The Tourism Industry : An Source Of Revenue For Many Countries

Making tourism more sustainable is not just about controlling and managing the negative impacts of the industry. Tourism is in a very special position to benefit local communities, economically and socially, and to raise awareness and support for conservation of the environment.

Several studies have investigated the perception of the local community on the tourism impacts and tourism development. The research by Ramkissoon and Nunkoo (2011) in Port Louis showed that favorable attitude toward the tourism industry was found to support for tourism development, with higher insights of positive tourism impacts, this means that the community shows higher support for the industry. Nejati, Mohamed & Omar (2014) found that locals in Perhentian Island have an ominously greater level of outlook towards the positive economic impacts of tourism than residents in Redang Island after comparing the two islands in Malaysia. Aside from the perceived negative environmental impacts of tourism, locals on both islands

Sustainable development is defined as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations General Assembly, 1987, p. 43). It is not only related with natural environment, but with social and economic conditions of what people do. In this respect, tourism industry which is highly associated with these conditions is, indeed, an essential part of sustainable development. Thus, the UNWTO defines sustainable tourism as ‘tourism that delivers positive economic, social and environmental outcomes with consideration to the needs of the visitor, industry, community and environment.’ As the tourism industry is mounting every year, sustainable tourism has

Tourism is one of the most exciting and progressive industries in the world. Tourism today is a leisure activity of the masses. People travel to international destinations to break the regular monotony of life. They are mainly attracted by either the scenic beauty of its nature or by fascinating leisure, sports and adventure activities offered by the destination. However, every destination has some internal strengths and weaknesses that either enhance its capacity to attract foreign visitors or diminish it. Similarly the external environment can create various opportunities or exposed to threats as well.

Tourism can add to the vitality of communities in many ways. One example is that events and festivals of which local residents have been the primary participants and spectators are often rejuvenated and developed in response to tourist interest. The jobs created by tourism can act as a vital incentive to reduce emigration from rural areas. Local people can also increase their influence on tourism development, as well as improve their job and earnings prospects, through tourism-related professional training and development of business and organizational skills.

As the earth heats due to global warming caused by pollution, the temperatures are rising and creating a shift in the water environment, slowly damaging the earth. As this continues, more birds are getting stuck in six-pack plastic rings, turtles are getting straws stuck up their nose, and more penguins are getting oil stuck in their feathers. The looks of the atrocious scenes shown above have created a worsening economy for the tourism industry, “polluted rivers are marrying the reputation of our nation's capital, when the rivers are dirty it influences tourists in a negative way.” (Corporate Pollution n.pag.). When the United States has trashy beaches, with a dead whale on shore, and a large pipe dumping sewage into the water greeting tourists, it does not exactly create a wonderful experience, and the United States will surely not expect to see that tourist again. This creates a divot in the tourism industry with an estimated loss of close to one billion dollars through the fall of water-based activities (The Effects: Economy n.pag.). The weakening tourism is not the only factor dragging down the economy in the context of water pollution. Property values, commercial fishing, recreational businesses and other sectors that depend on clean water are also being affected. The prices of houses can drop by twenty-five percent if filthy water is surrounding the property (The Effects: Economy n.pag.). Nutrient pollution annually causes the commercial fishing industry tens of

In 1996, UNWTO formally WTO phrased sustainable tourism as an alternate form of tourism, which ensures meeting the tourism needs of the current generation, whilst also safeguarding the tourism opportunities of future generations. One form of sustainable tourism is Ecotourism which has become the trend in tourism. Ecotourism is seen a one of the fastest growing sectors within the tourism industry worldwide with an annual growth rate of 10-15% worldwide (Buckley, 2000). According to The International Ecotourism Society or (TIES) which describes ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the quality of life for the local people (TIES, 2010). Ecotourism encompasses three inter-linked components of environment, active learning, sustaining the socio-cultural and natural environments (Weaver,

Among a hundred of developed industries, tourism is regarded as one of the most promptly growing fields in the world, and eco tourism is one of its ahead rising categories. There are more and more countries has been placing eco tourism sector priority over others for their market growth, because they acknowledge not only its ecological, cultural, but also economic values. More to the point, this sector has a sharp affiliation to the term of mindful or socially conscious tourism; However, it has not been fully understanding by many travellers and tourism associations? Mindful or also called socially conscious tourism is travel without taking advantage of local workers and cultures, but with minimal environmental influences. There is a fact that this industry has brought a huge beneficial to all the world countries’ economic, but people as tourism organization and tourists are exploiting

Tourism is a key pillar of New Zealand’s economy. The tourism industry in New Zealand contributes to nearly 3.7% of the country’s gross domestic product. Though a key pillar of the economy, it is also raised a lot of problem in its environment. Tourism is gradually damaging the environment of New Zealand and it has raised an alarm for the country to consider its pillar sector. New Zealand has magnificent sceneries such as the Mt. Victoria, the Fiordland National Park, The Southern Lakes and the Expansive national museum. This essay endeavors to ascertain that tourism in New Zealand is causing environmental issues in the country.

However, sustainability should not put mainly on the economic side since sustainability of tourist attractions, i.e., the ecological sites and the heritage, is the core value of sustainable tourism. Although the government claimed that it has been keen on “promoting green tourism in Northeast New Territories and outlying islands having regard to the principles of nature conservation and sustainable development.” (GovHK, 2009), it is doubtful that, regarding its policy on green tourism, whether Hong Kong government has a clear and accurate vision for mass tourism that will incorporate the natural environment. Tourism should be regarded as a tool for ecological and heritage preservation but not the other way round, otherwise there is no true meaning of sustainable tourism. Apparently, there is still much room for improvement regarding the policy as more concern and control should be placed over the environmental sustainability so as not to override the economic sustainability on the environmental sustainability. The success of green tourism is largely dependent on effectiveness of government on planning and management to minimize the impact to environment and the effective distribution of ecological resources.

In today’s competitive economies and with growth of tourism as a source of revenue managing destinations is an important and integral part of controlling tourism’s environmental impacts and promoting sustainable tourism in the region. Destination management includes planned business permits to organizations, land use planning, environmental and other regulations and various other methods for the development and operations of activities related to tourism. According to UNWTO “The programme for "Destination Management" is committed to respond positively to the growing need for systematic, multidisciplinary and intersectoral strategies for tourism at local, regional and national level and in particular to provide strategic guidance in destination management which is a recent conceptualization of a micro-level activity at national, regional and/or local level in which the tourism stakeholders carry out their individual and organizational responsibilities in a coordinated manner aiming to achieve the macro-level policies.” (United Nations World Tourism Organization)

In the pacific, the tourism industry has been growing rapidly in size and in investment lately and shows no sign of slowing down. However, the newer tactics and ways to generate profit for the tourism industry today have impacted the land, environment, and culture of the area being exposed to tourism (Taylor & Francis, 325-327). One of the more debatable areas happens to be in the Pacific, where a lot of small islands and enticing places to visit lie. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, tourism helps the preservation of the environment through the contribution of direct finances and government revenues earned by the tourism industry ("Tourism and Environmental Conservation"). The “preservation of sites, monuments, and traditional architecture” can be achieved through employing the money earned from tourism for the preservations of these local areas ("Positive Socio-cultural Impacts”). Infrastructure that is originally targeted towards tourists is beneficial to the locals since the creation of infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, and so on, evidently also benefit the locals who live in the area ("Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism"). The money given by tourists can be employed to preserve and protect the natural environment and topography in the Pacific ("Positive and Negative Impacts of Tourism"). While the more tourists that visit the area is ideal for the tourism industry, it is not ideal for the locals since more tourists equates to

With the gradual increase of income and a substantial increase in the emphasis on tourism and leisure, and the residents ' demand for tourism travel is growing rapidly. The mobile Internet can ensure the website user use the online travel service anytime, anywhere, which greatly expand the online travel market space and become strong incentives of the online travel market. In recent years, the mobile terminals of online travel market grew rapidly, promoting capital enthusiasm and industry innovation, after a certain level of maturity, the mobile terminal will provide a solid foundation for the rapid development of the O2O tourism market.

Nowadays, there is no denying the fact that being a tourist is becoming an increasing popular lifestyle in most of the region, such as America, Europe and Asia. Some people think that tourism industry is mutually beneficial, while others consider that tourism brings inequality and exploitation. I am in favor of the idea that the benefits that tourism brings to the CARICOM are short-term while drawbacks that come with are long-term.

The large-scale impacts of Tourism include both positive and negative impacts on environmental, socio - cultural and economic aspects. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts, when the size of the impacts becomes large enough to drastically alter economic, socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist destination. Especially the sensitive places like conflict-affected regions, these impacts need to be analyzed and evaluated carefully. Apart from obvious and visible effects on the economy and the physical environment, tourism can contribute to social and cultural changes in host societies, including changes in value systems, traditional lifestyles, family relationships, individual behavior or community structure.