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Environmental impacts of tourism - Coggle Diagram
Environmental impacts of tourism
How tourism affect the environment?
Positive
Tourism has brought about awareness in conservation, protection.
Mantain the exotic often near-extinct, fragile flora and fauna in the ecosystem
Improve the standards of living, especially in remote areas; as well as improving on the landscape and aesthetic nature of an area.
Preservation of historic monuments and cultural heritage
Negative
Degradation and loss of natural ecosystems and aesthetic landscape
Leads to various types of environmental pollution
Water pollution
Air pollution
Land pollution
Depletion of natural resources and putting a strain on the locally existing ones
Erosion of social and cultural norms aimed at preserving local and environmental heritages
A contributor to global warming and climate change
Definittion
Tourism
Tourism is a dynamic and competitive industry
Requires the ability to adapt constantly to customers’ changing needs and desires,
An activity that involves people visiting places of inetrest,both local and international
Mass tourism
The act of visiting a leisure destination with large amounts of people at one time.
The development of mass tourism is parallel to the development and improvements of technology.
Mass tourism creates intense environmental pressures
Is tourism beneficial to an environment?
Tourism and Evironment are interdependent
Tourism is the main factor carring out the natural environment in both positive and negative aspect
Solution
When booking a trip
Try to find small hotels, pensions or bed-and-breakfasts run by local people and serving regional (organic) food
When camping, try to reduce the space for your tent as this damages the soil
Avoid as much waste as possible and use only as much water as needed
Avoid activities with high environmental impacts, such as motorized tours, trophy hunting, hiking in protected zones not open for the public
Do not leave waste. When being in the nature take your waste with you and do not drop it.
Simple thing you can do
Follow the three "R's" to conserve natural resources and landfill space :Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Volunteer for cleanups in your community. You can get involved in protecting your watershed, too
Buy less plastic and bring a reusable shopping bag.
Choose non-toxic chemicals in the home and office.
