Development of Contemporary Tourism: Positive and Negative Impacts on Economy, Environment, and Sociocultural Aspects

This report discusses the development of contemporary tourism and its positive and negative impacts on the economy, environment, and sociocultural aspects. It covers the factors responsible for tourism development and its impact on employment, income, and GDP growth. It also explores the environmental impacts of tourism, including pollution and overcrowding, and the sociocultural impacts, such as meeting new people and loss of cultural identity.

Describe the
development of
contemporary tourism
and discuss its positive
and negative economic
environmental and
sociocultural impacts

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................3
The first section- the development of contemporary tourism and significant factors.....................3
The second section- the positive and negative economic impacts of tourism.................................4
The third section- the positive and negative environmental impacts of tourism.............................5
The fourth section- the positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism............................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
As we all know that in today’s world tourism industry is one of the most fastest growing
industry. Basically, this sector is the total of all the businesses which is directly linked with
facilities as it provides services to customers, pleasure and leisure activities away from the home
environment. nowadays, people likes to travel in different location to explore new places along
with feel the experience about different cultures and beliefs. Tourism plays a vital role for the
success of economy as it helps to boosts the revenue of the economy. Plus, it is helpful to
develops the infrastructures of a country. The present report will be based on the development of
contemporary tourism and highlights some negative and positive impacts in different terms such
as socio cultural, economic and environmental. Tourism sector is divided into two major parts
which includes tourism services industry and the travel industry. The report is going to cover all
the aspects relating to this industry and its services.
The first section- the development of contemporary tourism and significant
factors.
Tourism is one of the most famous sector in the world as it provides great contribution to
economy (Camilleri, 2018). However, it is also an agent of cultural and change and a significant
contributor to change relating to environments. As we all know that in today’s era the study
relating to tourism and industry is changing constantly. Contemporary tourism is all about an
international approach which presents a refreshing approach so that one can easily study about
tourism, considering issues relation to it. The issues may include changing trends, changing order
of the world, ethics relating to tourism, destination marketing etc. It is currently one of the most
essential yet highly misunderstood phenomenon at global level. In order to better comprehend
the dynamic nature of contemporary tourism experience, many tourism researchers in the world
have leveraged on the concept relation to system of tourism. Moreover, system of tourism
involves production, consumption and the experience generated. This approach is usually
explained as a geographical tourism system which consists of major factors which needs to be
taken into consideration such as:
 A generating region
 A destination region
 A transit route and last is the environment- the surrounding area of these three regions.

Talking about tourism development, it is all about bringing innovative products and
experience to the market so that tourists who visit in the country or any destination can enjoy it.
In order to meet the requirements of customers, companies of travel industry are focusing on
product development after the identification of a gap in the current marketplace and make
decision to develop an experience (Sharma, Thomas and Paul, 2021).
As we all know that are many factors which is responsible for development of tourism. In
today’s world there has been an increasing trend seen in the amount of paid leaves days. So,
people plan their vacation to enjoy special moment with people. Due to greater awareness among
people has also create pressure on government to focus on development of tourism. Nowadays,
television, social media platforms and social trends also have raised expectations of people as
they want to explore new places. Another key factor is increased life expectance- there are a
greater number of old age people who travel from one place to another place as it can impact the
development of tourism also at global level. Also, if the power of spending money is high then
people can easily explore new place and spends more on their visits (Rashideh, 2020).
The second section- the positive and negative economic impacts of tourism
Speaking in relation with economic impacts of tourism, it influences the other possible
impacts of tourism. Economic impacts of tourism involve trade and investment at national and
global levels. Let us discuss some important points relating to impacts of tourism in a positive
and negative manner.
Positive impacts:
Generating employment- as we all know that tourism is one of the most famous sector in
the world which generates employment as it creates many opportunities for people who wants to
make their career (Rana and Kumar, 2019). this industry provides jobs to many needy people and
creates wide range of employment opportunities. There are many types of positions available in
this sector with which one can pursue according to their interest and experience. in terms of
employment, it has been noted that tourism creates almost 1.4 million jobs for people and
improved their living standard.
Increases in income and GDP growth- of course, tourism is seen as one of the largest
sector and fastest growing industries in the world. This industry not only provides jobs but also
increase the income level of people. With the support of this industry, many people have increase
their lifestyle along with focused on wide range of job opportunities. Increased in the

development of tourism has also increased in the economic condition and GDP growth of the
country. In addition to this, tourism also focused on some improvement in infrastructure such as
improvements in telecommunications, water supply etc.
Negative impacts
Additional taxes- Talking about negative impacts there are large number of moving visitors
into an area pushes up the prices of services and products. Which means that local people have to
pay more for transport and food and drinks. Not only this, local people also have to pay
additional taxes on services like water treatment facilities, which creates issues for them in
financial terms (Akadiri and et.al., 2020).
Over dependency- this is another negative impact of tourism because nowadays due to
changing customer trends and their tastes business owners in the tourism sector have to be more
depended on changing trends and provide them services as per customer’s convenience to beat
the competition. For example- due to recent economic crisis there was sudden decline in number
of tourists visiting a particular destination which also creates loss of employment in some areas
and businesses were closed (Rather, 2021).
The third section- the positive and negative environmental impacts of tourism
Positive impacts
Increased awareness- nowadays people are more about environmental impacts of
tourism. As people are spending more time on social media exploring things and details about
destination they first check about environmental factors. In recent years, it has helped to reduce
the negative impacts of tourism (Dube and Nhamo, 2019).
Increase funding for renovation work- as we all know that the another positive impact is
increase in funds, tourism has helped in the funding for renovation work on historic building in
the world such as churches, castles in order to ensure that they are preserved for young future
generations (Dube and Nhamo, 2018).
Negative impacts
Increased in pollution- as we all know that tourism has negative impact on environment
as there are many forms of travel such as cars, trains, buses airlines and ships. These all mode of
transportation can impact the natural beauty and increase pollution because of fuel. These
vehicles produce emissions that can cause atmospheric pollution which can increase climate
change (Akadiri and et.al., 2020).

Overcrowding- when the number of people gather together at a destination then it will
surely harmful for natural sites. This is the major reason as pollution is also caused by number of
people producing litter. Due to this enjoyment of the destination is spoilt.
The fourth section- the positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism
Positive impacts-
Meeting new people- this is one of the most important social impact of tourism as it
motivates people to meet new people learn about their culture and beliefs. It leads to a greater
understanding between people living in different counties having different cultures and
languages. Taking in relation with cultural impacts it helps to stimulate the production of local
crafts and arts to meet the requirement of visitors (Zhuang, Yao and Li, 2019).
Increase mutual respect for the different lifestyles- as discussed tourism increase social
gatherings as it also benefits from new facilities which are provided for tourists. It also helps to
gain a greater mutual respect for each other’ s lifestyle in the areas they are visiting. It also helps
to improve their knowledge, social status and skills and encourage them to undertake training
and education so that it can help to achieve something relating to development in life (Bornioli
and et.al., 2022).
Negative impacts
Increased crime- as we all know that increased in the number of people visiting in particular
areas will increase crime such as gambling, drug dealing, prostitution and robbery also (Wang
and et.al., 2020).
Loss of an area’s cultural identity-talking in relation with cultural impact, as we all know
that newly set up restaurants are providing international food and drinks to tourists and
encouraging others to eat these international food and drinks, this has somehow impacted the
cultural identity (Mikayilov and et.al., 2019).
CONCLUSION
To conclude, tourism is fastest growing industry in the world in the recent years, it creates
employment opportunities, increase revenue for the countries. Not only this the report has also
concluded that, revenue which is generated from tourists can be utilized to protect the natural
landscape. In addition, it has created greater demand for local crafts, arts and food and also

encouraged infrastructures. The report also explained about the negative impacts such as traffic
jams, overcrowding, increase in prices of products or services and many more.

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