What is the impact of tourism on poverty?

Existing literature suggest that as tourism activities takes place poverty in the respective locality decreases due to increase in the levels of income of the local population where tourism develops, tourism must be responsible for paying regard or giving weightage to local needs and improving local welfare.



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Environmental impacts can be categorized as direct effects including degradation of habitat, vegetation, air quality, bodies of water, the water table, wildlife, and changes in natural phenomena, and indirect effects, such as increased harvesting of natural resources to supply food, indirect air and water pollution ( ...

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Tourism Impacts. Tourism can generate positive or negative impacts under three main categories: economic, social, and environmental. These impacts are analyzed using data gathered by businesses, governments, and industry organizations.

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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 has been identified as one of the effective tools for reducing poverty in the world (Muganda, Sahli & Smith, 2010; Scheyvens, 2007, 2008).

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The UN's World Tourism Organization runs a program called Sustainable Tourism - Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) that trains local guides and assists communities in developing tourist destinations around existing cultural heritage sites.

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  1. Educate children. Education is one of the best solutions to poverty. ...
  2. Provide clean water. ...
  3. Ensure basic health care. ...
  4. Empower a girl or woman. ...
  5. Improve childhood nutrition. ...
  6. Support environmental programs. ...
  7. Reach children in conflict. ...
  8. Prevent child marriage.


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Revenue. Visitors spend money with the community's businesses. Restaurants, retail stores, boutiques and businesses of all varieties have the potential to earn more when their community attracts tourists. As a result, everyone from business owners to employees will have more to spend within the local economy.

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And before we can learn how to travel sustainably, we need to understand what damage exactly we can cause when we go on another vacation.
  • Destruction of nature and habitat loss. ...
  • Pressure on the resources of the area. ...
  • Loss of the cultural identity of the place and community. ...
  • Growth of aggression and crime rates.


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Positive Impacts of Tourism on the Environment
  • Awareness raising and experience.
  • Skills and education.
  • Conservation activities and biodiversity.
  • Endangered species protection.
  • Illegal trade prevention.
  • Finance & jobs.
  • Sustainable practices & legislation.


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In a number of destinations, tourism helps to ensure higher water quality and better protection of nature and local natural resources. It can generate additional resources to invest in environmental infrastructures and services.

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