Impact of Tourism on the Environment (Negril) Negril is situated on the western end of the island of Jamaica. It is known as the 7 mile beach even though it is slightly longer than 6.4 km in length. Negril is also called the tourism capital of Jamaica. Tourism is travel for business‚ leisure or recreational purposes and therefore has many impacts on the environment: as natural habitats both aquatic and terrestrial are being destroyed and damaged when hotels and roads are being built‚ causing pollution
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The Environmental Impact of Tourism 1. Tourism and the Environment The term ‘environment’ is a generic concept. It encompasses different contexts including the cultural‚ social‚ political and economic. The most often assumed meaning of environment is that of nature. However‚ we must also remember that how we use nature carries with political‚ economic and social implications. We know that the impacts of human activities upon nature have implications for its biodiversity and the welfare
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Employment generated by tourism is categorized into direct and indirect. Direct employment is defined as jobs which are specifically created by the need to supply and serve tourists. The obvious example is those jobs created by the opening of a tourist hotel. Tourism‚ however‚ requires a large input from the construction sector‚ and those workers employed on building tourism facilities constitute a backward linkage from the tourism sector. These jobs in relation to tourism may be regarded as being
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.Dyer‚ Geoff. "Beijing Olympics Failed to Boost Tourism‚ Figures show." FT.com (2009)ABI/INFORM Complete; ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. "China : Marriott Executive Apartments Strengthens its Position in China with the Opening of the Imperial Mansion‚ Beijing." MENA Report (2012)ProQuest Research Library. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. Dombey‚ Olivier. "The Effects of SARS on the Chinese Tourism Industry." Journal of Vacation Marketing 10.1 (2003): 4-10.ABI/INFORM Complete. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
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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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affecting Cultural tourism Economic Impact The events and festivals are recognized as economic drivers‚ with their help business and tourism are not only industry field which benefits from festivals‚ but the most cities and municipalities themselves benefit. Cultural tourism has been placed at the center of many urban regeneration strategies because it can provide the basis to reanimate city centers‚ rejuvenate existing cultural facilities‚ create new cultural centers
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As I interviewed the client I realized that she is very resilient starting with her migration to America‚ for better economic opportunities. She had to deal with culture shock that entails mourning the loss of her country coupled with adapting to a new culture and being placed in a disadvantaged socioeconomic position. In addition‚ there was a shift in her social status from being in the racial majority in Guyana to a minority in the United States. Upon arriving in America she was without the support
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the
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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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DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM 15TH NOVEMBER‚ 2010 READERS/REMARK_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GRADE____________________________ THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM 1. INTRODUCTION All
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