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Economic (+)
- Creates jobs direct employment within tourism industry and indirectly
in sectors such as retail and transportation spend wages on G&S
multiplier effect
Economic (-)
- Jobs created by tourism often seasonal and poorly paid
- Push up local property prices and cost of G&S
- Money generated by tourism leaks out to huge international companies
- Adversely affected by events such as terrorism, natural disasters,
economic recession
Social (+)
- Crowding, congestion, drugs, alcohol problems, prostitution, increased
crime levels fall in quality of life of host community
- Infringe on human rights locals being displaced from their land to make
way for new hotels or barred from beaches
- Erosion of traditional cultures and values
Environmental (+)
- Nature and ecotourism promote conservation of wildlife and natural
resources
- Generate funding for animal preserves and marine parks through entrance
charges and guide fees
Environmental (-)
- Threat to regions natural and cultural resources (water supply, beaches,
coral reefs, heritage sites) through overuse
- Increased pollution through traffic emissions, littering, increased sewage
production and noise
Some of the Major Current Issues Confronting Tourism (Tourism & More, 2006)
Telecommunications revolution business meetings may be conducted online or via satellite rather than face to face and may eliminate the need for
many business trips
Security and safety
Child labour young children recruited as they are cheap and flexible
employees
- An estimated 13-19 million children and young people below 18 years of
age (10-15 per cent of all employees in tourism) are employed in the
industry worldwide
- Frequently subjected to harsh working and employment conditions
Commercial sexual exploitation of children and young women tourism
provides easy access to it lure of easy money children are trafficked into
brothels on the margins of tourist areas and sold into sex slavery, very rarely
earning enough money to escape