1.1Introduction. Pro-Poor Tourism is about changing the dispersal of benefits from tourism in favor of poor people. It is not an unambiguous product. It is not the same as ecotourism or community-based tourism, nor is it limited to these callings. Any kind of tourism can be made pro-poor. Pro – Poor Tourism can be applied at different levels, at the enterprise, destination or country level. (Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership 2005a: 1). Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries, outranking allowances and even drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange, but the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment remains under debate as the abstract also states, Certainly many suspect that tourism does more harm than …show more content…
The tourism industry, it is argued, offers an ideal avenue through which poorer countries can open up to the benefits of globalization. There does seem to be significant potential to deliver more benefits from tourism to the poor, as tourism is a significant or growing economic sector in most countries with high levels of poverty(Scheyvens, Regina'Exploring the Tourism-Poverty Nexus', Current Issues in Tourism, 10: 2, 231 — 254.) However this ‘poverty consensus has been disapproved because it tends to overlook important environmental, social and political issues,the pro-poor development paradigm is considerably restricted in its premise of economic growth as the foundation …show more content…
For poor countries and small island states, tourism is the leading export often the only sustainable growth sector of their economies and a catalyst for many related sectors. It can play a key role in the overall achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. (World Tourism Organization,
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).
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With the development of transportation and the acceleration of globalisation, tourism has become an important means to stimulate economic growth. According to the world tourism organisation (UNWTO), tourism has become the world’s fastest and largest economic sector. Moreover, international tourists have increase dramatically from near 25 million in 1950 to 996 million in 2011(Chang et al., 2014). However this figures have put high stress on not only environment but also on society and economy for the local areas.
There are number of reasons for tourism development agencies, in both the public and private sectors, to develop pro-poor tourism strategies as a priority agenda in practice. The two main reasons are suggested as
Globalisation with its transcontinental flows, patterns of social interaction has given the tourism industry free reign to develop throughout the world also known as the ..global village.” The tourism industry has become a major sector for the global economy and is rapidly growing of tremendous annual rate and these changes can affect the host community and also on a global level.
In the century of the globalization, tourism has become an important factor in most countries economy. Tourism sector is main financial source for development in some least developed countries and at its turn, developing and developed countries benefit from tourism significantly especially host countries. According to United Nations World Tourism Organization UNWTO (2011) the contribution of tourism to GDP of the world, which is equal to USD 2,155.4 billion, worldwide is estimated at some 5 percent. Tourism influences host countries economy positively by reducing unemployment rate, improving international exchange and increasing income for a host country.
AMITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL TERM PAPER ON MANAGING DIVERISTY IN TOURISM INDUSTRY SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: RICHA GOEL ABHIMANYU MALIK FACULTY GUIDE BBA-IB 2014-2017 A1833314049. DECLARATION I, Abhimanyu Malik, hereby declare that the term paper report entitled “MANAGING DIVERSITY IN TOURISM INDUSTRY” that I have submitted is original. I was regularly in contact with the nominated guide for the discussion of the project report. DATE OF PROJECT SUBMISSION:.
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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.
Alternative tourism, also known as sustainable tourism, is different from mass tourism as it establishes an equal balance between the environmental, economic and the socio-cultural aspects of the tourism industry. Alternative tourism plays a vital role in the industry as it aids in the preservation of the local culture and conserving the flora and fauna of that place. Alternative tourism contributes to these various key variables which include generating income to improve the local economy and creating jobs opportunities, while minimizing the impacts on the environment, such as conserving the local biodiversity and the local culture for the future generations. WTO, Sept 2014 -. In this essay, it will point out the arguments and the key points about the concerns of the paper that will be covered in the essay, the effects of mass tourism has led to the depletion of natural resources such as fresh water, local resources such as food and raw materials, it can also lead to land degradation and pollution, these are the few of many undesirable effects that come from mass tourism.
According to the ‘World Tourism Organization’ (UNWTO), the tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, as it is estimated that by the year 2020, 7.8 billion people (roughly a quarter of the world’s population) will embark on a foreign trip (Bennett & Gebhardt 15). The Caribbean is said to be the most economically dependent on this industry, as the ‘Caribbean Tourism Organisation’ states that the industry forms the “economic backbone of most countries in the Region”(“Caribbean Tourism Industry” 1). The implications for tourism’s affect on the region have arisen and have prompted further research into this matter. Since the 1970’s, research regarding tourism in the Caribbean has attempted to determine the social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts of tourism. Much of the research has found that there are in fact many negative adverse effects, and Jackson’s article asserts that, “Governments often commit money and other resources to support the growth and development of tourism and often turn a blind eye to its negative impacts” (574).
Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism
The negative impacts that tourism creates can destroy the environment and all of its resources which it depends of for survival. Tourism has the prospective to create and bring useful effects on to the environment by donation the environmental protection conservation.
It is a well-noted fact that tourists from the developed world, or rich western nations, are in favour of visiting unspoilt natural environments and places steeped in tradition. However, Lea (1988) regards such attractions as being a sign of underdevelopment and rarely tolerated by the host nations just because they meet with foreign approval of visitors. Instead, it is the priority of the respective governments to raise living standards to acceptable levels, which means modernisation and the implementation of various infrastructures. Nevertheless, if administered effectively mass tourism could provide a form of sustainable development by meeting the needs of the present without compromising those of the future.
People are able to travel across the world in a short span of time (Paynesville press, 2001, May 30). Tourism can play a positive role in the social, cultural, economical, environmental and political development of the destination and as such represents a significant development opportunity for many countries and communities only if it is well managed (UNEP, n.d). On the contrary, unconstrained tourism development or growth can pilot to extremely damageable impacts. However, tourism is a very complex business concerning various organizations requiring significant amount of