The Effects of Leisure, Travel, and Tourism Development

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Positive Impacts of Tourism

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Increased job opportunities, higher incomes, and environmental improvements are often positive impacts of tourism.

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Economic Contribution

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Travel and tourism add significantly to the economic wellbeing of countries.

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Concerns due to the speed of growth in tourism

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Host communities, governments, and the travel industry are looking to maximize positives and minimize negatives

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Focus areas for minimizing negative impacts of tourism

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Economic, environmental, and socio-cultural impacts

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Tourist facilities and services

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Many facilities and services exist only because of tourism and require staff to operate.

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Positive Economic impact of tourism

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Tourism significantly impacts the economy by creating jobs and requiring various services.

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Tourism's role in job creation

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Tourism plays a crucial role in job creation, especially in regions with tourist attractions.

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Tourism and international staff

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International staff often fill senior positions in tourism-related businesses in developing countries. This is a negative for local people.

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Direct Employment

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Employment in areas directly related to the LTT sector e.g. hotels, theme parks, restaurants, bars, sports venues

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Examples of indirect employment

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Jobs which have been created DUE TO THE LTT SECTOR e.g a printing company for brochures of the new hotel, a builder who has built a new tourist attraction