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Environmental Impacts

Impacts on the natural environment: air and water pollution, change in the composition of species in an area, erosion as a result of walking, erosion as a result of 4WDs, destruction of environments to build roads, hotels and associated facilities.

Impacts on the built environment: boardwalks, new infrastructure, increased development,

Thailand's idyllic cove from "The Beach" is closing due to overtourism.
Paradise lost: World's most beautiful places under threat of tourism
The Nasty Truth About Animal Tourism in Thailand
Tourism driving illegal elephant trade in Burma and Thailand - video
Myanmar's Tourism Boom Endangers Fragile Ecosystems
Tourism overwhelms the world's historic places, but pays no dues.
How to develop eco-tourism and sustainable business in the Amazon Rainforest
Why are Chinese Tourist so Abusive Towards Wildlife?
How Tourism is taking the turtles from Kenya's blue waters
Sustainable tourism

"Explore lightly": Palau makes all visitors sign pledge to respect environment
Sustainable Travel - Why Should You Travel Green?
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  • Home
    • Tourism research lesson
    • Essay activity
    • Practice questions
    • Assessment
  • Tourism - Global economic activity
    • Nature
    • Spatial Patterns
    • Future Directions >
      • Research Task - Future Directions
    • Factors Affecting Tourism >
      • Biophysical
      • Ecological
      • Economic
      • Socio-cultural
      • Organisational
      • Technological
      • Political
    • Impacts of Tourism >
      • Social Impacts
      • Economic Impacts
      • Environmental Impacts
      • Ecotourism
      • Impacts - Venice
  • Local Case Study - Great White Bear Tours
    • Nature of economic enterprise
    • Locational factors
    • Ecological dimensions
    • Linkages
    • Effects of global changes
    • Maps and photographs
    • Vocations
    • Fieldwork: Hudson Bay
  • HSIETeachers Home