Cost and Benefits of Tourism
There will always be the cost and benefits negative or positive impacts of tourism in an environment, social, culture, economy etc. Tourism activities will harm or disturb the cultural and social valuable things and events as well provides employment for the local people, tourism will bring foreign currency in the nation and increase the national income of the nation but at the same time it will create more chances of bringing illegal activities inside the nation.
Summary
There will always be the cost and benefits negative or positive impacts of tourism in an environment, social, culture, economy etc. Tourism activities will harm or disturb the cultural and social valuable things and events as well provides employment for the local people, tourism will bring foreign currency in the nation and increase the national income of the nation but at the same time it will create more chances of bringing illegal activities inside the nation.
Things to Remember
- There are always both negative and positive impacts of tourism.
- Tourism activities will effect on environment, culture, social and economy of the nation.
- Tourism will increase a social and cultural awareness among the local people.
- Tourism can be the reason of for the destruction of the rare plants and animals.
- Tourism provides an employment opportunity and brings a foreign currency.
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Q1:
Explain the stages cognitive development ?
Type: Long Difficulty: Easy
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Answer: <p>The four stages of cognitive development:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Sensory-motor stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Birth to 2 years</li>
<li>During this test stage, children understand the world by touching, sucking, chewing, shaking and manipulating objects.</li>
<li>In the initial part of a stage, children cannot use images, language other symbols.</li>
<li>They lack the conception of objects permanent (the awareness of object for people continue to exist even if they are out of sight).</li>
<li>After 9 months they develop object permanence, they will begin to search for missing object.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="2">
<li><strong>Preoperational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>2 to 7 years</li>
<li>This stage is a use of language. They can describe people, event, and feelings.</li>
<li>They use symbols in play pretending (using other objects as something else).</li>
<li>They use egocentric thought ( a way of thinking in which the child used the word from his/her own perspective and difficulty seeing the viewpoint of other). E.g. I like mango, so daddy likes mango too.</li>
<li>They believed that inanimate objects are capable of actions. For e.g. star twinkles in the sky because they are happy.</li>
<li>They do not understand the cause and effect. For e.g. If a child hears a dog bark then a balloon popped the child would conclude that the balloon because of dog barked.</li>
<li>They are unaware of conservation of mass.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="3">
<li><strong>Concrete operational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>7 to 12 years</li>
<li>This stage is characterized by an appropriate use of logic.</li>
<li>They start solving problems in a more logical way.</li>
<li>Abstract or hypothetical thinking in not yet developed.</li>
<li>Children learns rules such as conservation.</li>
<li>They learn reasoning capacity, problem-solving capacity limit to actual events or objects.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="4">
<li><strong>Formal operational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>12 years to adulthood</li>
<li>This stage produces a new kind of thinking that is abstract formal and logical.</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li><strong>Sensory-motor stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>Birth to 2 years</li>
<li>During this test stage, children understand the world by touching, sucking, chewing, shaking and manipulating objects.</li>
<li>In the initial part of a stage, children cannot use images, language other symbols.</li>
<li>They lack the conception of objects permanent (the awareness of object for people continue to exist even if they are out of sight).</li>
<li>After 9 months they develop object permanence, they will begin to search for missing object.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="2">
<li><strong>Preoperational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>2 to 7 years</li>
<li>This stage is a use of language. They can describe people, event, and feelings.</li>
<li>They use symbols in play pretending (using other objects as something else).</li>
<li>They use egocentric thought ( a way of thinking in which the child used the word from his/her own perspective and difficulty seeing the viewpoint of other). E.g. I like mango, so daddy likes mango too.</li>
<li>They believed that inanimate objects are capable of actions. For e.g. star twinkles in the sky because they are happy.</li>
<li>They do not understand the cause and effect. For e.g. If a child hears a dog bark then a balloon popped the child would conclude that the balloon because of dog barked.</li>
<li>They are unaware of conservation of mass.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="3">
<li><strong>Concrete operational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>7 to 12 years</li>
<li>This stage is characterized by an appropriate use of logic.</li>
<li>They start solving problems in a more logical way.</li>
<li>Abstract or hypothetical thinking in not yet developed.</li>
<li>Children learns rules such as conservation.</li>
<li>They learn reasoning capacity, problem-solving capacity limit to actual events or objects.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="4">
<li><strong>Formal operational stage:</strong></li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>12 years to adulthood</li>
<li>This stage produces a new kind of thinking that is abstract formal and logical.</li>
</ul>
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Cost and Benefits of Tourism
Cost and benefits of tourism
- Social benefits :- Local culture is enhanced and encourage as it “shows off”. It provides cultural exchange between hosts and guests. Its pride is taken in local/culture as it “shows off”. We can gain knowledge and ideas. There is a foster understanding between people of the different culture. We feel good and proud as the country is popular for destinations. The tourism fund can be contributed to social development sectors like education and health. It encourages the learning of new language and skill. Tourism promotes preservation and restoration of cultural heritage and also, supports for the revival of traditional arts and crafts. It also provides the revival of traditional arts and crafts based on the social benefits.
- Social costs:- Social cost exposure to new ideas can lead to a breakdown of traditional values; also exposure to new goods can lead to health and social problems. The visitors can bring other human diseases like SARS, STD etc. Some locals start to express racist views to visitors which show negative effects on local culture. It may change individual and family relationships crowding and congestion. Tourists are easy targets for terrorists and criminals. Nepal is viewed as “servants” and poorly paid in third world country. It may happen the, violations of human rights. Due to the tourism, there might be a loss of cultural character as well as the loss of authenticity and meaning of traditional arts and crafts. There might be a commercialization of human relationships. Tourism might be the reason for the potential misunderstanding and conflicts between residents and tourists.
- Environmental benefits:- Environmental benefits faster conversation and preservation of natural, cultural and historical resources encouraging community beautification and revitalization. It could be taken as a clean industry. The eco-tourism is applied to respect environment and animal life better.
- Environmental Costs:- It may threaten specific natural resources such as beaches, historical sites, and Himalayas. It increases litter, noise, and pollution. An environmental cost brings increased competition for limited resources such as water and land, resulting in land degradation, loss of wildlife habitats and deterioration of scenery. Excisions generated by forms of transport are one of the main environmental problems. Aeroplane travel causes more pollution per passenger. The third world countries local resources are using up. The Royal hotel was the first hotel.
- Economic benefits:
- Earns valuable foreign currency.
- Creates jobs and business opportunities to local peoples.
- Helps diversify and stabilize the local economy.
- Provides extra tax revenues to the government.
- Helps to make better infrastructure like road, airports etc. provided to boot tourism.
- Foreign exchange earnings.
- Contribution to government revenues.
- Generation of employment .
- The balance of payment/trade accounts balance.
- Stimulation of infrastructure investment.
- Contribution to local economies.
- Economic costs:
- Tourism development of infrastructure can cost the government a great deal of money.
- It may inflate properly values, the price of goods and services.
- Tourism jobs tend to be seasonal. The employees may be laid off in the off seasons.
- Many jobs in tourism industry especially in the least developed countries are poorly-paid.
- Tourist numbers can be adversely affected by external factors such as terrorism that are beyond the control of destinations.
- In many cases of mass tourism especially 80% of the holiday fees go to the foreign tour operations and Travel Company so, less than 20% of the income goes to the domestic tour operator or local people.
- There will be a dependency.
- Prostitution and the underground economy.
- Opportunity cost.
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- Pariyar, P. 2011. A DECADE OF TOURIST ARRIVAL IN NEPAL : A Project Work Report , BBS final year, Finance group (Tourism) Faculty of Management , Public Youth Campus, Dhobichaur, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Lesson
Introduction to Tourism
Subject
Fundamentals of Travel and Tourism Management
Grade
Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management
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