourists. Loss and damage to historic sites may occur through tourism development and pressures. Long-term damage to cultural traditions, and erosion of cultural values, resulting in cultural contamination beyond the level acceptable to the host destination. Environmental Benefits: Nature tourism encourages productive use of lands that are marginal for agriculture, enabling large tracts to remain covered in natural vegetation. Parks and nature preserves may be created, and ecological preservation supported as a necessity for nature-based tourism. Improved waste management can be achieved. Increased awareness and concern for the environment may develop. Environmental Costs: Negative changes in the physical integrity of the area may occur. Rapid development, over development, and overcrowding can forever change the physical environment and ecosystem of an area. Litter, erosion, overtaxed sewage, and waste management systems may occur. Sensitive areas and habitat may be lost. Degradation of parks and preserves through over-use and poor management may result. Excessive waste may be generated. Water and air pollution may occur. Wear and tear on infrastructure is accelerated.
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| sust101 | Social | 0 | Oct 27 2010, 8:39 AM EDT by sust101 | ||||
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Social Benefits:
The quality of life of a community can be enhanced by economic diversification through tourism, following the principles of sustainable development. Tourism creates recreational and cultural facilities that can be used by local communities as well as domestic and international visitors. Public spaces may be developed and enhanced through tourism activity. Tourism enhances local community esteem and provides the opportunity for greater understanding and communication among peoples of diverse backgrounds. Social Costs: Rapid tourism growth can result in the inability to meet the capacities of local amenities and institutions; quality of amenity services can be diminished by over-use. Litter, vandalism, and crime are concerns associated with tourism development that will be the responsibility of the community. Tourism can bring overcrowding and traffic congestion. Congestion can result in the perception of inconvenience by the residents, which is interpreted as a negative impact on their quality of life. Foreigners bring with them material wealth and apparent freedom. Young members of the host community are particularly susceptibleto these economic expectations that tourists bring. The result can be a complete disruption of the traditional way of life in the community. An increase in crime may result from tourism. The community structure may change (including community bonds, demographics, and institutions). The authenticity of the social and cultural environment can be changed. Organized events for tourists based on local social behaviour and culture can become distorted in their authenticity, which may not be a valid representation of the local environment. Lifestyles may be disrupted beyond levels acceptable to the host community. |
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| sust101 | maybe this can help, taken from UNESCAP document :) | 0 | Oct 27 2010, 8:38 AM EDT by sust101 | ||||
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Economic Benefits:
Tourism generates local employment, both directly in the tourism sector and in various support and resources management sectors. Tourism stimulates profitable domestic industries -hotels and other lodging facilities, restaurants and other food services, transportation systems, handicrafts, and guide services. Tourism generates foreign exchange for the country and injects capital and new money into the local economy. Tourism diversifies the local economy, particularly in rural areas where agricultural employment may be sporadic or insufficient. Increased tax revenues from tourists can be reaped if a local sales tax is added to the provincial and federal taxes already in place. Employment opportunities will be created in the business communities due to the influx of tourists who will need goods and services. Increased entrepreneurial opportunities will provide goods and services not already available in the community and create new tourist products. Improved road systems and infrastructure can be financed through tourism attractions Economic Costs: The jobs created through tourism may be low paying and require few skills. Inflated prices may result from local businesses attempting to raise profits or cover the cost of extra employees. Inflated property values may occur if the community becomes a tourist 'hot spot'. This will result in higher property taxes that may be unfavourable for local residents. If tourism is seasonal at a destination, so too will be the injection of income into the community. Health service provision and police services can increase during the tourist season at the expense of the local tax base. Affordability and availability of staff housing can be problematic.
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| shmilyob | Positive Environmental impacts of tourism | 0 | Apr 20 2010, 2:51 AM EDT by shmilyob | ||||
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Hi all,
i really appreciate if you could send me your opinions or useful links about " Positive Environmental impacts of tourism in bali island " and "Assess the effectiveness of measures to put the Edinburgh town of sustainable tourism development into practice" . i need it urgently as im going to write an assay in my class ... I am looking forward to your ideas ! thnks
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