2TOURISM PLANNING ENVIRONMENT
Critically evaluating the tourism related issue
Around 5% of the global economy is contributed by the tourism industry with an estimated
annual growth of 6.2%. As mentioned by Gladstone, Curley and Shokri (2012), analyzing the
impact of tourism on the environment is hardly studied despite the adverse consequences.
According to this journal, it can be seen that the coastal regions attract the high number of
tourists, as this allows the tourists to enjoy both the scenic beauty of sea and land. The tourism
related issue discussed in this journal is to evaluate the impact of tourism on the environment.
According to the journals, it can be said that tourism imposes a severe threat to the environment.
Moreover, this journal specifically highlights the environmental impacts on the gulf coastal
region. Increase in the number of tourists in the gulf coastal area has increased to 22.9 million.
Due to the increase in the number of tourists, gulf countries had build suitable, comfortable and
adequate number of infrastructures. An excessive number of infrastructure within a limited time
in the gulf region has resulted in the loss of coral reefs, wetlands, sandy embayment and
mangrove forests. As a result, the loss of habitat in the coastal region is prevalent. The activity
undertaken and performed by the tourists such as SCUBA diving poses potential threats to the
marine species due to the boats. Environmental damage also includes coral breakage and damage
along with littering the marine and the coastal environment.
However, as argued by Lee and Brahmasrene (2013), tourism poses an adverse
environmental hazard by facilitating a higher rate of carbon dioxide emission. The journal
demonstrates a close relationship between economic growth and emission of carbon dioxide. As
tourism contributes largely to the overall economic growth of a country, the environmental
impact also increases. Due to the economic growth of the country, the rate of development

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