Positive Impacts of Tourism
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- Positive Impacts of Tourism
- Economic
- Job Creation
- Portugal
- 830,500 jobs (18% of total employment. direct employment for 337,000
- Oregon, USA
- 100,000 people employed.
- Galveston, USA
- 10,000 jobs. 5.5% unemployment rate (19% without employment)
- New Mexico
- 4th Largest employer, more than 85,000 jobs. 8% of total employment
- Portugal
- Multiplier Effect
- A measure of the direct and indirect effects relative to direct effects
- New Mexico
- For every $1 spent by tourists, $0.42 generated in other industries
- New Mexico
- A measure of the direct and indirect effects relative to direct effects
- Investment
- Scotland
- VisitScotland national tourism organisation invested into advertising campaigns.
- Meet The Scots: £1.25million and generated £71million.
- VisitScotland national tourism organisation invested into advertising campaigns.
- Portugal
- £2.5billion foreign investment.
- Scotland
- Tourist Tax
- Used to fund further developments
- Rome: 196 euros, Paris: 92.40 euros. Nice: 100 euros.
- Galveston, USA
- Generated $69 MN in state and local tax.
- New Mexico, USA
- $565MN state and local tax - saves households $747 annually.
- Edinburgh
- £2 on accommodat-ion per night
- Used to fund further developments
- Job Creation
- Social
- Education and Health Programmes
- Northern Vietnam
- Shu Tan ‘s Tourism Company called Sapa O’Chau, managed by ethnic minorities
- Built a boarding house to allow locals to go to school
- Trains and employs local guides, handicaraft artisans.
- Allows people to gain qualifications and improve their standard of living.
- Shu Tan ‘s Tourism Company called Sapa O’Chau, managed by ethnic minorities
- Myrtle Beach, USA
- Provides millions of tax used to fund education.
- Every time a tourist shops, eats or stays they are funding education.
- Provides internships and opportunities for students.
- Northern Vietnam
- Poverty and Fostering Development
- The Travel Foundation is a charity that works in partnership with the gov. and businesses so that tourism brings greater benefits for all.
- Taste of Fethiye
- Connecting small businesses to large hotel chains with aim to prove that fresh produce can be sourced locally.
- Result: 24% increase in farmer revenue.
- Connecting small businesses to large hotel chains with aim to prove that fresh produce can be sourced locally.
- Involving communities
- In Croatia, relationships built between Tui hotels and local businesses to improve access to markets.
- Result: increase footfall and 53% increase in sales.
- In Croatia, relationships built between Tui hotels and local businesses to improve access to markets.
- Taste of Fethiye
- The Travel Foundation is a charity that works in partnership with the gov. and businesses so that tourism brings greater benefits for all.
- Empowering Women
- Il N'Gwesi Ranch, Kenya
- Developed a craft industry making jewellery to sell to tourists.
- they were given loans to further develop their business and training in finances.
- Developed a craft industry making jewellery to sell to tourists.
- Il N'Gwesi Ranch, Kenya
- Infrastructure
- Lanzarote
- Marina built to encourage tourism but locals also benefited from the new facilities.
- Myrtle Beach, USA
- Tourism funds through taxes on products, restaurants and accommodation.
- funded Ride I, II, III from hospitality fees. over $2bn. Key projects are highway maintenance and development.
- Funed Myrtle Beach 1.2 mile boardwalk to attract more tourists and businesses to the area.
- Tourism funds through taxes on products, restaurants and accommodation.
- Lanzarote
- Contact between locals and visitors
- Nepal
- Visitors grew from 4000 to 460,000, once borders opened in the 1950s.
- Small groups of tourists are more empathetic than mass tourism.
- Nepal
- Education and Health Programmes
- Economic
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