Development of Contemporary Tourism: Positive and Negative Impacts

This essay discusses the development of contemporary tourism and its positive and negative impacts on the economy, environment, and sociocultural aspects. It explores the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry and highlights the factors affecting the industry. The essay concludes that tourism plays a significant role in the development of a country, but it also has negative impacts on natural resources and pollution.

Understanding the
World of Tourism

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The concept of Tourism basically comprises of the individuals spending time away from
their places for the purpose to have relaxation, recreation and pleasure through making effective
use of the services. In case of the tourism industry, it basically comprises of the large range of
the business which are associated with the various industries. It also comprises of the travel
organisation, hospitality and the transportation. The tourism have a positive and negative impact
on the social, environmental, culture and economical conditions. The present essay basically
focuses on the development of the contemporary tourism.
MAIN BODY
Contemporary Tourism is basically considered to be the most important and one of the
highly misunderstood phenomenon. In reference to the Tourism, it generally encompasses the
economic, social, cultural where the individuals travel from the different destinations. In the
world, the Tourism is considered to be the primary economic activity over the years and has
literally gone beyond their comfort zones. The use of advanced technology has made the modern
tourism modes much more safer. The contemporary tourism has contributed immensely to the
positive and the negative ramifications both globally and locally (Kozinets, 2020).
The concept of Contemporary Tourism is considered to be the major concept which is
generally misunderstood by the individuals. The contemporary tourism is highly dynamic and
complex when it comes to technology and the science. In tourism context, there is basically a
trend of exploring new places and visiting a variety of locations for the purpose to seek growth in
the tourism industry (Yamashita, 2021). In case of the tourism industries, these are highly
influenced due to the situation of the pandemic (Huber, 2019). In context to the Contemporary
Tourism, it is considered to be an international approach which basically helps in presenting the
new approaches and dealing with the various issues such as tourism ethics, poor tourism facilities
and destinations. There are various external and internal factors which results in affecting the
tourism industry. In case of the external factor, it comprises of the technological, political,
economic and social factors whereas the internal factors generally comprises of the technologies.
In case of the contemporary tourism, it helps in offering risk management plans and security
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(Sharma and Nayak, 2019). The main objective of the tourism sector is to offer various
destinations and places in order to travel. In relation to the contemporary tourism, there are
various factors which comprises of the destination region, source region or generating and the
transmit route. In case of the generating or source region, it is basically the factor where the
entire journey actually ends or begins (Adiyia and Vanneste, 2018). In context to the various
marketing functions, it generally comprises of the functions such as retailing, promotion and
advertising. In case of the transmit route, it is basically the factor which generally introduces the
path across regions where the tourists must travel in order to reach their destinations (Lam, Chan
and Peters, 2020).
In case of the Tourism, it has both the positive and negative effect on the various tourists
destinations. In context to the impact in relation to the economics basically involves the personal
wedges, employment opportunities, tax revenues improvements and increment in the standards
of the living. In case of the economic factor, it is basically described as the economic or financial
condition of the country. In case of the tourism industry, it generally contributes indirectly 10.3
% and directly 3.6% in the gross domestic product (Mach and Ponting, 2018). In context to the
impact or the influence of the various economic conditions is basically divided among the three
categories which comprises of the expenditure, spending of the tourism organisations and the
capital invested. In case of the positive impact of the economies, it basically comprises of the
well being and the happiness (Biagi, Brandano and Ortega-Argiles, 2021). In context to the
positive impact, it basically comprises of the increment in the jobs, high quality life and a
wealthy surroundings. In context to the direct contribution, it basically comprises of the tourist
purchases and involves the entertainment facilities, food and beverages and much more. The
most important factor in context to the negative economic impact of tourism basically comprises
of the over dependency and the decrease in the traditional employment. In context to the tourism
industry, it basically results in causing stress and leading to increased population, loss of natural
habitat, soil erosion and pressure on the endangered variety. The tourism industry helps in
protection of the local natural resources and high quality of the water (Cavaliere and Ingram,
2021).
Due to the positive impact, it results in increasing the maintenance, creation of the
natural parks and the safety of the natural origin (Balli, Ghassan and Al Jeefri, 2021). The major
factors involved in the tourism environment are burning of the fossil fuels, over pollution,
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polluted water, unhygienic food and poor air quality. All these factors could result in affecting
the wild life and human beings. In context to the socio culture, it can be basically described as
the interaction among the individuals in relation to the culture. The Impact due to the culture
involves various factors such as identities, values in relation to tradition and norms. In context to
the social changes, it comprises of the overall increase in the taxes, local people lives and the life
style changes (Mkono and Hughes, 2020). The interaction among the individuals of the different
culture helps in deeper understanding of needs and the culture of the individuals (Park, Kang,
Choi and Han, 2020).
In context to Tourism, there are certain factors which are generally responsible for
affecting the tourism and the travel and the most common factor is COVID-19. In addition to
that, the negative and the positive impact results in affecting the tourism industry as a whole )
(Lane, 2018). In context to the organisation, the better interaction with the individuals is
considered to the positive point in context to the cultural and the social prospective and also
focusing on the improvement of the development of the country in a sustainable manner
(Ouellette, 2020). In today's scenario, there has been a constant increase in visiting the famous
spots. Also the industry of tourism as it was highly affected by the pandemic situation. When
there was relaxation with the restrictions of the pandemic, the industry boosted really well. But
the industry was highly influenced by the various factors such as legal, social, economical,
environmental and political factors. All these factors resulted in affecting the industry indirectly
or directly. The major cause of concern for thee tourism industry was to deal with the COVID-
19. Those who are generally a part of this industry had to suffer major losses and also were
struggling from the necessities such as shelter and food (Ferreira and Sousa, 2022).
CONCLUSION
From the above essay, it can be concluded that tourism plays a very factor and it could
result in affecting the overall development of the country. In reference to the tourism, it basically
comprises of the new job opportunities and creation of the income for the various individuals. In
addition to that, it helps in attracting the foreign tourists and exchange earnings. In context to the
tourism, it basically supports in providing various opportunities. In case of the tourism industry,
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it basically helps in developing lot of employment opportunities. Another important advantage is
that government has started to take care of the places, destinations and the historical monuments
leading to income generation for the government. In addition to that, the Government is paying
emphasis on the conversion of the bio diversity and also focusing on the safety maintenance and
the infrastructure. Few of the negative factors comprises of the natural resources and their over
utilization and the various kinds of pollution. In context to the Environment factor, it basically
comprises of the factors such as natural collateral, biodiversity tourism and the wildlife tourism
which generally affects the industry.
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