Impact Of Tourism On Sweden

Section 3: Impacts

Economic

A growing interest for holidays abroad has provided Stockholm with an abundance of economic opportunities such as employment or alternative incomes. Tourism has economic impacts on Stockholm as international visitors spending money on Swedish merchandise and services ensures it delivers new cash into their domestic economy, enabling them to spend more money on more attractions or everyday facilities to raise levels of consumer spending. Tourism has helped economically by creating jobs for the people who live in Stockholm. A number of services creating opportunity for employment are: tourism services, museums, hotels, guesthouses, confectionary shops, fast food outlets, restaurants and many more.

A major source for

An example of one of the major attractions in Stockholm is Grona Lund, a small amusement park in the centre raking in 1.2 million visitors each year. Grona Lund is one of the many attractions which cause harm to the environment through tourism. A negative impact of Grona Lund is that, with such a high concentration of tourists, it leaves the environment open to the risk of excess waste. Firstly, a negative environment impact of waste is that a quantity of trash collected in bins can be recycled, however, these materials need to be arranged and taken to a recycling plant, which leads to more fossil fuels being burned which releases CO2 emissions into the air. Secondly, the excess waste that cannot be recycled will then be thrown into a landfill where it gets burned, releasing methane gas which is harmful to the environment, contributing to global

Stockholm port (Stockholm business region, 2016)

Social

Tourism in Stockholm has brought both positive and negative social impacts. A very positive impact that has occurred is the increase in jobs for the local communities providing them with an income. Also, as the number of tourists increase, the number of facilities and services also increase, which the domestic citizens can also avail of.

However, with tourism flourishing it has brought negative social impacts such as increased crime.

An increase of outside tourists can change the behaviour of the Swedish community as their attitude towards tourists may change. Throughout Stockholm there are a number of signs indicating to tourists to beware of pick pockets and to guard all their personal belongings such as their handbags. The police also have volunteers handing out cards with a warning to beware of pick pockets, also they thought it was important to attend a Bob Arno lecture last summer. Bob Arno is a travel safety expert and risk analyst Bob Arno is a frequent presenter to law enforcement audiences and travelers.(bob arno, N.D) He holds lectures and events trying to raise awareness of the problem, in the hope that it ends.This is a negative social impact because as the number of tourists increase and the streets become busier, it makes it easier for criminals to target wealthier tourist, which could lead to the reputation of the city becoming tarnished, making other tourists