Being the world’s biggest industry in the twentieth century, tourism has both advantages and disadvantages.
Let us commence on the advantages.
Firstly, many countries depend heavily upon foreigners traveling as a source of income.
With more tourists, more people are needed to build the accommodation, work in the tourist industry, sell farm produce to the hotels, and build new roads, car-parks, hotels, cable railways and restaurants, plus other infrastructure, which all provide employment both during construction, and in their subsequent operation.
This leads to the increasing of average standard of living and decreasing of unemployment.
Also tourism helps in slowdown of rural depopulation.
As we analyze advantages and disadvantages of tourism let’s say few words about problems concerning traveling.
First, it’s environmental damage: pollution, forest fires, destruction of sand dunes.
Another aspect is cultural, as sometimes foreigners act with no respect to national traditions (for example, the behavior of European women in Eastern countries).
The advantages and disadvantages of tourism can be in balance if we all become more attentive to each other and the world around us. The main social thing in travel industry is mutual respect.
