Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism.
“Tourism can be a blessing to a country but it is by no means an unmixed blessing.” Discuss
By: L6E1
Tourism is the world’s largest and fastest growing industry and can be defined as the totality of the relationship and phenomenon arising from travel and education purposes of people, provided the stay does not imply the establishment of a permanent residence and is not connected with remunerated activity. While it may boost a country’s economy, doubts about the overall benefits of tourism are reinforced by the belief that tourism brings adverse social and cultural effects. As an industry, it may be have several impacts on a country, both good and bad.
Tourism is a main source of income to developing countries. When tourists come to these countries, they usually spend foreign currency. These foreign exchange may help to increase developments in the country and thereby accelerates economic growth. Income from tourism in the form of foreign exchange earnings are added to the national income and this leads to improvements of infrastructure, public services, building of hospitals, schools and even hotels, which will in turn bring more tourists and thus increase the national income to a further extent.
A World Tourism Conference held in Manila stated that “ World tourism can help to eradicate the widening gap between developed and developing countries and ensure the steady acceleration of economic and social development, in particular of developing countries.’’ Most of the under-developed and developing countries are located in the South East Asia and Middle East. But these countries have a great potential for tourism as there are many places of historical and archaeological interests, which attract tourists. It should be noted that tourism is a vital and important industry in developing countries. This is so because developing countries are characterised as poor nations who rely more on income from their primary sector, which ironically
By: L6E1
Tourism is the world’s largest and fastest growing industry and can be defined as the totality of the relationship and phenomenon arising from travel and education purposes of people, provided the stay does not imply the establishment of a permanent residence and is not connected with remunerated activity. While it may boost a country’s economy, doubts about the overall benefits of tourism are reinforced by the belief that tourism brings adverse social and cultural effects. As an industry, it may be have several impacts on a country, both good and bad.
Tourism is a main source of income to developing countries. When tourists come to these countries, they usually spend foreign currency. These foreign exchange may help to increase developments in the country and thereby accelerates economic growth. Income from tourism in the form of foreign exchange earnings are added to the national income and this leads to improvements of infrastructure, public services, building of hospitals, schools and even hotels, which will in turn bring more tourists and thus increase the national income to a further extent.
A World Tourism Conference held in Manila stated that “ World tourism can help to eradicate the widening gap between developed and developing countries and ensure the steady acceleration of economic and social development, in particular of developing countries.’’ Most of the under-developed and developing countries are located in the South East Asia and Middle East. But these countries have a great potential for tourism as there are many places of historical and archaeological interests, which attract tourists. It should be noted that tourism is a vital and important industry in developing countries. This is so because developing countries are characterised as poor nations who rely more on income from their primary sector, which ironically