THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF TOURISM INTRODUCTION What comes to mind when you think about tourism? Hopefully fun‚ relaxation‚ good food‚ perhaps adventure. Tourism is possibly the greatest people-moving pursuit on the planet today‚ as well as one of the highest-grossing industries. Tourism Is one of the remarkable success stories in modern times because it can earn huge amount of money at stake. Tourism is important in many ways in the world it can be for leisure business
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Positives 1) The changing face of business - Emergence of instant trade (bypassing stock brokers)‚ unrestricted global markets‚ business without borders‚ exchange of money at lightning speed‚ 2) The ever expanding job market – The top 10 in demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004 3) Corporate giants and the world of e-commerce have increased their influence and profits 4) The regulation of economy by organisations such as the IMF and World Bank help economically struggling countries and corporations
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BA (Hons) Tourism Marketing Year 3 1.0 AN INTRODUCTION According to the United Nations definition of indigenous people‚ they are “descendants of those who inhabited a country or a geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrived” (United Nations‚ 2011a). It is estimated that there are about 370 million indigenous people around the globe in over 70 different countries. They keep their own political‚ social‚ economic and cultural qualities and also their
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Tourism differs from travel in the following aspects: • Reason to travel: It can be anything but remuneration from the place visited. • It requires a change from familiar environment. • Period of stay: The least would be one day and maximum would be a year. General growth of tourism in India In recent years tourism in India has shot up at lightening speed. India has succeeded in becoming the most preferred place amongst domestic and overseas traveler. Tourism exposes the international traveler
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Examine the positive and negative effects of globalisation on people and the environment. The international monetary fund (IMF) defines globalisation as ‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services‚ freer international capital flows and more rapid wide spread diffusion of technology. Globalisation can only work if a country embraces it. The world is divided in 2 at the moment. The ‘core’ and
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the
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The Negative and Positive Effects of Tourism Submitted by Arianne Smith DeVry University Tourism Management‚ Warren John Fall 2011 Abstract 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
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The Positive And Negative Effects Of Globalisation On Dubai Alexander Cochrane Charles Pillsbury Allen High School The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095‚ in the Book of Geography by the Spanish-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (Dubai-Architecture‚ N.D.). In 1966 the discovery of oil greatly changed Dubai’s fortunes (Suddath‚ 2009) and was a turning point for the future. However‚ compared with its neighbours‚ Dubai had limited oil reserves‚ prompting its rulers to turn to other
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Nowadays‚ people are able to travel everywhere in the world. The interest of tourism has risen every year. There are many positive aspects of tourism. However‚ development of tourism has caused many problems as well. The big problems are traffic‚ stressful life for the local people and environmental effects. The positive side is that the tourism is the source of money for the local economy. First of all‚ tourism impacts the people and the culture of particular places. There are places where tourism
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Tourism can generate large amount of revenues and provide job opportunities globally. Tourism is often treated as means to develop the country and to make the country known worldwide. This leads to the construction of infrastructure and facilities which are placed in locations which has the tendency to generate revenue in conjunction to tourism. However‚ the environment‚ economy and socio-culture suffers from the acts of tourism due to the activities carried out by tourist‚ thus creating negative
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