Analyzing Tourism Impacts in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Report

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the tourism industry in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, examining its multifaceted effects. The study explores the economic impacts, highlighting job creation in sectors like transportation, food and beverage, and accommodation, while also acknowledging negative economic factors such as high travel expenses and limited international air access. Furthermore, the report delves into the environmental effects, emphasizing the industry's dependence on sustainable natural resources and the potential for environmental degradation. It also discusses the positive social effects, such as the preservation of regional cultures and the creation of civic pride, while addressing negative social issues like homelessness. The report references various sources to support its findings, providing a comprehensive overview of the tourism industry's influence on Victoria's economic, environmental, and social landscapes.

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Tourism is a dynamic industry of hospitality that facilitates the services to the
customers associated with the tour and travel destinations. The tourism industry has emerged
out to be a dynamic and competitive industry globally that targets to facilitate standard
services in order to fulfill customer satisfaction, enjoyment, and safety. Thereby, travel and
tourism are recognized as one of the world’s largest industries. The tourism and hospitality
industry in British Columbia accounts employs an immense number of people in the dynamic
spectrum of diverse sectors such as travel services and transportation, entertainment and
recreation, accommodation, and services of food and beverages. The tourism industry is
associated with various domains that make up the majority of the business market and
contribute to creating job opportunities. Inbound tourism boosts the economic growth of the
region as well as the growth of job opportunities. Outbound tourism promotes the customer
base of diversified regional background or the cross cultural understanding. Following it,
tourism being the dynamic domain of business industry, it does reflect the positive and well
as the negative effects. The research paper focuses on the deliverance of an in depth study on
the understanding of what the tourism industry is along with the effects of the tourism
industry in Victoria British Columbia.
As mentioned, tourism involves a wide variety of activities, services, and industries of
the variant domain, delivering efficient travel experiences to the customers. It also includes
positive as well as negative effects on the environmental, economical, and social as well as
political grounds (García, Vázquez, & Macías, 2015). In the competitive arena of tourism in
Victoria Canada British Columbia, the travel expenses are higher, and in addition, very few
direct international airways are active from Victoria’s International Airport safety (Mowforth
& Munt, 2015). Therefore, people who are influential and wealthy can reach up to this
destination. Therefore, transportation has been a major factor in running the tourism industry.
Though the tourism industry draws attention towards their destination efficiently, yet they

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lack the services of healthcare for temporary visitors' safety (Mowforth & Munt, 2015). In
addition, shopping in Canada is often recognized as unfavorable option. This is because, in
Canada, taxes are higher in comparison to other tourist destinations. Therefore, due to
complexities and the lacking of certain required services affect the economy of the region
provided with the fact that majority of the customer base seeks for convenience in
transportation, shopping as well as they make sure whether the agencies of tourism industry
provide health care services (García, Vázquez, & Macías, 2015).
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian estate of British Columbia, which is
located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada’s Pacific coast safety (Mowforth
& Munt, 2015). The city with greater population accounts to retain a decent economy due to
the wide spectrum of the business in the paradigm of the tourism industry. Victoria is also
known as the “City of Gardens” due to its equitable climate. The tourism industry does reflect
positive as well as negative economic effects (García, Vázquez, & Macías, 2015). The
positive economic effect is the growth of job opportunities in the various sector of tourism
hospitality such as travel agency services, transportation services to customers in order to
take them to the core destinations of tourist spots, food and beverage industries, hotel
industries associated with tourism and also in the sector communication market. The negative
effect on the grounds of the economy of the region results from the impactful weather
conditions and political upheaval safety (Mowforth & Munt, 2015). As the economy of the
region is dependent mostly on the tourism industry, the economy is adversely affected when
the unfavorable environmental conditions steep down the profitable revenue received from
the tourism industry. Majority of the land is in high use for the recreational purpose under the
tourism industry. The land is, therefore, the fundamental resource to facilitate the recreation
of the customers under the tourism business. The sustainability of the land is directly linked
to the state of natural resources. Therefore, tourism industry is highly dependent on the

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environmentally sustainable natural resource meaning the quality of the environment that
includes the land, water, air, animals and plants. From the fact, it is understood that the
market of tourism industry is directly proportional to the environment. Tourism business is
affected when the environment undergoes degradation like diminishing of wilderness, marine
and fresh water pollution, degradation of wild life habitat and fish. Thereby, tourism can be a
major reason of stress to the environment.
Tourism in Victoria Canada British Columbia receives immense positive effects on
environmental grounds. The tourist spots associated with the tourism industry provides
exposure to the historical account or record of the tourist spots and contributes much in the
education (García, Vázquez, & Macías, 2015). It is recorded that tourism destination with
over 3.5 million overnight visitors per year who add more than a billion dollars to the local
economy. In addition, the city also serves as regional downtown where it is popular for many
night clubs, restaurants theatres and events due to which the region draws the attention of the
tourist and facilitate the region with profitable economy safety (Mowforth & Munt, 2015).
Other than the events, the city is rich with ethnicity and cultures that include the Victoria
Symphony that is led by the eminent artist along with grandeur in the social environment.
Following it, the cultural events with an accompaniment of orchestra throughout the day has
exposed to newer way of gaining business profits safety (Mowforth & Munt, 2015). The
scenic views and major tourist destinations are recognized as a good source of education or
gaining knowledge regarding historical accounts (García, Vázquez, & Macías, 2015). One of
the major tourist attractions is Beacon Hill Park that contains manicured gardens, playing
fields, exotic species of plants, and animals. There are several other buildings of historical
importance that include the 1845 St. Ann's Schoolhouse; the 1852 Helmcken House built for
Victoria's first doctor; the 1863 Congregation Emanu-El and many more. Thereby, through
such a destination, the effects in education are remarkable (Hinch & Ramshaw, 2014).

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The social effects of tourism lead to the satisfaction of the regional dwellers as
tourism creates civic pride by encouraging the growth of local customs, food, traditions, and
immense recognition. The communication between the hosts and the guests creates a good
relationship by facilitating loyalty and trust so that the customers pay interest to their services
and mark them under their recommendation list (Hinch & Ramshaw, 2014). Tourism helps in
preserving regional cultures. The more the industry delves deeper into the authentic
recognition of the traditions, the greater the preferences are received (García, Vázquez, &
Macías, 2015). Despite the remarkable reputation of Victoria’s tourist destination, there are
several cases that reveal that pervasive homelessness and panhandling are major issues in the
downtown area, and simultaneously, the increase in open-air drug use is witnessed safety
(Mowforth & Munt, 2015). Thereby, it is observed that Victoria, even being the prime city of
the tourism industry, these negative social effects still exists due to the lack of income
assistance.
From the above discussion, it is noted that the tourism industry in Victoria
Canada British Columbia has major visible effects on the environmental, economical, and
social grounds. As mentioned that the tourism industry of the city Victoria benefits in
economic growth due to its variant domain, such as the communication market, food, and
beverage industry, retailing, accommodations, travel agencies, and transportation. The major
adverse effects that are witnessed in the dynamics of the industry is the lack of income
assistance to the people who exist as homeless. The essay reflects the effects on the
surrounding in every dynamics with respect to the services of the tourism industry.

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