Impact Of Tourism On Economic And Social Development Programs

Waterfront is a priority economic area for local, regional and national development (NACOMA, 2007). Waterfront-based activities can provide employment but they are also likely to cause social and environmental impact. Biological hotspots, breeding areas, environmental sensitive areas may suffer from uncontrolled tourism development and activities. These impacts however can be effectively mitigated through careful planning and design of sustainable tourism activities.

Over the last 60 years, tourism has benefited from continuous growth and diversification, becoming one of the largest as well as the fastest growing world’s economic sectors. Tourism becomes one of the major categories of global trade in services. Nowadays, 7% of global goods and services exports are contributed by international tourism, and for the last four years, it has grown faster than the general global trade.[ Exports from international tourism rise 4% in 2015, (2016, May 6). Retrieved from http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2016-05-03/exports-international-tourism-rise-4-2015]

This paper explores a great number of academic research journals and databases on the impact that the tourism industry has on the countries in the Caribbean. Tourism impacts the Caribbean in three different sections. Tourism has a social impact that allows for increases in revenue, jobs, and service for the people living there. Tourism’s cultural impact allows the history and heritage of the Caribbean to be acknowledged and practiced not only here but around the world as tourists come and go. Tourism’s environmental impact effects the natural and geographical diversity that can only be found in these countries. Although tourism brings about many advantages in all three categories, there are still negatives attributes that appear from tourism that must be handled properly to maintain a successful industry. This paper examines 12 different research journals that suggest all of the positives and negatives of tourism in the Caribbean and how they can effect not only the tourism industry but the area in which they are practiced.

National parks provide a highlight for the travel. These lands are set aside as natural beauties, wonders, and even phenomenons. In 2015, more than 307 million people visited the national parks of the United States, a five percent increase from 2014 (Errick). With such an increase in tourism, it becomes ever more important to implement sustainable tourism practices and make travel good for the visitors and the destination. According to the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture, “sustainable tourism is defined as ‘tourism that respects both local people and the traveller, cultural heritage and the environment.’” The purposes of national parks are to protect the heritage of the park, protect the environment found within the park, and educate the public. These purposes work hand-in-hand with sustainable tourism, and it only makes sense that these two ideals are combined together. Unsustainable travel does not have just one, foul-proof solution. Rather, several small actions combined together will have profound effect in the evolution of the system. With the help of park services and the individual tourist, we can move to a future in which we have no need to specify some tourism as “sustainable”.

Moreover, tourism and the environment are balancing sectors in terms of vision and goals. The environment is the right climate for sustainable tourism development, and sustainable tourism focuses on environmental planning. Perhaps the most important element on which eco-tourism is based is not to disturb the ecological balance resulting from human actions, which are represented by the behavior of tourists in the case of ecotourism and the pollution it may cause. In addition, natural areas form the basis for ecotourism from marine tourism and land tourism, and recent studies have shown that eco-tourism generates direct financial resources. What is more, the main objective of ecotourism is to promote and improve the standards of living of the local community (Kuhdairi, 2012)

Tourism in a free market economy can exploit natural resources as a means of a profit accumulation, and therefore has been described as the commercialisation of the human need to travel. The notion of unlimited gain has led to exploitation of host communities, their cultures, and environments. (Walker, 2011)

Ø Tourism. As the major economic sector in Caribbean region, tourism demands a sustainable management capacity of natural capital which is the prime necessity for long-term economic viability of

The essay presents the findings from the study “defining the carrying capacity in Bali “Tourism destination” learning outcomes some of the difficulties in measuring this destination of its ecological carrying capacity this application has the greatest potential in protecting areas most tourism planners and research’s distinguish between four different types of carrying capacity’s physical, ecological/biological, psychological and social carrying capacity for a particular tourism destination its practical analysis and measurement and its efficient application in Bali island destination tourism carrying capacity (TCC) need to be considered general frame work guiding local community, planners and decision makers this should provide not only the maximum but also minimum level of development . this study aims at the elaboration of a comprehensive ecological frame work which will contribute to an understanding of the concept of tourism carrying capacity in a Bali Island-Indonesia. In this research investigating on ecological carrying capacity(ECC) in the context of Bali Island this Island has a land area of 5,659 square kilometres and total population of approximately 4.2 million (indosurflife,2014).

The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry

Environmental impact assessment- Limits of acceptable change (LAC) challenges tourism planners to balance tourists flow and social and environmental costs.

Tourism poses many threats towards a region’s cultural and natural resources such as water supply, beaches, coral reefs and heritage sites. The size of the negative impacts of tourism which the economy of numerous countries are currently experiencing today is vast, therefore many countries do not have the sufficient technical and financial capacity to replenish the resources used by tourists and for the disposal of their waste.

Throughout my tour, I not only got to enjoy the beautiful country of Italy but also got to look more closely at the effects of tourism on an area. Being able to research online and in books is important, but to experience something hands on ultimately can change anyones viewpoint on a topic. During the duration or my tour I spent time observing and talking to store owns, residents and tour guides to help my understand how living in an area with so much tourism was. After rethinking the answers I got and picturing all the things I saw I realized that tourism ultimately has both good and bad sides to it.

Sustainability is gradually becoming one of the tourism industries greatest focuses. To achieve proper sustainability we must find a balance between the growth of the tourism industry and the preservation of culture or “meeting the needs of the present tourists and host regions whilst also protecting and enhancing opportunity for the future” (UNWTO 1997). As the old paradigm that the natural environment is a commodity or resource that can be exploited for human benefit has shifted to that of a more preservation and restoration of the natural environment paradigm, consumers are now looking for ways to still have the same experiences from tourism but with added eco-friendly attitudes. This can be achieved through not closing off areas that

Concerning tourism development, the socio-cultural changes which occur in the community are more often than not seen as negative, with the positive contributions been underplayed or totally ignored. Though it is difficult to measure the influence of tourism on socio-cultural changes, the extent of the impact can be determined by the change in value and logic system, religious beliefs, tradition, lifestyle, behavioural patterns, etc (Inskeep, 1991). The relationship between tourism development and social and cultural characteristics of a society is non-linear; as well as negative effects, tourism development can also have

Planning and development are both extremely important factors within the tourism industry and can have both positive and negative effects on the environment, local communities and tourist destinations. “Destination planning aims to limit the negative impacts of cultural tourism upon the history and lifestyles of the local community. An understanding of sustainable tourist development allows for the development of culture without loss of its authentic identity” (Maidment. T. 2012). This statement discusses the importance of planning to avoid having any negative impacts on environments and communities. Because the effects of tourism are so severe to destinations, many natural and cultural resources have been destroyed, therefore tourism planning is vital to preserve and maintain these places for future generations.