Social, economic, and environmental impacts of tourism
- Created by: Jake Robertson
- Created on: 17-05-13 15:02
View mindmap
- Social, economic, and environmental impacts of tourism
- Social opportunities
- Increased range of facilities
- Greater cultural awareness
- Greater appreciation of historical legacy
- Foreign language skills developed
- Posisitve impact of multiculturalism
- Improved facilites
- Education to meet needs of tourists
- Social issues
- Loss of local land
- Abandonment of traditional values
- Displacement of people
- Changing community structure
- Human rights abuse
- Alcoholism/ drug abuse
- Crime
- Congestion
- Loss of local housing
- Conflicts
- Economic opportunities
- Plays a role in balance of payments between nations
- Can provide rural employment, and increase rural to urban migration
- Benefits other areas of the economy
- Provides governments with tax revenues
- Provides opportunities for small businesses
- Employment
- Economic issues
- Economic leakage
- Many jobs are low-paid, menial tasks
- Locations can become overdependant on tourism
- Can lead to informal employment
- Not always the best use of local resources
- Money is sometimes borrowed for investment, increasing debt
- All inclusive deals do not encourage tourists to spend money in the local area
- Environmental opportunities
- Encourages conservation
- Encourages control of pollution
- Encourages river and coast protection
- Search for development of new resources
- Environmental issues
- Construction damages environment
- Air, water, waste, and noise pollution
- Disruption of wildlife
- Loss of surface groundwater
- Resource depletion
- Soil erosion
- Social opportunities
Comments
No comments have yet been made