sustainable tourism & tensions in managing impacts of tourism

Question 1

sustainable tourism

Answer 1

• visiting somewhere as a tourists –> making a positive change impact on environment, society, and economy
• e.g. tourism in glow worm caves Maori, NZ monitored by scientific advisory committee –> tourism halted if CO²reached 2400 parts per mil
• locals who own the cave receives portion of entrance fee, locals employed receives income

Question 2

tensions between locals & tourists

Answer 2

• needs to tourists conflicts w/ needs of locals
• e.g. Bali 2012, Indonesia has 2.9 mil international tourists and resident population of 4.2 mil. Large inflow of tourists caused tensions

Question 3

tensions between tourists and environment

Answer 3

• needs of tourists conflicts with needs to conserve envi

- e.g. Machu Picchu, Peru draws an average of 3300 tourists everyday –> tourists erode property