Advantages Of Tourism

Disadvantages Of TourismDisadvantages (depending upon implementation some of these can turn into advantages)• cultural destruction, (modernization (world mono-culture), freezes culture as performers, loss: language, religion, rituals, material culture.) • primary products (sun, sand, surf, safari, suds, ski, sex) (little value added, neo-colonialism) • environmental destruction (game drives, resorts: golf, ski, beach, desert, world as play ground, SUV.) • marginal employment (low skill, low wage, menial services, prostitution, drug trade, gambling, hustlers.) • low benefits (no job security, no health care, no organizing, no work safety rules or enviro standards.) • development of illegal and/or destructive economic activities (markets for drugs, endangered species, etc.) • outside hiring (skilled middle and senior management recruited out of the area and transferred in.) • concentration employment (walled resort enclaves.) • seasonal employment • outside decision making (decisions made outside of the area, corporate dollars corrupt government.) • unrealistic expectations (divert young people from school and brighter futures.) • anti-democratic collusion (industry support of repressive governments) • land controlled by the elite (people relocated, agriculture eliminated, prohibited from N.P.) • negative lifestyle's (STD's, substance abuse, begging, hustling) • diverted and concentrated development (airport, roads, water, electricity to tourist destinations, development not accessible to locals), • little forex stays in country (airplanes, vehicles, booze, hot air balloons, generally have foreign owners), • package programs • cruises (eat and sleep on board so the economic benefits to the ports-of-call is very thin and limited.) • unstable market (fickle, affected by local and world events, generally highly elastic) • health tourism.