INTRODUCTION: Tourism is no more an occasional past-time for wealthy and adventurous people. Nowadays‚ everyone is participating in the tourism industry‚ may it be a catering company‚ a hotel or an entertainment business. In fact‚ tourism has an impressive impact on its host country’s economy. It increases growth rate‚ national profit‚ investment and country celebrity as well‚ going from short term to long term improvements. However‚ it has crucial negative impacts on other sectors‚ mostly‚
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM | | he quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made‚ is essential to tourism. However‚ tourism’s relationship with the environment is complex. It involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports‚ and of tourism facilities‚ including resorts‚ hotels‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ golf courses and marinas. The negative impacts of tourism development
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STB as an NTO. Singapore Tourism Board‚ was established in 1964 with the goal to promote Singapore as a tourist destination. The Statutory Board was established by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore‚ this indicates that the government recognised the tourism industry’s potential as a capable contributor to the economy. In the first year‚ STB only had 25 employees‚ who’s efforts welcomed 91 thousand tourists in that year. As a result of STB’s continuous effort‚ Singapore welcomed 16.4 million
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Tourism in a particular area can have distinctive effect on the social and cultural aspect of life‚ depending on the strengths and weakness of that specific region. The main reason of these impacts of tourism is because tourism brings about changes in the value system and behavior of the local population‚ thereby threatening the native identity. Furthermore‚ changes often occur in community structure‚ family relationships‚ traditional life style‚ rituals and ethics. There are many positive
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Impact of tourism on Kenya Academic English Impact of Tourism in Kenya Tourism is the phenomenon arising from temporary visits (or stays away from home) outside the normal place of residence or usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Tourism implies that a person takes a journey‚ which can be of a day or various days‚ and that can be within a national boundary‚ which be classified as a domestic tourist trip or a journey which crosses
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IMPACTS OF FOREIGN WORKER IN SINGAPORE CONTENT 1. Introduction 2 2. Demographic Profile of Foreign workers 2 3. Reasons Singapore Need Foreign Workers 4 3.1 Low Birth Rate 4 3.2 Ageing Population 4 3.3 High Skilled and Low Skilled jobs 4 4. Impacts of Foreign Workers to Singapore 5 4.1 Positive Impacts 5 4.1.1 Achieve Economic Growth 5 4.1.2 Diversify Human Capital 6 4.1.3 Increase Income and GST Tax Revenue 6 4.2 Negative Impacts 7 4.2.1 Congestion in Public Transport System 7
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everywhere in the world. The interest of tourism has risen every year. There are many positive aspects of tourism. However‚ development of tourism has caused many problems as well. The big problems are traffic‚ stressful life for the local people and environmental effects. The positive side is that the tourism is the source of money for the local economy. First of all‚ tourism impacts the people and the culture of particular places. There are places where tourism causes big traffic. In most popular
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SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF KILIFI TOWNSHIP A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANANGEMENT OF PWANI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (A Constituent College of Kenyatta University) BY ISAAC KIPKEMEI KENGE H12/PUC/2742/07 MARCH 2011 1 Declaration This is my original piece of work and has not been presented for award of any degree in any University. SIGNATURE
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Tourism While tourism can be a powerful positive force for change in poor countries‚ it can also be seriously damaging for the local environment and culture. An increase in mass tourism that is not controlled responsibly can ruin areas of natural beauty. Tourism can damage coral reefs‚ pollute beaches and destroy the habitats of wildlife as roads and hotels are built. Ironically‚ damage to these natural resources is likely to reduce future numbers of visitors. Another negative effect is that
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