Three Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism
- Environmental Dimension
- Economic Dimension
- 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