Tourism (impacts)

Question 1

Economic impacts

Answer 1

• —> employment opportunities
• —> growth in income
• —> increase in foreign exchange
• —> infrastructure development
• —> seasonal unemployment
• —> underuse of facilities
• —> shortage of services

Question 2

employment opportunities

Answer 2

tourism jobs:

• —> hotel
• —> transport
• —> souvenirs shops
• —> tour agencies

tourism jobs indirectly linked

• —> taxi drivers
• —> construction workers

UNWTO estimated that the tourism industry employed over 235 million people worldwide

Question 3

growth in income

Answer 3

Growth in tourism —-> growth in income

Question 4

growth in income examples

Answer 4

Pamilacan island in Philippines

• —> fisherman take tourists on boats to look for whale sharks and dolphins
• —> paid high amounts of money
• —> overall increase in revenue for country through taxes collected from fisherman

Question 5

increase in foreign exchange

Answer 5

it is the money earned from other countries in exchange for goods and services

• —> govt collect revenues directly from taxes on tourists
• —> GST

Question 6

increase in foreign exchange examples

Answer 6

• —> Singapore collects GST

- —> tourists pay taxes when purchasing petrol or dining in at restaurants, airport tax

Question 7

infrastructure development

Answer 7

construction of

• —> transport
• —> communication networks
• —> electrical frameworks
• —> systems for water and waste disposal

w/o these facilities, tourism would not be able to operate on a large scale

Question 8

infrastructure development examples

Answer 8

Athens, Greece and Beijing, China

—-> underground rail systems expanded to move large no. of visitors during the summer Olympic games