Tourism and Society: Impact and Relationship

Tourism and
Society

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
This essay gives a detailed analysis about the Tourism and Society. The object of this
particular essay is to discuss about the relationship between tourism and society and what is the
impact of one on another. Tourism can be defined as a phenomena where an individual travels
for various different purpose which maybe personal like for relaxing or professional. It is an
activity which consist of all economic, social phenomenon and cultural aspect where a person
travels to unknown destination other than their residence (Fang, Zhang and Li, 2020). The main
benefit of tourism is to generate and boast revenue which makes it an essential factor for the
nations economy. It is very significant since it creates vast revenue, employment and wealth.
This clearly shows that tourism causes impact on economy and societal needs. Tourism is greatly
serving the nation since it creates the three most essential features required for goal oriented
developing nation i.e providing income, jobs and Foreign exchange. All theses result in
providing a quality life to the individual of that particular nation. The tourism industry though
represents huge profit generation but it is mostly dominated by the male and the female is
provided less in comparison to them. This biasness on the basis of sexual orientation causes a
negative impact on the tourism industry. The term sociology is described as a study of basic
interaction between the people which is studied in the context of social causes, challenges,
changes and the repercussions of human behaviour (Sharpley, 2018). The sociology of Tourism
talks about tourist relationship in relation to define roles, attitude, motivation, building
relationships between locals and tourists, cultural impact etc. With changing times and
advancement of technology, the needs of the tourist is also evolving now the tourist industry
must provide the same experience (Tzanelli and Korstanje, 2020). Due to Covid 19 pandemic hit
the nations world wide the concerned legislature, government and the local community of a state
also play an essential role in making laws and implementing the same regarding the tourism
industry.
MAIN BODY
The term tourism can be defined as a business which provides many services like lodging
at different places to various people consisting of facilities like accommodating, transfer, food
and beverage, etc. thereby giving a recreational and serene experience. There are mainly three
forms of tourism such as Domestic, Inbound and Outbound tourism. The tourism industry of the
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