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Positive effects
Positive Creates job
&
Promote conservatism of
Negative
wildlife and natural
Effects of
resources (ecotourism)
Tourism Generate funding for
animal preserves and
marine parks through
entrance charges and
guide fees?

Travelling Cultures meet and gain in

light
mutual understanding
The
long term benefits will be
paradox
intangible but real
of
Help lift poor out of
sustaina
poverty, encourage them
ble
to preserve environments
tourism
for financial gain

Negative effects
Often seasonal and
poorly paid
Push up local property
prices and cost of G&S
Adversely affected by
terrorism, natural
disasters, economic
recession
Crowding, congestion,
drugs, alcohol probs,
prostitution, increased
crime levels, fall in
quality of life of host
Infringe on human
rights, displaced to
make way for new
hotels
Erosion of traditional
cultures and values
Overuse threat to
regions natural and
cultural resources
(water supply,
heritage sites)
Increased pollution
through traffic
emissions, littering,
increased sewage pdn
and noise
As popular destinations
become overcrowded,
more ppl seek places
that remain
comparatively unspoilt
Locals often persuaded
to sell land for less
than its worth
Water-guzzling
Unnecessary flights by
businessmen

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Multiplier effect
Money generated by
tourism does not
always benefit the
local community, as
some of it leaks out
to huge international
companies, such as
hotel chains.
Interchanges
between hosts and
guests create a
better cultural
understanding and
can also help raise
global awareness of
issues such as
poverty and human
rights abuses.
Tourism poses a
threat to a region's
natural and cultural
resources, such as
water supply,
beaches, coral reefs
and heritage sites,
through overuse.
Ideally, when
cultures meet and
gain in mutual
understanding the
long-term benefits
will be intangible, but
real.
Tourists who step off
the beaten track
have a chance to
help lift the poor out
of poverty and

encourage them to
preserve their
environments for
financial gain.
An analysis by
Thomas Cook, a
large holiday firm,
suggests that on
average each tourist
around the world
accounts for around
350 litres of water
per day by
showering, using the
swimming pool and
the likewhich rises
to 6,000 litres when
indirect use such as
food production is
added. In Greece, for
example, each
tourist directly uses
around three-fifths
more water than a
local.
Some of
the Major
Current
Issues
Confronti
ng
Tourism
Negative
SocioCultural
Impacts
from
Tourism
What
Can You
Do To
Help

Tourism can turn local cultures

commodities when religious rit
traditional ethnic rites and fes
are reduced and sanitized to c
to tourist expectations, resultin
what has been called "reconst
ethnicity."

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