Tourism

Tourism

  • Submitted By: natool
  • Date Submitted: 10/27/2008 9:27 AM
  • Category: English
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Tourism has become one of the most appreciated source of income for many countries of the world.
Tourism is the fastest growing industry in this world because it is a very good of earning foreign currency.

Tourism has many advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of tourism include firstly the country has more money so can improve its infrastructure which is a benefit for the local people. For example, roads.

COUNTRY HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN IN GLOBAL DUE TO TOURISM INDUSTRY.

In spite of the advantages of tourism, there can be many disadvantages too as it’s environmental damage: pollution, destruction of sand dunes.
Sometimes foreigners act with no respect to national traditions.


COPYING FOREIGN HABITS AND WAY OF LIVING,

AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT LIKE GROUND AND SEA POLLUTION

Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of not only recreation, but also the provision of services for this act. It might occupy local services such as entertainment, accommodation and catering for tourists. It may seem, that tourism brings only benefits, but further consideration shows that it also has disadvantages.

Firstly, many countries depend heavily upon travel expenditures by foreigners as a source of taxation and as a source of income for the enterprises. Therefore, the development of tourism is often a strategy to promote a particular region for the purpose of increasing commerce through exporting goods and services.

Secondly, it provides direct employment for the people associated with occupations in bars and hotels. Thanks to it, the average standard of living of people increases well and at the same time unemployment is on the decrease.

However, tourists cause environmental damage through forest fires, destruction of sand dunes and pollution. Consequently this serves negatively as increased pollution disturbs local residents and also it may discourage tourists from further entering the country.

After this, tourism undermines culture by...

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