Tourism Development: Economic, Environmental & Socio-Cultural Impacts

This report provides an overview of the world of tourism, detailing the development of contemporary tourism and the significant factors influencing its growth. It identifies and discusses the positive and negative economic impacts, such as employment opportunities and revenue generation versus hidden costs and over-dependency. The report also examines the environmental impacts, highlighting both conservation efforts and issues like water overuse and pollution. Furthermore, it analyzes the socio-cultural impacts, including the preservation of local culture and potential strains on local communities. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices to mitigate negative impacts and maximize the benefits of tourism.

Understanding the World of
Tourism
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Describe the development of contemporary tourism and significant factors..............................1
Identify and discuss the positive and negative economic impacts of tourism.............................2
Identify and discuss the positive and negative environmental impacts of tourism.....................4
Identify and discuss the positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism......................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is a cultural, economic and social sensation which provides a way of exploring new
places or countries which is outside their normal environment for their personal and professional
reasons. Basically in the world of tourism there are four types of categories which are leisure,
business, sports and adventure. The tourism industry involve five types of activities like
conveyance, accommodation, trade, reformation and the last one is travel related
services.Toursim helps in increasing the revenue of the economy , also provide employment and
develop a social relationship between the citizens and the foreigners(Camilleri,2018). The report
will describe the understanding of world of tourism by describing the development of
contemporary tourism and will also elaborate the positive and negative economic, environmental
and socio-cultural impacts. In the report the future aspects of the tourism industry will also be
illustrated.
MAIN BODY
Describe the development of contemporary tourism and significant factors.
The tourism industry is considered to be one of the most recognized and largest industry across
the world. The world of tourism is providing a good revenue in terms of the world’s economy
and also provide the most significant source for the occupation and Gross domestic product
(GDP).For the developing countries the tourism industry is one of the best for increasing the
economy of the country. This sector also helps in encouraging the primary and secondary sector
of the industry (Sofronov, 2018). There is a lot of development in the contemporary tourism as
this creates an extra income in the country by direct tourist expenditure and tax receipts.it has
been studied that the tourism industry helps in contributing 9% of the total global GDP and
provide almost 260 million jobs across the world. Tourism industry provide a good
infrastructure of the country like it accomplish the development of new roads, highways , new
airports , developed parks and many more facilities which fascinate the tourists to visit that place
and feel comfortable. Tourism is a way which develop a cultural exchange between the citizens
and the tourists and also organize some concerts and events like exhibitions, conferences and
live concerts for attracting the tourists (Diakonidze, 2019). The foreign tourists convey some
assortment and cultural enrichment for the destination country in which they are visiting.
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Tourism industry is developing widely as it provides an opportunity for the local citizens to
innovate some new products and can earn some profit margin from them. Therefore by the
development of the tourism industry the local citizens find an opportunity for the economic and
educational growth (Jermsittiparsert, 2019).
Similarly there are many significant factors that are contributing in the development of the
contemporary tourism and some of them are mentioned below:
Economy of the country: when the tourists afford well on the tourism industry it leads to the
increment in the economic condition of the country. There are many ways by the tourism
industry is making revenue and increasing the economy like taxes , booking fees, multiple
charges for the facilities provided by the industry to the tourists for their comfort and well-
being(Kayumovich, 2020).
Technology: The web services have been entered in almost every place of the world and the
usage of technology is increasing drastically in the tourism industry as well.by the help of
technology the tourists can have an idea of the places they are visiting and the quality of the
services they are providing and this makes the tourists much more comfortable and can also find
reviews and feedback on the internet as well.
Research importance of Destination: There are many types of tourists and some of the tourists
visits the places with the aim of studying and survey. The need of research and investigation
promotes the tourism industry like the geologists , architects and the individuals who are
researching for the art find destination that have great impact in the field of research and
development(Eslami, and et.al, 2019).
Environment at Destination: Tourism is very attractive for the tourists when they feel very
good climate and any type of climate change like flood, wind storms can extremely affect the
tourism industry. For instance in the harsh summer months in India tourists like to visit the cold
places and hill stations because of the conductive climate.
Identify and discuss the positive and negative economic impacts of tourism
In the tourism industry there are many impacts which are contributing to the development of the
industry but on the other hand there are some negative impacts also which are badly affecting
the industry.
Positive economic Impacts of tourism
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 The first and very most important economic impact of tourism is it helps in providing
employment to many of the individuals and therefore this helps in increasing the revenue
of the economy of the world (Ren, and et.al, 2019).
 By the help of tourism industry the country can make more money and the tourism
industry charge some taxes and fees for booking and also some fees for the amenities and
this fees helps in the overall increment of the economy.
 One of other and major impact on the economy of the country of tourism industry is the
local tradition and culture are kept alive because the tourists love to enjoy the traditions
events and concerts like in Rajasthan the people love to listen and see the folk music and
dance of the destination.
 The money which are getting from the tourists is helping the county in various economic
factors like it can be used for the protection of natural landscape and can also help in
making new roads, new airport and other facilities for the betterment of the tourists.
 Some other positive impacts of tourism are learning about various cultures, increasing
acceptance and addition by LGBTQ+b travel, increasing the facilities like parks,
reforming services, investments in the art and culture (Icoz, and Icoz, 2019).
Negative economic impacts of tourism
 The tourism industry provide employment but this employment is limited and is totally
dependent on the seasonal factor and also paid very less amount to the employees.
 In the tourism industry there are many hidden charges that affect the economy in a very
drastic manner. Just like many products are imported by the host countries which are
developing because the local products are of inferior quality and therefore the profit goes
to the countries from where they have imported.
 In some of the poor and not developed countries the money used for the infrastructure is
given by the government but the profit has been export to the developed countries when
the investors of the overseas countries finance the hotels (Comerio, and Strozzi, 2019).
 Because of the more demand of the basic services and products by the tourists leads to
the increment in the price at the destination. This becomes very negative and adversely
affect the native citizen whose earnings does not increase in that ratio.
 In the tourism packages almost two third of the income goes to the airlines, hotels and
other amenities and not to the local citizen.
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 In all the tourism packages they provide everything on the resort and hotel itself and this
becomes a challenging situation for the local citizen to earn and sell their products and
services to the tourists
 One of the most common impact facing by the tourism industry is over dependency. it
can be understood like when the taste and fashion changes or because of any other
change in the external environment the number of tourists visiting that places suddenly
decreases and this leads to the loss of business and also decrease the rate of employment
in the destination.
Identify and discuss the positive and negative environmental impacts of tourism.
The environmental impacts are those impacts which are caused by the environment and these are
the natural impacts which are faced by the tourism industry like climate change, environmental
degradation and many more. Similarly the tourism industry also have to face some positive as
well as some negative environmental impacts of the tourism industry.
Positive environmental impact of tourism
 The tourism industry have a very significant impact on the environment as the beautiful
places, exotic ecosystem attract the visitors all around the world. Tourism industry is the
best way to raise awareness of the environmental values. The environmental factor is the
primary reason for the travellers and in order to make this a better every tourists should
be aware of the environmental values.
 Tourism is not only for exploring or visiting the places but also helps in leaning
something new and skilled (Zhao, and Li, 2018). Many visitors do research and
investment while travelling and some write blogs on the destination places and this
makes them updated and well-informed.
 The tourism industry supports in the conservation and biodiversity protection activities.
Just like in Africa almost 36% of the tourism is wildlife and this also gives jobs to the
women’s and reduces the poverty and help in making infrastructure like schools,
hospitals and many more.
 Tourism industry bring multiple opportunities for the remote areas and people live to
visit those places which are more nature driven and this leads to the prevention of illegal
trade and exploitation(Ren, and et.al, 2019).
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Negative environmental impact of tourism
 One of the major negative environmental impact on the tourism is the overuse of water.
Many tourists like to use swimming pools and water parks and this leads to the wastage
of water. Because of this many local citizens do not get enough water for their basic
necessities.
 The tourism industry depends on the depletion of renewable and non-renewable
resources and this contain various types of minerals, metals and biomass resources.the
tourism industry burn higher amount of fossil fuel and hence produces greenhouse gases
which affect the health of fertile soils which is needed to grow the food and damage the
whole ecosystem.
 One of the major impact of tourism on the environmental is pollution and there are many
ways in which it can be seen like increased emission linked to transport and higher need
of energy . For instance cruise ships are the major factor for the pollution.
 The tourism industry is also affecting the greenhouse gas emission and contribute to the
global warming.one of the most common form of travel in terms of emission are the
airlines and they accounted for total 40% of the total carbon dioxide emission in the
tourism industry(Kongbuamai, and et.al, 2020).
 The tourism industry is also degrading the physical ecosystem such as rain forests,
wetlands and alpine regions because these are more attractive and liked by the tourists
and this leads to the loss of biodiversity. The unsustainable use of the land leads to the
sand dune and soil erosion and the corrosion of the site.
Identify and discuss the positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism.
Socio culture impacts in terms of the tourism industry are the human impacts of the industry
with an importance on the changes in the quality of the resident’s daily life at the destination of
the tourist and also the cultural impacts which are related to the transformations in the traditional
values, norms, and characteristics rising from the tourism.
Positive socio-culture impact on tourism
 The tourism industry is supporting in preserving the local culture as the tourists like to
visit the local places more and also find them more influencing and attractive. For
example tourists visits Beijing for learning more about the Chinese dynasties. Many
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destinations are making efforts for preserving and protecting the local culture (Zhuang,
Yao, and Li, 2019).
 Tourism is also helping in strengthening the local communities just like the jobs
developed by the tourism is a great way of boosting the local community. Local people
can help the tourism industry in many ways like they can shoe the local culture and also
can sell the products at a local price and this will be beneficial for the tourists as well.
 One of the most common and positive socio culture impact on tourism is it helps in
commercializing the culture and art. The local citizens can show some events and shows
related to the local art for preserving and protecting the local culture and tradition.
 Preservation of heritage is also one of the positive socio culture impact on the tourism
industry. Many visitors come for seeing the local heritage and this is the reason for
preserving the heritage. This can be strategic planning for the development of the tourism
industry as well (Ramkissoon 2020).
Negative socio culture impacts of tourism
 Because of the heavy traffic in the area the infrastructure is not able to cope with the
increased rush so due to this leads to overcrowding, poor sanitation and this causes
diseases to the tourists as well as to the local citizens.
 Local people have to relocate to some other places for the tourism development and due
this they lost their job and employment.
 The tourism industry provide a staged authenticity which refers to the ‘pseudo-events’
which does not relate with the local culture (Ibănescu, and et.al, 2018.). These events are
artificial in nature and creates a culture which does not represent the real culture of the
destination place.
 The tourists always some familiarity in the destination place and this leads to the loss of
culture diversity for example McDonald culture represent the American culture outside
America.
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CONCLUSION
Tourism industry is considered to be one of the most productive and growing sector in terms of
tourists as well as government. The tourism industry have developed significantly in the past
few years and provide employment to many of the individuals. This industry also helps in
making infrastructure and revenue in the economy of the country.it is one of the major driver for
the economic growth of the country. In the report the development of contemporary tourism and
their significant factor are described in an appropriate manner. The report also include the
positive and negative economic, environmental and socio-cultural impacts.
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