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sust101
CUltural and environmental
Oct 27 2010, 8:41 AM EDT | Post edited: Oct 27 2010, 8:41 AM EDT
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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