Tourism -

  1. Greater disposable income - more likely to spend on holidays
  2. Improved leave allowances - more time for holidays
  3. Easier to cross borders - less of a hassle in travelling due to agreements
  4. Transport is faster and cheaper
  5. Internet - advertisements
  6. Increased “built” attractions
  7. Increased “event“ attractions

Advantages and Disadvantages -

Advantages Disadvantages
Brings money in Money goes to big businesses
Creates jobs Low paid, seasonal, menial jobs
Tax revenues High economic leakage
Brings infrastructure loss of local land
Helps local businesses pollution and congestion
Brings together different cultures tourist centers encourage robbery and prostitution
Develops foreign language skills cultural erosion
Encourages the preservation of historal and natural sites

Managing -

Sustainable Tourism - Tourism organized so that the environmenta, social and economic levels can be maintained in the future without compromising the present areas.

Ecotourism [subset of sustainable tourism] -

Specialized — only a small number of people who are monitored greatly are allowed to experience things at a given time.

Protected Areas - Protecting vast areas from development

Tourist Hubs - Concentrating tourism into one area reduces impacts to another