Environmental Impacts of Tourism
AAP Report:
Environmental Impacts Due to Tourism
By Olivia Hazell
Year 11, Dundas
Due Date: 10/05/12
INTRODUCTION
Environmental impact refers to the direct effect of socio-economic activities and natural events on the components of the environment. These impacts can be planned such as afforestation or due to tourism can be totally accidental such as littering. Environmental impact is the change in the environment culturally, and physically which can be due to tourists both negatively and positively.
PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of this report is to determine the positive impacts on the environment tourism has, while also making aware the negative impacts tourism has on the environment. In this report negative impacts will be examined, with example of such and will also be provided with possible solutions in order to minimise the impacts.
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
Air Pollution and Water Resource
Transport by air, road, and rail is continuously increasing in response to the rising number of tourists and their greater mobility, as tourism now accounts for more than 60% of air travel. A study estimated that a single return flight emits almost half the CO2 emissions produced by all other sources consumed by an average person yearly. In Nepal, the severe air pollution lingering over capital Kathmandu is repelling tourist, which is one of the economies mainstays. Tourist go to places such as Nepal to see its beautiful landscape, however, the air pollution is so serious that the sky over Kathmandu is covered by dark polluted clouds and the mountains are hardly visible for 50 days on a year. Due to factors such as exhaust fumes the number of foreign tourist visiting Nepal in 1995 had declined by more than 12%.
The tourism industry generally overuses water resources for hotels, swimming pools, golf courses and personal use of water by tourists. This can result in water shortages and degradation of water supplies. Due to hot
Environmental Impacts Due to Tourism
By Olivia Hazell
Year 11, Dundas
Due Date: 10/05/12
INTRODUCTION
Environmental impact refers to the direct effect of socio-economic activities and natural events on the components of the environment. These impacts can be planned such as afforestation or due to tourism can be totally accidental such as littering. Environmental impact is the change in the environment culturally, and physically which can be due to tourists both negatively and positively.
PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of this report is to determine the positive impacts on the environment tourism has, while also making aware the negative impacts tourism has on the environment. In this report negative impacts will be examined, with example of such and will also be provided with possible solutions in order to minimise the impacts.
NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SOLUTIONS
Air Pollution and Water Resource
Transport by air, road, and rail is continuously increasing in response to the rising number of tourists and their greater mobility, as tourism now accounts for more than 60% of air travel. A study estimated that a single return flight emits almost half the CO2 emissions produced by all other sources consumed by an average person yearly. In Nepal, the severe air pollution lingering over capital Kathmandu is repelling tourist, which is one of the economies mainstays. Tourist go to places such as Nepal to see its beautiful landscape, however, the air pollution is so serious that the sky over Kathmandu is covered by dark polluted clouds and the mountains are hardly visible for 50 days on a year. Due to factors such as exhaust fumes the number of foreign tourist visiting Nepal in 1995 had declined by more than 12%.
The tourism industry generally overuses water resources for hotels, swimming pools, golf courses and personal use of water by tourists. This can result in water shortages and degradation of water supplies. Due to hot
Bibliography: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi/index.html United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2001 [ 3 ]. http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/envi/one.html Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2001