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| Question | Answer |
| How big is tourism to Goa? | -Over 1million people visit each year -This has been encouraged as a tourist destination since the 1980s |
| ADVANTAGES: | -Extra wealth spread through community(multiplier effect) -Demand for local produce -farming, fishing, crafts -New jobs are created in the tourist industry -Improved communtications |
| DISADVANTAGES: | -Farmers lost land to resort devolopments -Some villages dependent on tourism(unpredictable) -Each tourist uses 30x more water than a local (this causes water shortages) -Beaches contaminated by untreated sewage -Trees cut down, turtles under threat -habitat endangered |
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