What are the negative social and cultural impacts of tourism?

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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However, as identified by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, 2003a), negative social impacts of tourism can include: Change or loss of indigenous identity and values. Culture clashes. Physical causes of social stress (increased demand for resources)

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Social and Cultural Effects
Tourism can also provide needed jobs, such as construction and building projects that improve infrastructure and attract visitors, as well as employment in the hospitality industry from working in hotels to acting as a guide to places of interest, to the selling of arts and crafts.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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On the one hand, travelers can participate in social tourism by contributing to their destinations – volunteering, participating in local projects, helping build homes for disadvantaged local groups, supporting local artists and crafters, donating, and more.

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It can raise awareness of different cultures and promote understanding between people of different backgrounds. 6. Cultural tourism encourages travelers to learn about other countries, so they are better prepared when visiting them.

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These negative effects can be greatly decreased by creating opportunities for people from the host country to act in terms of cultural exchange rather than having their land commodified for profit that enriches a higher echelon.

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Overview. Cultural tourism experiences include architectural and archaeological treasures, culinary activities, festivals or events, historic or heritage, sites, monuments and landmarks, museums and exhibitions, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, religious venues, temples and churches.

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Economic Impacts
Tourism generates income for a variety of businesses and creates a wide range of employment opportunities. At the global scale, tourism is seen as one of the world's largest and fastest growing industries.

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These socio-cultural impacts of ecotourism on the host communities can be evaluated through proper judgment on changes on the population structure; transformation of types of occupation; transformation of values; influence on traditional way of life; and modification on consumption pattern of local people (Wearing, ...

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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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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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