Benefits of Tourism - Social, Cultural & Env.
Geography: Cambridge International GCSE (2027 Exams), topic 9.3.4
Social, Cultural and Environmental Benefits of Tourism
Tourism can have several social, cultural and environmental benefits on the receiving areas, such as increased quality of life, improved cultural understanding, and the setting up of national parks.
Social and cultural benefits
- Quality of life improves if more people are in work (in the tourism industry).
- The newly built services and attractions also can be used by locals.
- Cultural mixing means that people will be more tolerant by learning about each other.
- Because visitors want to see them, historical cultural sites may be preserved when they might not have been if it weren’t for tourism.
- Large events like the Olympics and the football World Cup can improve cultural understanding by making people mix.
Environmental benefits
- To protect animals from poachers, some places set up national parks or safari parks because wild animals are the main attraction.
- E.g. the Maasai Mara game reserve.
- Rules are made to protect coral reefs because they are big tourist attractions e.g. off the coast of Cairns in Australia.
- To promote being eco-friendly, ecotourism has been created to reduce people’s carbon footprint and involve people more in environmental issues.
Test yourself on Benefits of Tourism - Social, Cultural & Env.
Which of the following is NOT an environmental benefit of tourism?