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impacts of tourism - Coggle Diagram
impacts of tourism
social impacts
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how the nature of interaction between local communities and tourists influence the impact of tourism
- tourists and local communities at tourist destination regions mutually affect each other
- their encounters with each other determine the nature of the social impacts of tourism
- the relationship between tourists and local communities are often unequal because the tourism industry tends to focus more on the needs and wants of the tourists over the locals
- often tourists are in a position of power and privilege
- local communities have to accommodate and meet the needs of the tourists at their own expense
- the greater the difference in power between the tourists and the local community the more likely that negative social impacts would occur
- negative social impacts are felt by the local communities
- they still need tourists to support their businesses
- e.g. In Thailand, tourists have to pay to enter the villages of the Kayan Lahwi women who traditionally wear gold coils around their necks
- some are happy to wear the gold coils because they can showcase their culture as well as earn tourism revenue
- some feel exploited by the tourism industry as some tourists view these women as exhibits that they have paid to view and pose with, and sometimes take photographs of them without their permission
- since they are reliant on tourism revenue, the women may have no choice but to let themselves be photgraphed
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economic impacts
tourism positively affects the economies of tourist generating and destination regions as both regions are interdependent in the tourism system
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