The Impact of tourism
(Environmental impact)
Tourism has a great impact on the host community that is Bangkok. Tourism brings in improvement in the community, it brings a change in the lifestyles, environment etc. Tourism can contribute in the economic growth of an area. In the past, tourism was based only on the accommodation, hospitality, transportation and entertainment zone with visitors’ attraction such as theme parks, amusement parks, sports facilities, museums etc. People don’t only travel for leisure purpose or for relaxation; they also travel for entertainment, business purpose, either for a meeting, conference, workshop, events etc. Tourism has brought positivity in the host community by protecting the natural environment and maintaining
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If not, then Thailand may not having any cash inflow of the tourist dollars because tourists or visitors usually look for new, less expensive, more original/historical destinations and if Thailand fails in providing such services the country will be left destroyed by its own desire and this is a central problem faced by other countries with entrusted interest in the tourist industry as well.
Due to fear of interrupting the flow of tourist dollars many government refuses to take the following steps; environment needs of creation of rigorous environmental law and the adoption of ecotourism policies which has an impact on tourism.
Other countries have created the rules and regulations, but there is a slight encouragement to effectively implement them. Although tourism destroys tourism in many cases because of the increasing deprivation would send the tourists or visitors on to new locations which causes a loss and decreases interest to visit the host community. Thailand has a lot to provide and explore to the tourist and visitors, they should be able to come up with strategies and create countless positive impacts on the tourist and visitors in order to become one of the successful orientated countries. Also, Thai government should consider creating tourism rules and regulations and convert the negative impacts to positives which would benefit the tourists as well as people in the host community Bangkok. Many aspects should be taken care of while organizing an event, activities, or any other tourism attractions which could bring more of positive impacts to tourist than the negatives
Tourism impacts can be generally classified into seven categories with each having both positive and negative impacts. These impacts include; economic, environmental, social and cultural, crowding and congestion, taxes, and community attitude. It is essential for a balance on array of impacts that may either positively or negatively affect the resident communities. Different groups are concerned about different tourism impacts that affect them in one way or another. Tourism’s benefits can be increased by use of specific plans and actions. These can also lead to decrease in the gravity of negative impacts. Communities will not experience every impact but instead this will depend on particular natural resources, development, or spatial patterns (Glen 1999).
Nowadays, developing countries are stimulating to develop the tourism industry to increase the revenue and economic growth. Thailand is one of the counties that used tourism industry to develop for a long time. Tourism industry of Thailand is beneficial because it impacts the national development. The other benefits are the developed areas, medical development, and promoting Thai culture. In addition, Thailand is well-known as ‘the land of smile’ so many tourists are interested in the culture and destinations. Some tourists want to experience the culture heritage of each regions of Thailand. There are benefits that gain from tourism in Thailand.
Bhutan removed its self-imposed isolation policy in the 1970s. Since then, Bhutan has been drawing a lot of international attention and interest. Besides this, Bhutan has become one of the main tourist destinations in the world. This is because of the diverse biodiversity, unique culture and traditions. Given these unique features, Bhutan has the opportunity to commercialize the tourism industry. Therefore, instead of banning tourism, it should be regulated as it helps to generate revenues and foreign currency for development, to preserve and renovate the cultural sites, to create job opportunities, and to improve the living standards of local communities.
It hasn’t been a long time since I come to study in Japan but one thing that I noticed is that there are many Thai people in Japan. When I went to a tourist attraction in Japan such as Harajuku, Shinjuku, Shibuya , I saw many Thai tourists. I wonder why Thai tourists keep coming to Japan and the trend seems to increase every years so when I had to present about elements from my country in Japan, I was not hesitate to present about Thai tourists.
Thailand, Indonesia, and Maldives were thriving developing countries from the economic support provided by the tourism industry. The white sand beaches and lush tropical greenery found on one island could be replaced with glorious mountains and waterfalls form a short boat ride to another island. Tourism flourished because of the many interesting physical characteristics of the area. According to the CIA World Fact Book, Thailand offered its many visitors peaceful democracy and a southern isthmus known to be always hot and humid (CIA World Fact Book). Maldives present...
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Rivalry among competitors will be more intense depending on the outlook of the industry. Although, inbound tourism in Thailand has been growing steady since 1960 and the number of international tourists arrival in Thailand increased every year. Meanwhile, there is a huge number of inbound tour operator increasing every year (Department of Tourism, 2016). In addition, Thailand's tourism business operator, which account for more 70% is a SMEs entrepreneurs who must face the burden of the uphill competition that is circulating.
Industrialization and modernization are two necessary steps for a country to develop. While industry has grown up, the harmful effects of the industry on environment and society have also been increasing at the same time. Tourism in Vietnam is a typical example. According to Joan C. Henderson, Vietnam’s economy has improved after the reform of “Doi Moi” promulgated by the Communist Party at the Sixth Party Congress in 1986 (271). Since this event happened, Vietnam has encouraged the international tourists. The number of visitor arrivals in 1986 was 54,353 and rapidly increasing. In the early 1990s, foreign arrivals were raised by 40 - 50% on average per year (Nguyen and Le, 1997). Recently, on the first ten months of 2014, the total foreign arrivals reached 6,608,391 that rise eight percent higher than the same phase last year (“International”, 2014). However, the development of tourism in the beaches, especially in Vung Tau city, Vietnam causes water pollution, which affects the health of people who live near the beach.
Half of century has gone since ‘tourism boom’ began in 1960s (Tirados, 2011). Nowadays, desire to be a tourist is virtually universe which has made tourism become a central element of globalization. The profit brought from tourism is something that we cannot deny however everything has its two sides which are good and bad, advantages and disadvantages or positive and negative. Thailand is a great example to find out the advantages and disadvantages of the development of tourism impact on the country.
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