The document summarizes the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism. The economic impacts include positive effects such as job creation and income for local economies, but also negative impacts like seasonal jobs and overdependence on tourism. Socio-culturally, tourism can increase quality of life but also lead to loss of culture. Environmentally, tourism can support conservation but also causes issues like construction and resource overuse.
The document summarizes the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism. The economic impacts include positive effects such as job creation and income for local economies, but also negative impacts like seasonal jobs and overdependence on tourism. Socio-culturally, tourism can increase quality of life but also lead to loss of culture. Environmentally, tourism can support conservation but also causes issues like construction and resource overuse.
The document summarizes the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism. The economic impacts include positive effects such as job creation and income for local economies, but also negative impacts like seasonal jobs and overdependence on tourism. Socio-culturally, tourism can increase quality of life but also lead to loss of culture. Environmentally, tourism can support conservation but also causes issues like construction and resource overuse.
The document summarizes the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of tourism. The economic impacts include positive effects such as job creation and income for local economies, but also negative impacts like seasonal jobs and overdependence on tourism. Socio-culturally, tourism can increase quality of life but also lead to loss of culture. Environmentally, tourism can support conservation but also causes issues like construction and resource overuse.
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Tourism Impacts
Economic Impacts POSITIVE Foreign exchange earnings Contribution to government revenues Generation of employment Balance of payment / trade account balance Stimulation of infrastructure investment Contribution to local economies
NEGATIVE Inflation Opportunity costs Dependency Seasonality Leakage Enclave tourism Seasonal character of jobs Prostitution and the underground economy
Socio-cultural Impacts POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Preservation and restoration of Loss of cultural character
cultural heritage Revival of traditional arts and crafts Loss of authenticity and meaning of traditional arts and crafts Cultivation of cultural pride and Commercialization of human sense of identity relationships Cross-cultural exchange Potential misunderstandings and conflicts between residents and tourists
Environmental Impacts POSITIVE Tourism may stimulate measures to protect the environment and/or landscapes or wildlife Tourism can help to promote the establishment of national parks and/or wildlife Tourism can promote the preservation of buildings/monuments Tourism may provide the money
NEGATIVE Construction development
and
infrastructure
Deforestation and unsustainable use
of land Marina development
Energy consumption Freshwater consumption
Tourism Impacts Economic Impacts POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
Job Creation Injection of income into the local economy through the multiplier effect Helping keep local businesses viable Regeneration and restructuring of the economies of towns and cities where other industrial activities are in decline Stimulates inward and industrial investment
Many jobs are
seasonal Opportunity cost
low
paid
and/or
Congestion The need to invest in expensive infrastructure which may only be required for part of the year Over dependence on tourism
Socio-cultural Impacts POSITIVE Quality of life of local community Cultural exchange understanding Human Resource development Cultural pride
NEGATIVE Decline or loss of indigenous identity and values and Commodification Loss of Authenticity Conflict in the use of resources
Environmental Impacts POSITIVE Tourism may stimulate measures to protect the environment and/or landscapes or wildlife Tourism can help to promote the establishment of national parks and/or wildlife Tourism can promote the preservation of buildings/monuments Tourism may provide the money
