Tourism provides employment and income for local people
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Advantage: Services
People choose to stay in the area, which maintains other essential services such as schools and hospitals.
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Advantage: Leisure facilities
Services provided for the use of tourists, eg leisure facilities, also benefit local people.
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Disadvantage: Employment
Employment can be seasonal and wages low.
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Disadvantage: House prices
House prices in the area can rise due to a demand for second homes.
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Disadvantage: Depopulation
School leavers often look for work in larger settlements due to low wages and high house prices. This causes rural depopulation.
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Disadvantage: Services
Local shops on the margins of profitability often close to make way for more profitable gift shops and tea rooms. This leaves local people without essential services, eg butchers and greengrocers.
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Disadvantage: Traffic
Traffic causes pollution and narrow roads can become congested in high season.
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Disadvantage: Footpath erosion
Large numbers of hikers cause footpath erosion, which is expensive to repair.
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Disadvantage: Watersports
Watersports cause erosion of lake shores and there can be conflicts of interests between different lake users.
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Advantage: Services
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People choose to stay in the area, which maintains other essential services such as schools and hospitals.
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