THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

The Environmental Dimension

The farmed environment

The built environment

Natural resources

The natural environment

Wildlife

agriculture landscapes

Man-made forests

Fish farms

Land-based mammals and reptiles

Flora

Birds

Insects

Fish and marine mammals

Water

Climate

Air

Individual building and structures

Villages and townscapes

Transport and infrastructure

Dams and reservoirs

Mountainous area

Seas

Rivers and lakes

Caves

beaches

Natural Woodland

The Economic Dimension

Economic benefits and costs

The multiplier effect

Tourist Spend

Secound round of expenditures

Ultimate beneficiaries

benefits

costs

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

Jobs are low paid and seasonal

opportunity costs

congestion

Need to invest in expensive infrastructue

overdependence tourism

Social Dimension

The tourist

Foreign Tour Operators

Destination government

Local tourism industry

Hosts community

Afford a holiday

Benefits gained from tourism

The need to feel safe and secure

Interactions which fellow tourists and community

Attitudes toward staff

Relations with local tourism industry and the host community

Exploiting low costs economies to reduce their costs

Images and expectations creates by promotional activities

Doing business with destination with poor human rights record

lack of long term commitment to local communities

human resource issues pay, working condition, promotion

Influence with government decision makers

value for mey

Representation of cultures for tourists

Restrictions on tourists

Devoting resources priority to tourism

Promotional activities

Regulation of the tourism industry

Attitudes and relations with the tourists

Involvement on public sector decision making

Impact of tourism on the society and culture

Strengths and commitment towards conserving the society and culture