Growth of Tourism
- Created by: Anishaepatel
- Created on: 22-11-16 20:24
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- Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism
- Tourism Definitions
- Tourism: Tourism is an industry that drives people to travel for recreation and leisure.
- Domestic Tourism: Going on holiday within your own country
- International Tourism: Going on holiday abroad
- Advantages of tourism
- Environmental
- Income from tourism can be used to conserve the natural environment
- Tourism may help to preserve local cultures and communities. Eg. Masai tribes in Kenya
- Social
- Tourism may help to preserve local cultures and communities. Eg. Masai tribes in Kenya
- Economic
- Tourism brings investment into an area through foreign exchange
- Tourism provides employment for locals
- The country can benefit from overseas investment
- Money from tourism can be used to improve the countries infrastructure
- Environmental
- Disadvantages of Tourism
- Social
- Local cultures could be devalued by tourism
- Economic
- Jobs for the locals are badly paid, with poor working conditions
- Overseas investment in luxury hotels means that money goes back to the country of origin
- In LEDC'S very little money paid for the holiday actually reaches the country
- Environmental
- Increasing numbers of tourist could cause long term damage: litter, pollution, footpath erosion
- Social
- Tourism Definitions
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