Tourism in the UK: Economic, Environmental, & Socio-Cultural Impacts

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted impacts of tourism, focusing on the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural dimensions within the context of the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland. It highlights tourism's role as a rapidly growing global industry that contributes significantly to income and employment, while also facilitating cultural exchange and international understanding. The analysis delves into the positive economic impacts, such as infrastructure development, job creation, and the promotion of local businesses, alongside the negative impacts, including price increases for tourists and potential depletion of natural resources. Environmentally, the essay discusses both the preservation efforts driven by tourism and the detrimental effects of deforestation and pollution. Furthermore, it explores the socio-cultural implications, examining how tourism can enhance local traditions and cultural appreciation but also lead to cultural clashes and commodification. The essay concludes that while tourism offers substantial benefits, careful management and sustainable practices are crucial to mitigate its negative consequences and ensure its long-term viability.

Understanding the
World of Tourism

·INTRODUCTION
Tourism is the quickest increasing industry across the world it is a source of income ad
employment . It gives possibility for people to realize the culture, society and spirituality
aspects of country. In the world many countries are totally depended on tourism. The benefits of
tourism are as it gives wide range of employment of people, it promote local business of
handicraft and cultural activities and plays vital role in promoting national values and
international understandings(Sugathan and Ranjan, 2019)(Hitchcock King and Parnwell, 2018).
It is interconnected with other factors or industry like hotel,transport and handicraft. It becomes
a major contributor in GDP of country. It is majorly contributed in the economy development of
United Kingdom by rising the transferral and structure across the country. This essay will cover
the positive and negative impact on tourism of factors like economic, environmental and socio
culture on area of UK like Scotland.
·MAIN BODY
This report will explain the development of contemporary tourism and its factors. It states
the changes and new approaches introduced in tourism by considering issues such as changing
order, destination marketing and touristy ethics. It indicates the threats and problem faced by
tourism industry presently and discuss risk management strategy. The industry creates the new
jobs and generates revenue from foreign exchange, investments and payments of services etc. it
is a activity which is done for feel relaxed and reduce stress of regular life like jobs or personal
issues. Its adds flavour to life as person travel to other country will admire the beauty and culture
of that place. It is easy way to acquire about the culture and tradition of new places. It ultimately
help the government to earn a income (Khan and Callanan, 2017). It consist a some factors
which are describe below.
Developed infrastructure- it include air, ground, port, services like hotel room, car rental
services or many more services to meet the needs of tourist and increase their level of
satisfaction during the stay period. This is the structure of the organisation which gives
perception or idea to the viewer. It is classified as physical, cultural, service and governance.
These consist of transportation, hotel, electricity, communication and water etc. it also include

other factors that are build to distribute the tourism commodity and sell the local good to the
traveller.
Natural Beautification- the beauty is not al about planting flower and doing creative
landscape. It is a prerequisite for economic development. It helps in increasing the entity of the
city or country or influence traveller to visit there or stay more. It attracts more tourist to stay at
destination and it increases the positivity of the place. The basic reason of travelling to see the
visual aspect of the location and destination to mesmerise the beauty. It creates the USP of the
country.
This section will determine the positive and negative impact of economic tourism. For
travelling anywhere the person need to plan properly the place and destination etc. all depends
on the budget of the individual(Yamashita, 2017). Whether it is luxury destination or an
ordinary destination it would include some amount of food, lodging and other activities.
The positive impacts of economy are:
New facilities for tourist also benefits the local population such as new road, lighting, water
supply, proper market conditions etc. the bad condition of the services like above mentioned
could be the reason of neglecting destination of traveller to stay or travel in country. If these
local services are proper arranged and organised it influence person to visit the place and it insit
them to stay more at destination.
Jobs created as increase in tourism will provide opportunity to the local public by providing job
opportunity as rapidly increasing demand of local and traditional food and handmade craft
basically, the famous food and craft of the place that typically belongs to the place or country.
And more the local tradition are kept alive as visitor enjoy traditional shows as kayleigh dance
etc.
Negative impacts of economy are:

·Prices increases for the tourist rather than local public. The local retailer charged high
prices for the tourist as they think that they don't ave knowledge regarding the place or
product. This behaviour change the mind of customer to buy the product.
Depletion of natural environment by building a hotel for guests or travellers or natural organised
things by technology to build a infrastructure in a country. It overuses the water, they exercise
pressure on natural resources by way of over ingestion.
This area will justify the positive and negative impact of environment on tourisms. The
good weather is the main reason to select the country to travel by traveller pleasant breeze, warm
sunshine, cool weather, snow fall are the main attraction for visitors the climate of scotland is
cold little mild that creates a snow fall.
Positive impact of environment are as -
boosts culture development or more mountain and historic building, sites museums etc are
renovated by time so that it can be maintained regularly to keep them safe. More and more
efforts are taken up to to clean the streets, roads, lakes, beaches and public parks.
protection of nature by planting more trees and plants will create more beautiful environment for
the destination and it will increase more greenery at destination which will control the global
warming and create good climate(Dash and Sharma, 2021). Commercialisation of various
activities is there but defending steps has been taken to confront ill outcome.
Negative impact of environment are as -
the large area forest is destroy due to building the hotels or roads. The agricultural lands are
converted as roads and garbage management etc. construction of roads on mountains it leads to
many problem like soil erosion which creates environmental imbalance. Cutting of trees and
plants tends to pollution.
Large number of tourist are arriving at any place is generating pressure on the natural resources
of the destination area. Those origin are about to depletion day by day. This reduce the attraction
point of location. Carry off the solid waste deed and sewage treatment in such area are tough
call.

this section will determine the plus and minus impact of social culture on tourism. The
traditional culture of UK Scotland its unique features has been a point of attraction for the
tourist. Various parts of the world have varied features of traditions. Whenever person is from
different culture ground travel towards a new culture. It include traditional attire, ornaments,
food habits, lifestyles, song, language, dance etc.
Positive impact of social culture are as:
Improving infrastructure will give huge increment in revenue it will facilitate local population
too by providing better lifestyle for the local people, organize social events and creates better
education. As UK is well developed nation, due to its services people find job options to do or
they don't feel to migrate to other country for earn their livings. It appreciate people to keep the
local tradition alive in the youth are well educated and have wide look and under
stable(Mahadew and Appadoo, 2018).
Commercialisation of culture and art the UK has their own tradition and culture that are well
known across world and attraction point for visitors to enjoy these activities should be
chargeable so that they can earn their living by entertain to their visitor and earn their living.
Negative impact of social culture are as:
tourist host relationship it states that the relationship between guide and tourist should be
acceptable the host should treat them with fair trade he should not try to make them fool. He
should understand that they are from other country they don't known everything properly.
Most of tourist come from different sectors with varied standards. They seek pleasure of every
kind, spend a lot of money. Sometimes behaves arrogantly which is not acceptable even in their
own areas from where they are coming. Cultural clashes are taking place due to difference in
cultural, ethically, religion and values etc.
·CONCLUSION
From the above essay it is concluded that tourism is a productive activity for both government
and public. As it support in earning revenue and gives effectiveness for local people. The
controlling bodies of country provide the amount of currency to work on tourist places and

sector they update the things time by time to generate more revenue . It plays a major role in
contributing the income for government. It gives job opportunity to the local public by hosting
the tourist or give opportunity to work internationally and play a part in importing and
exporting. It is correlated to various sectors as transportation and others sectors like hotel,
services, hospitality etc.

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