Tourism is an ever growing industry.
What benefits do you think tourism brings to individuals and society?
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Tourism
Tourism can be defined as the activity of travelling or visiting places of interest for leisure, pleasure or recreational purpose.
Benefits of Tourism
Employment: The first and most important benefit that tourism brings to a society or individuals is employment. With tourism activities in an area, people sell local goods and services to the visitors. This in most instances is a full time job for many people. Tourism provides millions of people with job opportunities every year
Development of infrastructure: Increased levels of tourism activities, brings about development of roads, public parks and spaces, malls, health centres, hotels and many other facilities that serve the visiting tourist and at the end of it the society.
Economic development: Tourists usually pump in a lot of money into the economy of the society that they visit. The local community can create jobs and invest in markets that would not be possible with local community alone.
Diversification: The opportunity of investing in tourism makes it possible for the local community to depend not only on the local economic activities but to diversify in some economic activity.
Preservation of history and social heritage: Communities usually preserve historic items that act as tourism attraction. This in the end helps to preserve communal histories and culture.
Answer:
Tourism as a growing industry has played a crucial role to individuals and the society at large in the following ways;
Benefits to individuals.
- Creation of job opportunities - Many individuals have been employed in the industry therefore raising living standards.
- Opened up markets for local goods
Benefits to society
- Has provided a major source of income to the society through foreign exchange earnings.
- Has helped in the improvement of other related industries like hotels and also infrastructure.