THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
- THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION
- THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION
- THE SOCIAL DIMENSION
The scope of the concept of the environment
- The farmed environment
- The built environment
- Natural resources
- The natural environment
- Wildlife
Major potential impacts of tourism on the natural environment
- Floral and faunal species composition
- Erosion
- Natural resources
- Pollution
- Visual impact
- The aims are to maximize tourist spending and then to minimize the leakages of tourism income from the local economy.
BENEFITS
Job creation
Injection of income into the local economy through the multiplier effect
Keep local business viable
Regeneration of the economies of towns and cities
Stimulates industrial investment
COSTS
Jobs are low paid/seasonal
Opportunity costs (money invested cannot be used for other purposes)
Congestion
Need to invest in expensive infrastructure
Overdependence on tourism
The focus is the ‘host community’
The desire to ‘protect’ host communities from the excesses and negative effects of tourism.
The scope of the social dimension of sustainable tourism
- THE TOURIST
- FOREIGN TOUR OPERATORS
- DESTINATION GOVERNMENT
- LOCAL TOURISMINDUSTRY
- HOST COMMUNITY
The potential impacts of tourism on host cultures and communities
Heritage
Language
Religion
Traditional arts
Traditional lifestyles – suka dduk kampung tpi xpernah pergi
Values and behavior – how to appreciate local value
Host population