The Impact of Tourist on Local people in Chiang Rai

Tourism has become a commercial business, which has obvious benefits to the said economy, the environment and society. Often, the positive economic impacts persuade governments, companies and individuals to get involved with the development of tourism. Tourism creates jobs, both

The trip to Vietnam from the 16th of November to the 1st of December was an eye-opener to my life as I saw how the locals live and operate daily. This has helped myself gain a new perspective on life. With gaining a new perspective it has helped myself understand and give direction to achieve my future goals and personally help with figuring out a which career path within tourism and hospitality I would like to go down. Over recent years in Vietnam tourism and hospitality impacted the local lives which helped myself understand how they live the way they do. Travelling to diverse cities such as Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An and Halong Bay showed me that Vietnam has different aspects on offer to help myself understand their cultural but also the hospitality and tourism industry. The hospitality and tourism within each city support the history of Vietnam. This increases the experience economy as individual travel for their traditions but also to be educated about Vietnam and their past.

Several studies have investigated the perception of the local community on the tourism impacts and tourism development. The research by Ramkissoon and Nunkoo (2011) in Port Louis showed that favorable attitude toward the tourism industry was found to support for tourism development, with higher insights of positive tourism impacts, this means that the community shows higher support for the industry. Nejati, Mohamed & Omar (2014) found that locals in Perhentian Island have an ominously greater level of outlook towards the positive economic impacts of tourism than residents in Redang Island after comparing the two islands in Malaysia. Aside from the perceived negative environmental impacts of tourism, locals on both islands

Tourism today is as a distinct field of activity, with a more active presence in social and economic life evolving rhythms of the highest. Generator of profound transformations in social dynamics, tourism has also stated

Tourism trend within selected country 2 Thailand: even if with the political instability within Thailand, the Thai locals manage to do well within their tourist industry. This includes both inbound and outbound travelling and the main sources of tourists for both inbound and outbound tourists are from those ASEAN countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong and Indonesia etc. due to the new entrant of low cost carrier such as Thai Lion Air, more frequent and regular travelling will help to bring international and domestic tourists in and out of Thailand. The growing trends and prospects for Thailand travelling industry is very good and

The current research paper covers the main effects of global tourism, both positive and negative. International tourism is a significant sector of business. For some countries it is one of the main sources of national income. The most important positive economic effects of tourism are as follows: increase in budget revenues, production expansion, stimulation of investments, and improvement in the population’s welfare. Tourism influences social and cultural lives of people in a positive way by stimulating the development and revival of local cultures and encouraging intercultural exchange.

According to CTH Lecture notes (2014) the hospitality industry is one of the largest growing sector in the world and it will be discussed according to the history, characteristic and the importance of the industry as well as the features of the business along with the grading system, the internal and external factors, and the tourism industry is also a large growing sector which provides services such as accommodations, food, etc. The history, characteristics and the importance of the tourism industry will be discussed including the patterns of demands and tourism indicators, with the growth of emerging forms of tourism and the importance of transport, accommodation, attractions and events as well as the deference between tourism

In economic aspect, tourism can boost the economy of the developing countries by receiving tourist spending, the money received can further drive the income of different industries and sectors inside the economy, which can be explained by the Tourism Multiplier Effect (Leuterio, 2007). In fact, not only can tourism create employment in the tertiary sector, but also stimulate growth of the primary and secondary industries. To be precise, tourism in an area encourage the employment related to business supply services and building of hotels. Then, the employees of the tourism industry spend their income on other services in the local area, with increase in tax revenue at the same time. Therefore, improving the earnings of other

The tourism industry can become a very influential industry for any destination and can pose many effects on its country the destination in particular. These effects are mainly categorized as Social effects, Economic effects and Environmental effects.

Tourism can add to the vitality of communities in many ways. One example is that events and festivals of which local residents have been the primary participants and spectators are often rejuvenated and developed in response to tourist interest. The jobs created by tourism can act as a vital incentive to reduce emigration from rural areas. Local people can also increase their influence on tourism development, as well as improve their job and earnings prospects, through tourism-related professional training and development of business and organizational skills.

Sociological research on tourism falls naturally into four principal issues areas: the tourist, relations between tourists and locals, the structure and functioning of the tourist system, and the consequences of tourism. (Cohen, 1994)

These social impacts affect on the local people of host communities of their direct and indirect association with tourists. Tourists come face to face with the object of exchanging information and ideas. This situation is more important for international understandings. The tourist is mobile, relaxed, free spending; enjoying the leisure and absorbing the experience of being in a different places whereas the local people are stationary and employed in the tourist industry, spend a large portion of the time for needs and desire of visitors. The demonstration effect is also an aspect of the direct social impact of tourism. Tourist influences the behavior of the host population. The local people tend to observe and learn the life style of the richer visitors from affluent societies and try to emulate their way of life. However expansion of tourism, cause cultural commercialization, increase in crime rate, gambling, drug abuse, prostitution is common. Thus impacts of tourism on traditional life styles are important, where these traditions are considered from the basis of the tourism

The social impact of tourism in Malaysia is indelible and will sustain a world record in the nearest future. In a country with a diverse nationality, diverse race, culture and religion, it has proven to me that understanding, tolerance and acceptance are part of the key values that is keeping Malaysia at the top among the top tourist destination countries in the world today. The masterminds behind the success of the tourism sector and

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.

Tourism is one of the links for an individual to visit the particular country to explore and experience the cultures different from one’s own. Every culture has their own unique culture, by opening doors for other countries to visit, it allows other people to learn more about the culture and spread the culture to other people. It also allows the country itself to be aware of other people’s cultures and learn from each other. Allowing globalization and better relationship with other countries. One of the most common links is the culture between westerners and Asian countries as their cultural beliefs are different from each other. Asian embraces unity while westerners embrace individualism. The best time to introduce tourism is before the festival holidays, where people often wear their traditional clothes and celebrate their festivals according to their traditions. Such as Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year and give offerings to their gods to request for blessing and peace for the coming years. This is a perfect opportunity for other tourist to witness this event to allow maximum exposure experience of the culture. Advertising events through commercials or magazines are one of the best ways to introduce. In this essay, we will see 2