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Impacts of Tourism
Part 2
Sociology and Culture• Sociology is the study of society and is concerned with
people in groups, their interaction, their attitudes and their behavior
• Culture is about how people interact as observed through social interaction, social relations, and material artifacts
• Culture consists of behavioral patterns, knowledge and values which have been acquired and transmitted through generations
• Culture is the complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, moral law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
Cultural attractions• Handicrafts• Language• Traditions• Gastronomy• Art and music• History of the
area/including visual reminders
• Types of work engaged in by residents
• Architecture• Religion (including
visible manifestations)• Education systems• Dress• Leisure activities
Socio-cultural Impacts (Positive)• Creation of employment• Revitalization of poor or
non-industrialized regions• Rebirth of local arts and
crafts and traditional cultural activities
• Revival of social and cultural life of the local population
• Renewal of local architectural traditions
• Promotion of the need to conserve areas of outstanding beauty which have aesthetic and cultural value
Socio-cultural Impacts (Negative)
• Overcrowding• Stress for both
tourists and residents• Traditional activities
(e.g. Farming) may decline
• Regions can become over-dependent on tourism
• Residents may find it difficult to co-exist with tourists who have different values and who are involved in leisure activities, while the residents are involved in working.
Demonstration Effect• Theorizes that by simply observing tourists
will lead to behavioral changes in the resident population
• Local people will note the superior material possession of the visitors and aspire for them.
Demonstration Effect• Positive: may encourage residents to
adopt more productive patterns of behavior
• Negative: locals may become resentful because they are unable to obtain the goods and lifestyle demonstrated by the visitors
Demonstration Effect• Young people are more susceptible.• Most likely occur where the contacts
between residents and visitors are relatively superficial and short-lived.
Acculturation Theory• Occurs when contact is for a longer period and
is deeper• States that when two cultures come into contact
for any length of time, an exchange of ideas and products will take place, that through time, produce varying levels of convergence between the cultures: that is they become similar
Acculturation Theory
• No balance- since one culture is stronger than the other (e.g. US influence is known as ‘MacDonaldization’ or ‘Coca-colaization’
Pseudo-events• Caused by commoditization • They are planned rather than spontaneous• They are designed to be performed to order, at
times that are convenient for tourists• They hold at best an ambiguous relationship to
real elements on which they are based• They eventually become the authentic events
and replace the original events or practice
Doxey’s Irritation Index
Doxey’s Irritation IndexEuphoria (exploration & involvement)
Visitors are welcome and there is little planning
Apathy (Development) Visitors are taken for granted and contact becomes more formal
Annoyance/ Irritation (Consolidation) Saturation is approached and the local people have misgivings. Planners who attempt to control through increasing infrastructure rather than limiting growth
Antagonism (stagnation etc.) Open expression of irritation and planning is remedial yet promotion is increased to offset thedeteriorating reputation of the resort
Doxey’s Irritation Index
• AKA: Irridex• The resident population or hosts in a
tourist area would modify their attitudes to visitors over time
Doxey’s Irritation Index
• When tourists first visit they will be greeted with euphoria
• Stages progress to apathy, annoyance and then to outright aggression towards visitors
Getz Study
• The attitudes of residents do not appear to change greatly over time
• Attitudes to tourism by the host population were closely linked to economic fluctuations
IMPACTS OF TOURISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Impacts of Tourism
Environmental Impacts
• Environment is made up of both natural and human features
• Tourism-environment relationship is symbiotic
• Ecology is the study of the relationships between animals and plants
• Ecosystems are individual components and links between plants and animals
Five (5) Aspects of the environment (Swarbrooke)
• Natural environment• Wildlife• Farmed environment• Built environment• Natural resources
Factors important to environmental impacts
• The ‘where’ factor. Some environments are more susceptible to tourism impacts than others
• The type of tourism activitiy• The nature of any tourist infrastructure• When the activity occurs, particulalry any
seasonal variation
Positive Impacts• Tourism may stimulate measures to protect the
environment and/or landscape and/or wildlife• Tourism can help to promote the establishment
of National Parks and/or Wildlife Reserves• Tourism can promote the preservation of
buildings/monuments (e.g. UNESCO World Heritage Sites)
• Tourism may provide the money (e.g. via entrace charges) to maintain historic buildings, heritage sites and wildlife habitats
Negative Impacts• Tourists are likely to drop litter• Tourism can contribute to congestion in terms of
overcrowding of people as well as traffic congestion• Tourism can contribute to the pollution of water courses
and beaches• Tourism may result in footpath erosion• Tourism can lead to the creation of unsightly human
structures such as buildings (e.g. hotels) that do not fit in with vernacular architecture
• Tourism may lead to damage and/or disturbance to wildlife habitats
Carrying capacity
• A threshold measure, beyond which damage and possible irreversible change may occur
• e.g. Plant or animal species threated by the damage cause by visitors, and any increase will lead to more damage
• Can be viewed scientifically and perceptionally
Three (3) forms of carrying capacity
• Environmental (physical ) carrying capacity – usually refers to physical space and the number of people (or the number of cars) in a particular place
• Ecological carrying capacity – is a threshold measure, which if exceeded will lead to actual damage of plants/animals habitat
• Perceptual carrying capacity is the level of crowding that a tourist is willing to tolerate before he/she decides a particular location is too full and then goes elsewhere
Other analytical tools
• Limits of acceptable change (LAC) technique – involves establishing an agreed set of criteria before the development and the prescription of desired conditions and levels of change after development
• Environmental impact assessment (EIA)