Impacts of Tourism 2

• Socio-Cultural Impacts

  SOCIETY

  Community, nation, or broad grouping of people who have common traditions, institutions, activities & interests.

  CULTURE

  Practices of a society, customary beliefs, social roles and material objects that are passed down from generation to generation.
• Host Community

  A term used to call the places visited by the tourist.
• Tourist – Host Contact

  POINTS of CONTACT

  1.When tourist buy products & services from local residents.

  2.Tourist small talks with the local people.

  3.When tourist participate in local activities. (ceremony, festivals)
• Environmental Impact

  Effects to organisms or their environment, possibly adverse, caused by development, industrial, or infrastructural projects or a pollutant.
• Environmental Impacts

  • air pollution
  • water pollution
  • land pollution
  • noise pollution
• Vegetation

  1.Collecting plants, flowers, fruits & fungi effects the changes in species composition.

  2.Trampling vegetation causes breaking and bruising stems of plants, loosing ground cover & reducing plant regeneration.

  3.When fire is used carelessly, it causes conflagrations in the forest.
• Land Resources

  Includes  mountains, minerals, soil, wetlands, small islands & coastal areas.
• Solid Waste & Littering

  -A problem in places with high concentrations of tourist activities and appealing natural attractions.

  Result: Degradation of the physical appearance of the environment
• Other Land Problems:

  1. Mining of coral

  • Damaged coral reefs
  • Depletion of the fisheries

  2. Marina Development

  • Causes changes in currents and coastlines
• Water Resources

  Overuse of Water Resources for:

  • Swimming Pools
  • Golf Courses
  • Personal Use of Tourists

  RESULT:  Water Shortages

    Greater Volume of Waste Water

    Saline Intrusion (over pumping on wells)
• Ecosystem

  Geographic area which consists of all the living organisms, their physical surroundings, and the natural cycles that sustain them.
• Wildlife

  “Includes all non-domesticated plants,

  animals, and other organisms.”
• WILDLIFE TOURISM

  Tourism that involves encounters with

  non-domesticated animals either in natural environment or captivity.
• Wildlife Tourism

  1. NON CONSUMPTIVE

  • Watching
  • Video Recording
  • Photographing

  2. CONSUMPTIVE

  • Hunting
  • Fishing