Three Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism

  1. Environmental Dimension
  1. Economic Dimension
  1. Social Dimension

Benefits

Will keep local business viable

Stimulates the industrial investment

Create more job opportunity

Regenerations of the economies in terms of cities and towns

Inject income to the local economy

To maximize the tourist spending and minimize the leakages of the tourism income from local economy

Costs

Congestion

Overdependence on tourism industry

Job are underpaid or low paid

Scope of social dimensions of sustainable tourism

  • Tourists
  • Foreign tour operators
  • Destination government
  • Local tourism industry
  • Host community

Potential impacts of tourism on host cultures and community

Heritage

Language

Religion

Host population

Traditional lifestyles

Potential impacts of tourism on the natural environment

  • Erosion
  • Pollution
  • Visual impact
  • Natural resources
  • Flora and Fauna species composition