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Is Tourism a Global Concern?

Is Tourism a Global Concern?. (Cruise ship relaxing, 2016). Environmental aspect. source of pollution. Exhausts natural resources. Negative impact on environment. tourism promotes conservation. Defining “Tourism”.

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Is Tourism a Global Concern?

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  1. Is Tourism a Global Concern? (Cruise ship relaxing, 2016)

  2. Environmental aspect source of pollution Exhausts natural resources Negative impact on environment tourism promotes conservation

  3. Defining “Tourism” “the activity of traveling to a place for pleasure and the business of providing hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc., for people who are traveling” (Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary, 2016)

  4. Thesis Statement • source of pollution • Exploits natural resources (deforestation, 2016) (Pollution tourism, 2016)

  5. Plane traveling (Disney world Orlando, 2016) Plane travel causes great amount of carbon emissions Tourist attractions such as Disney rely on plane travel for profit

  6. Sulfur Emissions (Cruise ship, 2016 ) (One million cars, 2016)

  7. Thesis Statement • source of pollution • Exploits natural resources (Pollution tourism, 2016) (deforestation, 2016)

  8. Exploitation of water: Mediterranean (water equality tourism, 2016) (water tourism bad, 2016)

  9. DOOM TOURISM: hope for the future • Also known as Ecotourism (The Great Barrier Reef, 2016)

  10. Conservation in Guatemala (tree conservation, 2016)

  11. Reflection

  12. References Pearce, F. (2009, March 19). Greenwash: Disney is greening its activities but not its business model, says Fred Pearce. Retrieved April 20, 2016, from http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/mar/19/disney-greenwash-fred-pearce Gössling, S., Peeters, P., Hall, C. M., Ceron, J., Dubois, G., Lehmann, L. V., & Scott, D. (2011). Tourism and water use: Supply, demand, and security. An international review. Tourism Management,33(1), 1-15. doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.03.015 Colwell, K. (2014, December 4). Cruise ships flushed more than a billion gallons of sewage into oceans again this year. Retrieved April 21, 2016, from http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-12-cruise-ships-flushed-more-than-a-billion-gallons-of-sewage-into-oceans Tourism's Three Main Impacted Areas. Retrieved April 21, 2016, from http://www.unep.org/resourceefficiency/Business/SectoralActivities/Tourism/TheTourismandEnvironmentProgramme/FactsandFiguresaboutTourism/ImpactsofTourism/EnvironmentalImpacts/TourismsThreeMainImpactAreas/tabid/78776/Default.aspx Ferraro, P. (July 2000) The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments. Retrieved April 21, 2016, from http://www.rff.org/files/sharepoint/WorkImages/Download/RFF-DP-00-31.pdf Winton, T. (n.d.). Great Barrier Reef · Learn · Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved May 06, 2016, from http://www.marineconservation.org.au/pages/great-barrier-reef.html

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