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Title: Impact Of Tourism On Society And Culture


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Impact Of Tourism On Society And Culture
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Positive Impacts
  • It is inevitable that tourism will have a major
    effect on the culture and society of an area.
  • By promoting tourism you are encouraging contact
    between different cultures.
  • Indeed many people deliberately choose to
    experience a culture very different to their own.

3
Positive Impacts
  • For many, the experience of different cultures is
    seen as an enriching and educating one.
  • The benefits can be felt by the hosts and the
    visitors.
  • The breaking down of prejudices as people
    experience other cultures and societies.
  • This is directly linked to the fact that most
    prejudice is a consequence of ignorance.

4
Positive Impacts
  • The strengthening of a culture as that culture
    becomes supported by tourism.
  • Reduction in the dilution of culture as locals
    don't have to migrate to find work.
  • The emancipation of women in the receiving
    culture as they witness the lives of women from
    western society.

5
Negative Impacts
  • Cultural erosion as traditional ceremonies are
    performed for tourists their cultural or
    religious importance is diminished.
  • Traditional industry that is very important to
    the culture can be forced to close as they are
    seen as detrimental to the tourist industry.
  • Traditional cultures are abandoned as young
    people look to foreign cultures for their role
    models.
  • Cultures are destroyed as drugs, child
    prostitution, HIV are introduced as a side effect
    of tourism.
  • Locals can resent the tourists as they fail to
    pay local culture the necessary respect.

6
Activity
  • Using Advanced Geography P423-425, answer the
    following
  • Explain the term culture.
  • Suggest ways in which tourism can affect the
    culture of a society.
  • In what ways can culture have a positive effect
    on tourism?
  • In what ways could societies be affected
    positively and negatively?
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