How can tourism negatively affect societies?

As tourists bring new money to an area, crime rates may also increase, with tourists being targeted as 'easy money'. Locals may also develop a negative view of tourists, especially with large influxes of visitors, or if local values are not respected by tourists and popular visitor areas are not kept clean.



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The Disadvantages of Tourism – What Happens When Travel is not Sustainable
  • The commodification of culture.
  • Erosion of culture.
  • Tourists behaving badly.
  • Physical damage to built culture and heritage.


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Disadvantages of Tourism
  • Tourists' Negligence of the Environment. ...
  • Exploitation of Local Culture. ...
  • Tourists' Lack of Compliance. ...
  • Lack of Job Security/Seasonal only. ...
  • Limited to Service-only Jobs. ...
  • Uneven Infrastructure Development. ...
  • Foreign Business Owners. ...
  • Disregard for Other Sectors.


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Tourism puts enormous stress on local land use, and can lead to soil erosion, increased pollution, natural habitat loss, and more pressure on endangered species. These effects can gradually destroy the environmental resources on which tourism itself depends.

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Tourism often puts pressure on natural resources through over-consumption, often in places where resources are already scarce. Tourism puts enormous stress on local land use, and can lead to soil erosion, increased pollution, natural habitat loss, and more pressure on endangered species.

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Negative social impacts also include increased crime in the area, such as prostitution, illegal gambling and drug dealing and robbery. Very often, this is not related to local people, but occurs as a result of criminal gangs moving into the area to exploit tourists and sometimes local people as well.

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As tourists bring new money to an area, crime rates may also increase, with tourists being targeted as 'easy money'. Locals may also develop a negative view of tourists, especially with large influxes of visitors, or if local values are not respected by tourists and popular visitor areas are not kept clean.

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Most of the common positive impacts of tourism on culture include increasing cross cultural interaction; understanding, maintaining and keeping local culture, arts, crafts and traditions; empowering host communities; and strengthening cultural values.

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Sustainable tourism helps protect the environment
Financial resources and employment are critical for local livelihoods and security. But as more and more countries focus on expanding their tourism sites, they often encounter problems with overconsumption of their finite natural resources, pollution, and degradation.

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Some show immediate effect while, there are also factors which affect in the long run.
  • Environment at Destination. ...
  • Economy of the Country. ...
  • Historical or Cultural Importance of Destination. ...
  • Research Importance of Destination. ...
  • Religious Importance of Destination. ...
  • Technology.


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As an industry prone to overconsumption, tourism consequently produces a substantial amount of waste and pollution. In some places, tourists produce up to twice as much waste as local residents. This can put incredible strain on local waste management systems, causing landfills and sewage plants to overflow.

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These negative social impacts include; social change; changing values; increased crime and gambling; changes in moral behaviour; changes in family structure and roles; problems with the tourist-host relationship and the destruction of heritage.

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Here are a few things to consider:
  • Take Fewer Flights & Reduce Your Creation of Carbon. ...
  • Offset Your Carbon. ...
  • Bring Your Own Waste-Free Tools. ...
  • Use Public Transportation & Walk/Bike. ...
  • Choose Eco-Friendly Activities & Tour Operators. ...
  • Book Eco-Lodging & Stay in Sustainable Resorts/Airbnbs. ...
  • Support Local People & Businesses.


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