Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism "…brings into contact people from different nations, socioeconomic classes, and ethnicities." (p. 2) As such, the authors argue that historical studies of tourism reveal human interaction that is "both pleasurable and profitable as well as exploitative and depleting." The economy can be clearly identified as the most beneficial aspect of tourism. “According to recent statistics, tourism provides about 10% of the world’s income and employs almost one tenth of the world’s workforce” (Mirbabayev, 2007). In Australia alone, Tourism contributed $87.3 billion in 2012, and employed 908,434 (7.9%) people (Kookana & Duc Pham, 2013). Tourism is “one of the most profitable and rapidly developing industries in the world” (Popushoi, 2004). Every year the number of tourists increase dramatically and consequently the revenues from tourism will increase substantially. The increase in revenue from tourists has allowed the Australian government to further develop infrastructure and services to cater the large influx of tourism. An example of how the Victorian government spent a large proportion of tourism revenue would be the development and implementation of the Ferris Wheel in Docklands known as ‘The Melbourne Star’. Not only has new infrastructure been built, but also heritage or run-down tourist complexes have been renovated or restored. Many of Melbourne’s ico... ... middle of paper ... ...arch, vol. 30, pp. 60. Toursim and Socio-Cultural Conservation, United Nations Environment Programme, viewed 4 May 2014, http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Business/SectoralActivities/Tourism/FactsandFiguresaboutTourism/ImpactsofTourism/Socio-CulturalImpacts/TourismandSocio-CulturalConservation/tabid/78782/Default.aspx International Cultural Tourism Charter: Managing Tourism at Places of Heritage Significance, ICOMOS, viewed 3 May 2014, http://www.icomos.org/tourism/charter.html Environmental Impacts, United Nations Environment Programme, viewed on 27 April 2014, http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Business/SectoralActivities/Tourism/FactsandFiguresaboutTourism/ImpactsofTourism/EnvironmentalImpacts/tabid/78775/Default.aspx Belsoy, J. 2012, ‘Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Protected Areas’, Journal of Environmental and Earth Science, vol. 2, pp. 10.
Tourism has become much more prevalent in recent times, due in large part to the increasing human population of the earth and the increasing leisure time and dis...
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The following report provides an accurate and informative overview of the nature of tourism, its history and growth, the structure of the New Zealand industry and the impact of tourism from a New Zealand perspective. The report will draw a conclusion which Highlights area of consideration in tourism planning.
Those in favor argue that making tourism a top priority is not equivalent to increasing tourism. In this discourse it is referring to more sustainable tourism. Through careful management of tourism UNESCO and World Heritage sites aim to find ways to preserve the environment, Heritage site, while ameliorating the social status of the state and the local citizenry. As previously mentioned there are sites in danger and tourism is not without its flaws. There are numerous models that depict how tourism is effective and ways that they aren’t. The Galapagos Islands are a stark example of how a large increase in tourism can have a cascading effect. As a result of this steady increase in the number of tourism development of infrastructure has also risen2. Due to the high volume of tourist the archipelago was placed on the World Heritage danger list ....
The popularity of ecotourism is on the rise as the world becomes more aware of the importance of the environment, and it is even “considered as the fastest-growing segment of the tourism industry.” (Björk, 2007). It has become so significant that United Nations declared 2002 to be International Year of Ecotourism (IYE) (TIES, 2002).
Because of quality in travel and tourism the economically so many people are depend on that like restaurants , tourist guides etc..
Tourism is recognized as one of the biggest & fastest growing industry regarded for its highly contributing role in the global as well as national economy. Beside the economic importance of tourism, it also has an impact & contribution on society, culture & natural environment. This contribution of tourism to the economic, socio-cultural & natural environment may be viewed in two ways, both positive as well as negative. In order to achieve or maximize the positive contribution of tourism while at the same time minimizing its negative impact or in other way maximization of benefit of tourism while minimization of its cost towards the economy, society & its culture and natural environment is a big challenge faced by global tourism industry. It is also found that tourism generates 1.2 to 3.4 times more income on every US$ spent by tourists to the destination.
Tourism may be defined as the processes, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host governments, host communities, and surrounding environments that are involved in the attracting and hosting of visitors. According to UNESCO (2002), culture is defined as ‘the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group.’
Tourism is important for many recons. First of all the tourism help to grow economy in country. Secondly open more business at the same time makes more jobs. Finally the people could detection other civilizations and culture .Moreover the tourism has negatives and positives things. The positives or benefit of tourism it affects three types. First one in society how tourism useful in society, brining different jobs in the areas therefor people don`t need to change our cities to gain money (2016). Also .Secondly in the economy how tourism impact the economy according to Dwyer and Forsyth, (1997) when a person travels to any country need to money to covers the needs such as food, residence, and transportation. Therefor the money that is used by tourists increase the economy in the country. Finally in
Ecotourism typically involves travel to destinations where the physical environment and cultural background are the main attractions and is meant to give tourist another view of the impact of human beings on the environment, and to foster a greater appreciation of our natural habitats. In recent years, “ecotourism has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism market, influenced primarily by public demand for more environmentally and responsible tourism” (Boo, 1990, Eagles et al 1993). In addition, “ecotourism is the purposeful travel to natural areas to understand the culture and natural history of the environment; taking care not to alter the integrity of the ecosystem; producing economic opportunities that make the conservation of natural resources beneficial to local people” (Garen, 2000,221).
Recently Tourism has been recognized as a major drive or a contributor to the economic growth and the development of any country, especially the less-developed and developing countries. Tourism plays an important role in the economy of the countries, be it less; developing and developed country. It contributes to the economy in many ways, for e.g. creates jobs, poverty reduction, backs to the GDP of a country, enhance multiplier effect and economic linkages, etc. (Vanegas and Croes, 2003:14). In this essay I am going to elaborate more on the importance of the tourism as a factor and contributor to the economic growth.
Generally, infrastructure is divided into two main parts which involves hard and soft infrastructures. According to UNWTO (United Nations World Trade Organisation), (2011), the enlargement of tourist arrivals, went up by approximately 7% in 2010 to 940 million, has led to increase in the number of new and state-of-the-art hotels, restaurants, airports and other tourist apartments. The rising share of amenities illustrates the improvement of hard infrastructure caused by more tourist number. Other contributions of the industry to the former accessibility of electricity and water, better road systems and transport services are also involved in the related expansion of economic activity (cited in Boz, 2011). Besides that, tourism offers numerous positive impacts to the latter, according to OECD, (2014) “soft infrastructure” can be defined as the creation of events and spaces which shows the spirit and unity of that country’s culture. These forms of infrastructure programmes have been applying to both urban and rural areas in order to make the place more well-known and tourists attractive. For example, in Australia, 2007 several events including the Booktown Festival were held to develop marketing strategies and increase tourist numbers. The results were more satisfactory than expected with place-branding advantages, noticeable rural regeneration, growing tourist numbers and
For some time, it has been popular for most academia to think about tourism impacts in three domains which are; social, economic and environmental. Weed (2008:396) echoes the use of the word ‘triple bottom line’ to encompass impacts of tourism. An understanding of the triple bottom line with regards to tourism impacts is of utmost importance. Weed (2008:396) notes that the community perceive impacts differently as they redistribute resources resulting in some sub- groups reaping rewards at the expense of others.
The uncontrolled tourism increase is threatening many natural areas around the world.with the uncontrollable levels of tourism this can put great deal of pressure on an area, andthis could end up leading to negative environmental impacts on the air and the water quality, thevegetation,the soil.the wild life and the possible job opportunities.
Cultural tourism is one of the biggest and rapid developing global tourism market. The cultural and effective industries are increasingly being well-worn to advocate destinations. The growing field of cultural aspects are being occupied to variety and market regions and a expanding use of culture and resourcefulness to market destinations is also adding to the tention of differentiating provincial identities and appearance. Both accept a reciprocal beneficial relationship that can enhance the attractiveness and ambitious of places, regions and countries. Culture is an progressively essential aspect of the tourism product as it construct uniqueness in a populous global market place (OECD, 2009). Culture is something that makes