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Tourism Industry And Its Impact On Tourism

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In the pacific, the tourism industry has been growing rapidly in size and in investment lately and shows no sign of slowing down. However, the newer tactics and ways to generate profit for the tourism industry today have impacted the land, environment, and culture of the area being exposed to tourism (Taylor & Francis, 325-327). One of the more debatable areas happens to be in the Pacific, where a lot of small islands and enticing places to visit lie. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, tourism helps the preservation of the environment through the contribution of direct finances and government revenues earned by the tourism industry ("Tourism and Environmental Conservation"). The “preservation of sites, monuments, and traditional architecture” can be achieved through employing the money earned from tourism for the preservations of these local areas ("Positive Socio-cultural Impacts”). Infrastructure that is originally targeted towards tourists is beneficial to the locals since the creation of infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and so on, evidently also benefit the locals who live in the area ("Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism"). The money given by tourists can be employed to preserve and protect the natural environment and topography in the Pacific ("Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism"). While the more tourists that visit the area is ideal for the tourism industry, it is not ideal for the locals since more tourists equates to

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