Tourism Development: Scope, Impact, and Management Strategies Explored

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of tourism development, exploring its scope and impact on various destinations, including MEDCs like Switzerland. It details the economic, environmental, socio-cultural, and political impacts of tourism, both positive and negative. The report also discusses strategies to minimize the negative impacts of tourism, such as effective planning, demand and supply control, and education for tourism industry employees. Furthermore, it highlights the benefits of tourism management, including social, environmental, and economic advantages, such as foreign exchange earnings, community development, and job creation. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of government involvement and strategic approaches to enhance tourism while mitigating its adverse effects.

Tourism
Development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Scope of tourism development..............................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Impact of tourism development on tourism destinations......................................................4
2.2 Impact of tourism development on MEDC...........................................................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Negative impact of tourism development can be minimized................................................5
3.2 Benefits to management of tourism.......................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is an activity of travel from one place to another for pleasure. This can be at
international or domestic level. Travel and tourism is a hospitality industry that’s why it is more
essential and complex to manage demand and supply in this industry (Sharpley, 2015). Different
countries develop tourism in order to attract large number of visitors and to get competitive
advantages and at the same time give opportunity to earn foreign exchange. Scope of tourism
development is mention under this report. Further impact of different tourism development
activities on various tourist destinations is all mention in this. Along with this, different strategies
which can be used to minimize the negative impact of tourisms and to maximize the positive
impact of tourism is all detailed under this report.
TASK 1
1.1 Scope of tourism development
Tourism is one of the fast growing industry in world. For promote the tourism it is very essential
that there must be quality services everywhere form arrival of traveler to their departure. It is
very necessary that every tourist must feel comfortable and should feel that they got some
experience for rest of their life (Hinch and Higham, 2011). Different factors such as culture,
visitors and customs all these must be considered and properly monitored by authority to offer
maximum comfort to visitors. It is very essential that there must be skilled and capable
workforce to fulfill the requirement of visitors. Government of country play a big role in whole
concept of tourism so it is very essential that government must adopt a positive approach and
attitude to identify and solve the issues involved in this industry. Terrorists is one of the biggest
threat to the industry of tourism and this largely affect the growth of this industry. The main
factors which affect the growth of tourism industry can be understood by following points:
Political: Political relations of a country and political stability in one country largely affect the
activities of tourism development. Peaceful relations and conditions in the world are required to
develop tourisms in one country (Látková and Vogt, 2012). If government one country provide
and support different agencies who work related with the development of tourism than this
ensure development of different tourist destinations in that country and attract large number of
visitors.
 Economic: Income is one of the key element which affect the development of
tourism. For example: high income growth in developed countries allow the people to
spend more money on travel. While on the other hand people with low income level
does not spend much on travel. Negative impact f increase number of visitors is that it
decrease the natural resources of country.

 Environmental: Different activities related with tourism largely affect the
environment. For example different natural resources are used by travel agencies to
satisfy the needs of visitors. This encourage firm to focus on effective utilization of
natural resources so they can be save for future use.
Socio cultural: Increased level of stress in people due to their work and because of urbanization
and progress of technological (Lee, 2013). This increase the length of vacations and holiday
periods of individuals. All this increase the activities of tourism.`
All these are the main factors which largely affect the development of tourism
activities in a country.
TASK 2
2.1 Impact of tourism development on tourism destinations
Impact of tourism on tourisms destinations can better understood by following points:
Economic impact: One of the positive economic impact of tourism is that it influence
government, different individuals and companies to participate in development process. This
provide high return to stakeholders and create lot of employment opportunities for local people.
Further, it helps in increase domestic income of a country, improve employment and many more
(Zamani‐Farahani and Henderson, 2010). Negative impact is that it increase living cost and
seasonal unemployment. It leads to loss of traditional jobs such as fishing and farming.
 Environmental impact: Main environmental impact of tourism is that it result in
depletion of natural resources such as water, local resources and other. Further it create
pollution and create other physical impacts. Positive impact is that it ensure high quality
of water and natural resources.
Socio cultural impact: Positive impact is that huge amount of money is invested infrastructure,
better facilities which enhance the quality of education system (Palacios, 2010). But large
number of visitors leads overcrowding and poor sanitation.
 Political impact: To increase effectiveness of tourism activities it is very essential that
there must be political stability in a country. In case of political stability a country can not
attract large number of visitors and can not get benefits.
2.2 Impact of tourism development on MEDC
Tourism’s impact on Switzerland: Improvements of transport facilities in increase the
number of visitors. Main attraction of Switzerland are its scenery, recreational activities and
mountain scenery in summer.

Impact of tourism on Switzerland can be understood by following points:
Socio cultural: Income generated by tourism increase standard of living of people and increase
conveniences of visitors to snowboards (Richards, 2011). Further, this provide cultural diversity
and enhance access of remote mountains. It also create a false culture and disturb local people.
Economic: Different services such as railway get benefited as this increase their revenues. Create
more opportunities of job and developed different facilities such as transport and many more
(Cai and Wang, 2010). This make the routes more congested and increase demand increase the
price of tourism products.
 Environmental: Decrease the damage caused by interference of nature. Use of boats
decrease the disturbance of people (Ferguson, 2010). Negative impact is that this increase
the waste of water and decrease biodiversity. This increase the pressure on environments
and increase pollution.
TASK 3
3.1 Negative impact of tourism development can be minimized
Tourism is a activity which can take place on domestic as well as international level. This
activity largely affect the other activities of a country (Baležentis and et. al., 2012). This affect a
country in a negative as well as positive way. To ensure optimum utilization of all resources and
to maintain the number of visitors it is very essential to maximize its positive impact and
minimize its negative impact Different strategies are there which can be used for this.
 Planning: Process of decide future actions to better satisfy the needs of all visitors and to
fulfill their requirements is known as the process of planning. This help in decrease cost
of operations and ensure maximum utilization of natural and all resources.
Control demand and supply: As industry of tourism is a service based it is very complex to
manage demand and supply (Erkuş-Öztürk and Eraydın, 2010). By effective manage demand
and supply number of visitors at destinations can be increased and negative impact can be
minimized. Further, it is also essential to control traffic of visitors.
 Education: Positive impact on tourism can be maximized by give education to
employees and other manpower involve in this industry. Workers play a big role in
hospitality industry as they interact with visitors on face to face basis. agencies can
conduct different learning programs for them to educate them how to behave with

visitors. This will help in increase number of visitors in that country and provide various
other advantages.
3.2 Benefits to management of tourism
Activity of tourism provide number of benefits to country including social, environmental
and economic all these can be understood by following points:
 Social benefits:
Help country in earn foreign exchange and support the development activities of different
communities.
Encourage involvement of local people.
Provide a platform to exchange culture between hosts and guest.
Encourage the celebration of cultural events and local festivals.
Different facilities and development of infrastructure provide various benefits to local
residents.
Encourage the learning of different and new languages.
Funds related with tourism contributed towards building of schools in areas.
 Environmental benefits:
Activity of tourism encourage and foster the preservation of different resources including
natural, historical and cultural.
Encourage beautification of community.
 Economic benefits
Help in stabilize the local economy.
Provide extra tax revenues to government from restaurant and hotel taxes, sales taxes,
parking entrances taxes, employee income tax and many more.
Create job opportunities and local jobs for people. Directly jobs include related with
tourism such as tour and hotel services while indirect jobs include services such as food
and many more.
Bring more and new money in economy.
Help in attract new businesses and services to offer different services to visitors in order
to better satisfy their demands. All this support the tourism industry.
Help in earn valuable foreign exchange.
CONCLUSION
From the above information it can be summarized that tourism is one of the
activity which largely affect the growth and development of a country and get affected by
number of elements. Number of development have take place in tourism. In order to
maintain the number of visitors and to better satisfy their needs different strategies are
there which can be used by agencies. Government of country play a big role in whole

activity of tourism so right approach must be used by government of every country to
enhance the number of tourists in that country.

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