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Tourism Impact Environment (Negative (Increased traffic congestion (Can…
Tourism Impact Environment
Negative
Increased traffic congestion
Can attract large numbers of tourist.
attract many tourists-related businesses
Hence, this can cause high vehicular and pedestrian traffic
In Rome, many older walkways and narrow streets are filed with tourists frequently. The long vehicular queue in the city also contributes to air pollution.
Vandalism
Deliberately damaging property or tourist spot. eg. chinese 15 yo boy caught vandalising 3500 ancient Eygpt temple in Luxor in 2013 cause the internet world to hunt and shame down the parents
Littering and Pollution
tourists might cause pollution and littering in tourists areas when they leave behind their waste.
This can lead to degradation of the area.
Islands in the Caribbean cannot cope with the waste due to limited land area. Therefore many ships throw their waste in the ocean.
Destruction of habitat
Destruction of the habitat of animals or even local community. Eg when tourism plan was developed for
excessive noise from the tourists causes animals to be frightened
The Red Sea coast in Egypt receives 1.2million tourists annually for diving and snorkelling activities
Increased carbon foot print
amount of greenhouse gas emissions that would be produced by activities that involve the use of fossil fuels
a carbon footprint of a passenger who flies from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on an economy flight is 30kg of Carbon Dioxide.
Positive
Conservation of Natural Env
revenue collected from tourist activities help fund various projects
Provides revenue to maintain and up keep and conserve the environment
Eg: In Sabah, Malaysia, entry from the Sepliok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Center is used to pay the staff who help rehabilitate injured or orphaned orang-utans