Mass Tourism

Question 1

What is mass tourism?

Answer 1

Involves large numbers of tourists going to one place

It’s the most popular and usually cheapest

Question 2

Social positive impacts of mass tourism?

Answer 2

Local traditions are kept

Development tourism may halt out migration.

Question 3

Social negative impact of mass tourism?

Answer 3

Local traditions may disappear in favour in coping tourists

Question 4

Economic positive impacts of mass tourism?

Answer 4

Increases the economy

Infrastructure improved by mass tourism also benefits locals

Question 5

Economic negative impacts of mass tourism?

Answer 5

Low income for locals
Numbers of visitors goes up and down
Country doesn’t keep the full income - most goes to the companies that run hotels, import food // water and other materials.

Question 6

Environmental positive impacts of tourism?

Answer 6

Greater awareness of need for conservation of wildlife // monuments
Income from tourism may pay for repairs

Question 7

Environmental negative impacts of mass tourism?

Answer 7

Pollution problems; litter, untreated waste going into rivers // seas.
Destruction of environment in order to build new hotels // roads.
Loss of peace and quite.
Pressure on landscape such as foot paths, erosion and soil erosion.