Growth of tourism
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- Growth of tourism
- Benefits
- Physical
- encourages conservation
- encourages control of pollution
- encourages coastal and river protection
- searching for developments and new resources
- economic
- creation of employment
- increased investment in infrastructure
- increased demand for local farm produce
- demand for craft industries
- earns foreign currency
- reduces rural to urban migration
- can lead and focus development due to growth pole and multiplier effects
- Social
- improved education to meet needs of tourists
- improved health services
- traditional cultures preserved
- development of foreign language skils
- introduces new ideas and expectations
- Physical
- problems
- physical
- construction destroys natural habitat and beauty
- many types of pollution Eg noise, sound sight, air.
- destruction of wildlife Eg breeding
- loss of surface and ground water for swimming pools and golf courses etc
- resource depletion
- soil erosion and footpath erosion
- economic
- increased imports
- rise in prices
- economic leakage
- low paid seasonal jobs
- urban coastal sprawl
- traffic congestion
- cost of infrastructure
- social
- moral corruption eg crime
- increased inequalities
- loss of traditional culture
- loss of housing to tourist and second homes
- physical
- Benefits
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