Transcript Travel and Tourism

Tourism Impacts
Class Objective
 Understand and recognize the tourism
industry/development has both positive
and negative impacts on local
communities
 Provide and explain two
 Environmental
 Economic
 Socio-cultural impacts of tourism
Tourism Impacts
 Economic
 Positive and negative
 Environmental
 Positive and negative
 Socio-cultural
 Positive and negative
Economic Impacts
 Positive
 Foreign exchange earnings
payment
balance of
 Taxes and duties
 GDP
 Measured using a multiplier effect
 Direct
 Indirect
 Induced
 New jobs
entrepreneurial activity
Diversification of economy
Economic Impacts
 Negative
 Leakage
 Import
 Export
 Types of jobs
 Concentration of wealth
 Real estate speculation
 Over-dependence
Socio-cultural Impacts
 Positive
 Improved international understanding
 Preservation of culture/heritage
 Revitalization of indigenous cultures
 Standard living
Socio-cultural Impacts
 Negative
 A new form of colonialism?
 Demonstration effect
 Erosion of local values
 Undermining of social standards
 Commodification
Environmental Impacts
 Positive
 Contribution to conservation/preservation
 Increase of environmental awareness
 New laws
improved planning and
management
 Alternatives to more damaging development
activities
Environmental Impacts
 Negative
 Pollution
 Erosion and physical damage
 Resource base
 Visual and structural change
You should be able to…
 Understand and recognize the tourism
industry/development has both positive
and negative impacts on local
communities
 Provide and explain two
 Environmental
 Economic
 Socio-cultural impacts of tourism