Tourism has many advantages and disadvantages. Tourism makes a mark on employment of the people associated with occupations in bars , hotels , tour guides. Tourism makes a world difference to the country that has a tourist attraction because tourism provides much needed foreign currency and foreign in vestment.
The country has more money so it can improve it is infrastructure which is a benefit for the local people. So the advantage is that tourism creates jobs for local people. The advantage is that tourism creates jobs for local people and helps to decrease the unemployment rate and increase local people's earnings. In spite of the advantages of tourism, there can be many disadvantages too as there are always two sides to everything.
First of all, tourists cause pollution and can wipe out the environment. For example, visual and pollution from increased buildings. This may have negatively effects by pollution disturbs local residents and also it may discourage tourist from further visiting the country. It serves them right.
Secondly, building up the infrastructure is costly and money that is spend mat have been better spent elsewhere. Therefore, if for any other political reason if tourists are discouraged to came into the country, then the government will suffer a lot as it did not invest in other things like education, health care. The economy may go wrong and have serious problems like unemployment may be created which could inversely decrease the standards of living of local residents.
These advantages and disadvantages of tourism only scratch the surface. Perhaps, there are many good and bad things in tourism and the things can be to get a second wind for the country and the local people. Tourism has it ups and downs, so the country that is thinking about their tourist spot have to consider plan of tourism or they have to meet local people halfway.
