Tourism

Tourism

1. Growth in Tourism

   • People have more spare cash to spend of holidays
   • People have more free time to go on holidays
   • Travel is cheaper
   • Holiday providers use the internet to sell their products to people directly
   • More unusual tourist destinations
   • Countries have build better hotels to attract more people
   • Popular tourist areas
     • Cities- people are attracted to cities by the culture, entertainment and shopping
     • Mountains- people are attracted to mountains by the beautiful scenery and activities like skiing, climbing and walking
     • Coasts- people are attracted to coasts by the beaches and activities

2. Mass tourism

   • Economic impacts
     • Positive
       • Brings money to local economy
       • Creates jobs for locals
       • Increases income of industries
     • Negative
       • Profit is kept by large travel companies rather than locals
   • Social impacts
     • Positive
       • Lots of jobs
       • Imprved roads
       • Improved communication
       • Improved infrastructure
       • Income used for local projects
     • Negative
       • Bad paid jobs
       • Traffic congestion
       • Bad behaviour of tourists can offend locals
   • Environmental impacts
     • Positive
       • Income can be used for protecting the environment
     • Negative
       • Transporting people releases greenhouse gases- global warming
       • Increase litter- cause pollution
       • Destruction of natural habitats
   • Reducing negative impacts
     • Improving public transport
     • Limiting number of people visiting sensative environments
     • Providing lots of bins
   • Importance needs to be maintained
     • Build new facilities/improve existing ones
     • Reduce tourist impacts that make the area look less attractive
     • Advertise
     • Improve transport infrastructure
     • New activities
     • Cheaper to visit

3. Extreme tourism

   • Becoming more popular
     • Adventure holidays
     • People want to try something different
     • People enjoy danger and risk
     • Some wildlife can only be seen in these areas
     • Some scenery can only be seen in these areas
     • Improvements in transport
     • More spare cash to visit unusual places
     • Advertising is better
   • Damage caused
     • Deforestation
     • Habitats destroyed
     • Flooding
     • Soil erosion
     • Landslides
     • Pollution in rivers from sewage
   • Antarctica
     • 30,000-35,000 tourists visit every year
     • Ships spill 800000 litres of grey water and 114000 litres of black water a day into the sea

4. Ecotourism

   • What is Ecotourism?
     • Tourism that doesn't harm the environment
     • It benefits the locals
     • Conservation- protecting environment
     • Stewardship- taking responsibility
     • Local people get involved to help
     • Small number visit an area at a time
     • Wildlife viewing and walking
   • Environmental benefits
     • Conserve the environment rather than damaging it
     • Reduces poaching and hunting of endangered species
     • Reduce the use of fossil fuels
     • Waste made is disposed of carefully to prevent pollution
   • Economic benefits
     • Creates jobs for local people
     • Money made by selling local crafts
   • Benefits for locals
     • More stable incomes in ecotourism
     • Many ecotourism scenes fund community projects
   • Sustainable development
     • Improving the quality of like for people by not damaging the environment or depleting resources
     • Ecotourism helps areas develop by increasing the quality of life
     • The development is sustainable because it's done without damaging the environment

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