MASS TOURISM (price, changing fashion) and outside
(global economic trends, political
- PROS
- Mass tourism as the epitome of
aggressively large-scale sold
standardized packages
- mass tourism could be found in the
most reputable international places:
from the historic center of Venice to
the shorelines of the Caribbean,
Cancun Punta Cana
- Mass tourism brings an overall volume
of revenue that supports economic
growth. The massive arrival of visitors
(who are all consumers) offers hope for
a fruitful tourism entrepreneurship and
tourism revenues in the host country.
- The local tax base increases so the
local government can invest in schools
health care and social services
- Tourist introduce new values and
cultures and learn about new cultures
this causes cultural understanding
- CONS
- they do not manage to rank very high
when it comes to receipts or
expenditures made by tourists.
- Mass tourism is characterized by an
extreme concentration of tourists in
one place, like the tourist traffic in the
streets of Santorini Island (Greek).
Saturation of a place, and therefore its
degradation and its loss of
attractiveness are the result of
massification.
- Mass tourism is defined by the volume
of tourists compared to the concerned
territory and to the local population
density.
- Trans National Corporations from rich
countries are often involved, this can
result in a lot of profits leaving the
country.
- Tourists consumes huge amount of
resources including food and water this
type of tousim can be unsustainable in
this manner
- Tourist introduce new values and
cultures, this causes cultural pollution.
- Over dependence of tourist destination
on tourism this is dangerous because
tourism is volatile and highly
susceptible to changes from inside
situations) the industry.
NICHE MARKET
- PROS
- in sharp contrast with coastal
destinations whose number of arrivals
was smaller but the economic returns
were much higher
- But the impact of tourism economy is
not without negative effects on the
host economy. There are effects on
land values between overvaluation and
speculation. The logic of the economy
in particular leads to the exclusion of
uses considered less profitable (like
fishing, gardening, agriculture).
Tourism precipitated the breakdown of
fragile local economies, inflation and
exclusion.
- A national tourism strategy is a
government policy that encourages
tourism that brings benefits to the
country. Niche tourism is often
promoted by national tourism
strategies because it is seen as a
more sustainable way of developing
tourism
- There are relatively low numbers of
tourists
- They are genuinely interested in
seeing the destination as it is, rather
than demanding changes to it such
as more hotel facilities
- They are often willing to pay
more to see a unique
environment
- Therefore, the tourist attraction
(such as architecture, local culture, a
rainforest and so on) is more likely
to be preserved because it is now
economically and socially valuable to
the country. This means
conservation efforts are more
successful and the tourism is more
sustainable.
- CONS - Promotion of a single niche can
put other people off going to the
- There are relatively few tourists, location. Potential tourists may
so it is unlikely to be scaled up as not realise that there are other
a huge growth industry. things to do and decide to go
- Niche tourism is susceptible to somewhere else.
‘shock’ events. For example, if
terrorism begins to affect people
visiting religious buildings, those
tourists might not travel – which
means the whole tourist industry
is at risk.
- Niche tourism often attracts
people from a very specific
demographic, whose tastes may
change too quickly for the
destination to adapt. For
example, a TV set location may be
popular only as long as the TV
show is on the air, after which
tourism may decline.
- Because of the relatively small
number of tourists, a destination
may suddenly lose its customers
because of competition. For
example, an island might have a
tourists but then an island in the
new location improves its tourist
infrastructure and people choose
to go elsewhere.
- Too many niche tourists means
too many people doing the same
thing, resulting in those same
tourists having a negative
experience. A good example is
scuba diving off some Thai
islands, where the number of
visitors has put off some from
going back.
- Family decisions about holidays
usually involve compromise. If
the destination caters to only one
type of tourist, that person may
not go to the destination because
there is nothing for their partner
or family to do.
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business/six-reasons-mass-tourism-
unsustainable

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