Understanding the World of Tourism: Impacts and Challenges

This report discusses the expansion of contemporary tourism, economic impacts of tourism, environmental effects of tourism, and socio-cultural impacts of tourism. It also highlights the challenges faced by the tourism industry.

UNDERSTANDING THE
WORLD OF TOURISM

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Expansion of the contemporary tourism......................................................................................3
Economic negative and positive impacts of tourisms..................................................................4
Environmental effects of tourism................................................................................................5
The positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of the tourism................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
A tourism is a culture, economical and social spectacle which required movement of the
individuals to places or countries separate from their usual domain for business or expert or
personal purpose. It is vistal for success on the many economics of the world. It boosts revenue
of economic, generate thousand jobs, plants sense of the culture exchange among citizens and
foreigners and also develops infrastructures of the country (Magro-Lindenkamp, and Leung,
2019). Tourism is primary economic activity for world, and it continuous expanding due to
emerging technological trends. The development of the technology has created a global village
and made modern tourism manners safer. This report will discuss the contemporary tourism and
important factors. Moreover, this report also includes the negative and positive impacts of
economic to the tourism industry with some examples. This report will also discuss the
environmental impact that includes both positive and negative impact of tourism. Furthermore,
this report also describes the negative and positive culture impacts of tourism (Zhuang., Yao, and
Li,., 2019).
MAIN BODY
Expansion of the contemporary tourism
The international approach presents inspirational and new approach to learning about
tourism, since issues such as tourism ethics, altering world orders, pro- poor tourism and
destination marketing. Contemporary tourism is between features that people highly misinterpret
globally. The established countries have accepted and it considered as a significant commercial
development drive by the both emerging and development nations all over the world. It is
significant and large business globally, while it is vital agent of environment and culture
changes. Contemporary tourism is very dynamic also complex, particularly with a modern
expansion in the technology and science (Streimikiene., and et.al., 2021). Thus, it is very vital to
study production and consumption characteristics roots for the understanding current system of
tourism. The geographic tourism organization emerged as serious issue in industry. This is

favourable as it is used to find movement of tourism from the divergent areas of the world to
others.
The organization is more used to regulate inter connection among the many regions and the
tourism destinations. In today’s world, the planning of the modern tourism business in the given
areas become very curial. The commerce calls for the creation of the strategies at the basic levels
for inspire tourism to the definite destination of the world. In modern tourism schemes move
through from the traditional to modern with the advance and new structures. The characteristics
of contemporary tourism are management trends, cover tourism policies, rise in city and urban
tourism, new techniques and technologies, between other innovations, specially in hospitality
industry of tourism. The nations such as USA, Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Italy are the vital
nations which developed their tourism relations and then convert the key tourism destinations.
Some other contemporary issue, contains the internet of things (IoT), AI in the hotels, experience
economy, big data, analytics and recognition technology (Higgins-Desbiolles., 2018).
Economic negative and positive impacts of tourisms
There are numbers of economic impact of tourism, so its very important to understand this
which leads to maximise the positive impact and minimise negative impact of the tourism. The
great and positive economic impact of travel are to earn foreign exchange, helps in raised
government revenue and local economics, develop private sector and generate employment
(Khayrulloevna., 2020). Whereas some negative impact such as infrastructure cost, increase
price of the products, foreign management and ownership etc. Foreign exchange earning this is
the major benefits of the tourism because it is capability to make or create money by foreign
earnings. People who spend their money to visit places in a country so it generates revenue to the
host economy. And the money that country generate by tourism can be retain or reinvest in the
economy. Currencies that are very strong and act as a desirable currency such as Dollar, Euro
etc. The faster growth of the global tourism had directed to employment the creation. Tourism
creates many opportunities and create jobs. For example, when tourism is increase then country
need people to manage their hotel and many things so tourism directly indirectly increase
employment opportunities (Pramanik and Ingkadijaya., 2018).
Whereas it also has negative impact, the one of the negative impacts is rate of infrastructure.
The tourism development increases the cost, it may require or need the local government to
improve roads, airports (Fernández., and et.al., 2018) and some other substructures which are

very costly. For example, the progress of the third runway at the location of London Heathrow is
very costly but needed (Comerio and Strozzi., 2019). Such areas may decrease government
money which is requires in other critical areas like health and education. One of biggest
economic impacts of the tourism is it rise prices in local area. Tourism transformation increase
the real estate demand which dramatically rise land values and the building cost. It means that
the local public will be more required to shift away from the zone that traveller is located, this is
also known as gentrification.
Environmental effects of tourism
With the increase in supportable tourism and increase in numbers of the creativities is
used as an environmentally friendly, stakeholders and tourists. Tourism has potential to make
valuable efforts on environment by causal to the environmental protection and conservation. This
is a different way to increase awareness of the morals and can be assist as financial protection
tool. The negative impact of the tourism development is progressively terminated environmental
recourse on which it is depends. The biggest positive impact is raised up awareness. As, various
destinations encourage sustainable tourism and eco- tourism, and this can beneficial to educate
individuals about environmental impact of the tourism. There are various conservation areas,
game reserves and national parks all over the world that is help to promote the positive
environment impact of tourism (Ren., and et.al., 2019).
Tourism has helped in the boosting water quality and make strategies that pursue to
encourage the natural resources. It has been prime creator for additional resource investment in
infrastructure and other related services. Tourism can cause pollution as every industry that is
noise pollution, air emissions, solid waste, chemicals & oil and littering, sewage etc. There are
some physical impacts of tourism development, that is to develop tourism the factifies can
includes sand and beach dun erosion, sand mining, and loss of the wild life habitats. Increase
sediments in the water can directly disturb the growth. The trampling can damage or can even
kill coral. The pollution from the dirt can give bad effects on environment. Ship grounding can
damage bottommost of sea bed and kill coral. Uncontrolled tourism can put natural resource into
threat around the world as it pressuring producing soil erosion, contamination of the wate bodies
like oceans and seas, vulnerability of the forests to fires and loss of the natural habitats etc.
(Cooper., 2022)

The positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of the tourism
Tourism influences local and global destinations both culturally and informally. Tourists can
travel across different boarders of the world, and tourists can even create friends, homes etc. for
example, the China attract tourist who wants to tour Beijing to research and study Chinese
dynasties between other aspects. Many destinations worldwide make sure that they will protect
their local culture, as causal to the sustainable management resources (Richards., 2018). Tourism
generates employment opportunities hereafter massive boost for community. There are many
benefits for host country as a result of the tourism. This may include benefits such as increase
opportunities for the local businesses that is they can increase trade between increase numbers of
the visitors, and helps to develop variety of the local businesses (Sharma., Chaurasia, and
Balakrishnan., 2019).
Tourism also enhances economy of the region, bring employment opportunities, and also
helps to generate revenue for local government. Culture interaction have some negative effects.
Local government need to able to fund tourist demands, which give impact on taxes that is to
increase taxes (Ferreira., Castro and Gomes., 2020). The other biggest negative social- culture
impact are the differences in social values and moral between resident host community and the
staying tourist. Crime rate also seen to grow with increase of the tourism. Such crimes are rowdy
behaviours, illegal drug use and supply, loud noise and alcohol. It may cause disruption in the
host communities. Increase in tourism also consequences of increasing traffics which give
impact or disturb the life of the local people of the community (Amoiradis, Velissariou, and
Stankova., 2021).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it had been concluded that tourism is very important for every
country because it generate jobs and increase income of the economy etc. The above report
illustrates the concept of tourism. There are many challenges such as travel marketing, cross
border regulation. Taxation, security and infrastructure. Tourism predicted to increase in the
future, in covid – 19 this industry is affected more because at that time people are not travel so
that why at that time there is great drop in revenue (Higgins-Desbiolles., 2020). In future, the
international tourists are founded to increase by good percentage. Every country focuses on
development tourism because it gives great benefits to the country such as it generates

employment, increase revenue of local government, and many more. This report covers the
economic impact of tourism and also illustrate some positive and negative environment impact
of tourism. Moreover, this report also discusses some negative and positive social- culture
impact of the tourism.

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