Answer to Question #241575 in Management for Bashang

Question

1. Identify the benefits and problems of mass tourism.
2. What criteria have been use when evaluating the impacts of mass tourism?
3. Identify the characteristics of the categories of tourist.
4. Which category has the least harmful impact on the cultures and environments they visit? Why?
5. Which category would you like to visit your community for a holiday? Why?
6. Why should visitors be managed at destination? In what ways do visitors impact destinations?
7. What is carrying capacity? Why is it needed in managing visitors?
8. What are the various instruments for managing visitor impacts? Provides examples for each.
9. Choose one tourism establishment. Research on their corporate social responsibility (CSR) and relate it with sustainable tourism development.

Answer 1

Tourism

Advantages

 It brings money to the local economy

 Creates jobs for local people

 Young people are more likely to stay in the area

 Improve roads, infrastructure, communication which benefits local people.

 Income from tourism can be reinvested in other projects.

 Can also be reinvested into protecting the environment

Disadvantages

 A lot of the profit made by companies is kept by TNCs

 Jobs are badly paid and seasonal

 Traffic caused by tourists

 Behavior of tourists can offend locals

 Transporting people places causes global warming

 Tourism can increase litter and pollution

 Can lead to the destruction of natural habitats