Disadvantages of Tourism

Question 1

How can tourism negatively affect the environment?

Answer 1

Particularly in mass tourism, tourists often leave litter around, they erode footpaths by constantly walking on them and they can destroy natural habitats.

Question 2

How can tourism negatively affect culture?

Answer 2

If word of the culture is spread, people could start doing displays of it at home which would mean it is not as unique. Culture might also get drowned in a wave of tourists.

Question 3

How can tourism negatively affect the economy?

Answer 3

As, particularly in mass tourism, the wages are cheap and the jobs are seasonal which means that lots of people can still be almost unemployed.