Scott Wilson master

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Yunnan Environmental Development Programme
Pro-Poor and Sustainable Tourism Training
Workshop

Mr Andy McNab
Session 1
Ms Cynthia Fung
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Impacts of Tourism Development

• Social Impacts
• Exploitation of labour
• Impacts on use of natural resources
• Impacts on health
• Impacts on culture
• Impacts on services

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Social Impacts of Tourism

• Exploitation of labour
• Mountain guides in the Himalaya
• Impacts on use of natural resources
• National Parks in Africa
• Firewood consumption in Himalaya
• Impacts on health
• HIV/AIDS and sex tourism in Thailand
• Impacts on culture
• Hill tribes in Thailand
• Impacts on services

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Social and Environmental Impacts of Tourism

• Environmental Impacts
• Land Resources
• Waste
• Wastewater Pollution
• Landscape Change
• Ecosystem Modification

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Environmental Impacts of Tourism

• Land Resources
• Solid Waste
• Small island communities - Madeira
• Wastewater Pollution
• Hotel development - Barbados
• Landscape Change
• Footpath erosion in UK protected areas
• Ecosystem Modification
• Animal safaris in Southern Africa

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Social and Environmental Impacts of Tourism

• Mountainous areas
• Increasingly popular tourism destination
• Ethnic Minorities
• Limited Services
• Fragile Ecosystems