Dis Advantges And Advantages Of Tourism
disadvantages)
• employment (1 emp/1000 tourist) (labor intensive, few administrative positions, little upward mobility.)
• infrastructure development (roads, water, electricity, telecom and cybercom, but not necessarily local priorities.)
• cultural preservation (economic incentives to preserve food, fashion, festivals and physical history, but these tend to be superficial elements of a culture.)
• environmental protection (econ incentives to preserve nature, wildlife and urban cleanliness)
• foreign exchange (generates resources to import food, pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer goods.)
• development of health care services (those these
Advantage (depending upon implementation some of these can turn into disadvantages)
• employment (1 emp/1000 tourist) (labor intensive, few administrative positions, little upward mobility.)
• infrastructure development (roads, water, electricity, telecom and cybercom, but not necessarily local priorities.)
• cultural preservation (economic incentives to preserve food, fashion, festivals and physical history, but these tend to be superficial elements of a culture.)
• environmental protection (econ incentives to preserve nature, wildlife and urban cleanliness)
• foreign exchange (generates resources to import food, pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer goods.)
• development of health care services (those these aren't always available to local people.)
Disadvantages (depending upon implementation some of these can turn into advantages)
• cultural destruction, (modernization (world mono-culture), freezes culture as performers, loss: language, religion, rituals, material culture.)
• primary products (sun, sand, surf, safari, suds, ski, sex) (little value added, neo-colonialism)
• environmental destruction (game drives, resorts: golf, ski, beach, desert, world as play ground, SUV.)
• marginal employment (low skill, low wage, menial services, prostitution, drug trade, gambling, hustlers.)
• low...
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