There are many positive aspects of tourism.For instance, some Less Economically Developed Countries (LED C'S) see tourism as a way to make there country more developed so that they can become a more economically developed country, this connects to the fact that tourism can help LED C'S build there education system e.g. money to build schools, money for teachers, schools, collage or university. Tourism can help LED C'S medically e.g. hospitals, money for medicine and treatment, hospital equipment, doctors and nurses and the money to build hospitals. My second point is that tourism in LED C'S can help more people get jobs and get more money in the country. Another good aspect of tourism would be that; local teenagers can become independent of there families by getting jobs, and providing money for themselves.
Unfortunately, there are many negative aspects of tourism as well, which include; tourists may not respect local customs traditions, which might offend the local people and other people living in that country. Also the rules in a different country or place might be different to what the tourists is used to so they might end up offending or even breaking the law! Even though the country gets money not all of it is actually spent on the country, most of it is actually spent in hotels, which is usually owned by foreign countries. Another bad aspect is that the World Trade Researchers Organisation (WTRO) have shown that the current pattern of world trade is not making a difference. It showed that LED C'S are not getting any richer some have even shown that LED C'S are getting poorer because of the money spent of facilities e.g tourist attractions (buildings-e.x hotels) . Another bad point is that tourism can lead to crime rate increases by up to a whooping 49.83% this is almost half! the crime rate is a big issue and is some times uncontrollable.
Tourism is managed in different ways. Here are some examples: in Botswana they have sustainable tourism, this provides jobs and opportunities for the people there without destroying there lifestyles or the environment for the future people and animals of Botswana. They do this by letting tourist experience traditional activities e.g weaving cloth. This is sustainable and it gets more money in the country that can be put to good use e.g farming-for crops/food and there education-money can be put to schooling so more people can go to school. Another example of sustainable tourism is in Tanzania (east Africa) they have sustainable tourism as well e.g they have a national safari park (Serengeti national park). this is sustainable because they do not harm the animals as they are kept in wide vast open space to roam about freely, the viewer and tourists always see them from a distance, never to close to startle them. this means they are not harming the animals in any way, so it is sustainable.
In conclusion, I think tourism can be good only if it is sustainable, for example- what they are doing in Botswana but not if it is unsustainable for example-what they are doing in a place in Spain which is ruining their beach in the end int wont be worth it.but over all i think tourism is good only if sustainable.
