The Natural Environment Tourism

Negative environmental impacts of tourism.

Natural tourism sites. They include the depletion of local natural resources as well as pollution and waste problems. However tourisms relationship with the environment is complex and many activities can have adverse environmental effects if careful tourism planning and management is not undertaken. The aquatic environment is an important element of the tourism sector.

The tourism industry also has many physical impacts on the environment. The negative environmental impacts of tourism are substantial. It is ironic really that tourism often destroys the very things that it.

Five key objectives 16 1. The quality of the environment both natural and man made is essential to tourism. Nature tourism responsible travel to natural areas which conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people.

It is tourism based on the natural attractions of an area. It is estimated that direct water consumption per tourist can be roughly 84 to 2000 lper day 6 which can cause some tourist destinations to become water stressed. Tourisms three main impact areas.

Negative impacts from tourism occur when the level of visitor use is greater than the environments ability to cope with this use within the acceptable limits of change. It is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile pristine and relatively undisturbed natural areas intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial mass tourismit means responsible travel to natural areas conserving the environment and. Tourism often puts pressure on natural resources through over consumption often in places where resources are already scarce.

Place environmental issues at the core of sustainable tourism policy at national regional and local levels 18 2. Ecosystems such as rain forests wetlands mangroves coral reefs sea grass beds and alpine regions are often threatened because they are attractive places to developers and tourists. Uncontrolled conventional tourism poses potential threats to many natural areas around the world.

The importance of the environment for tourism 04 environmental challenges facing the tourism industry 08 sustainable tourism 12 environmental action plan 2007 2009. Tourism can spoil the aesthetics of the environment. Construction and infrastructure development can include extensive paving sand mining wetland draining marine.

In doing so it can help maintain the environment and also recover from the negative image that it has built up for. Examples include birdwatching photography stargazing camping hiking hunting fishing and visiting parks. Why the environment is so important to tourism.

Tourism impacts heavily on the aquatic environment. Tourist facilities built to earn a profit without any concern about integrating the design with the natural features of the place can lead to aesthetic pollution. Ecotourism is catering for holiday makers in the natural environment without damaging it or disturbing habitats.