Pros and Cons of Tourism in Windsor

Pro's and con's of Tourism in Windsor

Mohamad Al Mesaouil

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Introduction

Tourism is the world's largest industry and creator of jobs across national and regional economies. Researches show that in 2006 tourism will generate nearly 11.7 % of GDP and 225 million jobs in the world-wide economy. Today, tourism is one of the largest industries in today’s world economy and is a great source of foreign exchange for many developing countries, whose major assets are their natural resources. At the same time, it is the environmental quality of a place that will determine the success of the tourism industry, since it is the main attraction for tourists.

It is estimated that the number of global tourists will continue to rise over the next twenty years. The rate of growth will properly increase as people become wealthier and have more spare time. Tourism has been increasing significantly in the past years for many reasons such as:

Air transport destinations have developed throughout the world, with more regional airports.
Airfares have become increasingly affordable.
People have more money to spend on holidays.
The growth of package tours to all parts of the world has made organizing holidays much easier.
There is an increased awareness of a wider range of places because of holiday's programs on television and travel reports in newspapers.
Many parts of the world have developed holiday destinations or special attractions because they organize that tourism is important to the local economy.

As well as having larger incomes, a lot of people have more leisure time than in the past. Most fulltime employment in developed countries today includes paid holidays (normally around three weeks per year). In addition, the working week is shorter than it used to be, with many now enjoying a full weekend free from work. There are also increasing numbers of peoples working part-time (especially in retail businesses) or in self-employment who are able to enjoy even more leisure time if they choose to.

Perhaps the most significant boost to tourism has been the development of low-cost, long-distance air travel. This allows previously distant locations to be reached in ever-shorter times. In 1934, for instance, a flight from London to Bangkok in Thailand took eight days and involved no fewer than sixteen stops in between! By 202 the same flight could be made directly in only ten hours.

It is not only traveling time that has been reduced. As air craft have been designed to carry more and more passengers, the cost of air travel has also fallen dramatically. For instance, the 1934 flight from London to Bangkok carried just eleven passengers who each paid the modern equivalent pf almost £ 8,000. By 2002, long-distance aircraft typically carried around 380 people and the cost of a London to Bangkok ticket on a scheduled airline was around £600.

Such dramatic changes have opened up new destinations to a wider cross-section of society. In addition, isolated locations are making them selves accessible by building airports in order to make money from tourism. With new super-airliners (capable of carrying 550 passengers) being developed, it seems that air travel will continue to speed the growth of global tourism.

There have also been growing concerns that tourism can also have negative effects on LEDCs, especially on the environment and the way local people live.

Concerns about the environment:

Vegetation is cut down and wild animals are killed during the building of large holiday resorts.
Too much water is used in some areas. Each visitor can use up to 1800 liters of water a day.
Increased building changes the look of an area and places become urbanized, losing there natural beauty.

Concerns about the local people:

Working conditions are often poor
Young people may be encouraged to move away from their families to work in tourism.
Wages in many sectors of the tourists industry are low, and local people may be exploited.

It is estimated that the number of global tourists will continue to rise over the next 20 years. The rate of growth will probably increase as people become wealthier and have more spare time. Tourism has been increasing rapidly in the past years. The reasons for growth of global tourism are for many reasons which are:

Air transport destinations have developed throughout the world, with more regional airports.
Airfares have become increasingly affordable.
People have more money to spend on holidays.
The growth of package tours to all parts of the world has made organizing holidays much easier.
There is an increase awareness of wider range of places because of holiday programs on television and travel reports in newspapers.
Many parts of the world have developed holiday's destinations or special attractions because they recognize that tourism is important to the local economy.

This is a bar chart shows the number of tourism and the how much it increased from 2004 to 2005. We can see that every year there are millions of tourists visiting Europe, Asia, America, Africa, Middle East from all around the world. This is an advantage as it provides and creates millions of jobs in hotels, airports, supermarkets and money to the local people, this results in more money investment that benefits the country. This is called sustainable development which has an enormous benefit to the country.

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