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The Varied Impacts of Tourism: Economic, Environmental, and Sociocultural Effects

Explore the diverse impacts of tourism in this unit, from positive economic effects like job creation to negative environmental consequences such as pollution and species loss. Discover the socio-cultural changes brought by tourism, from cultural exchange to threats to local arts. Dive into global warming's effects on tourism, particularly in Arctic 'hot spots,' and ponder sustainability and conservation issues.

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The Varied Impacts of Tourism: Economic, Environmental, and Sociocultural Effects

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  1. THE FIRST WEEK UNIT 7 THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM

  2. UNIT 7 – THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM (p.60,61) Speaking: • Different impacts of tourism Categorization of impacts of tourism: positive/negative/social/economic/environmental • Debate on various impacts of tourism

  3. Economic impact Positive: creation of jobs, the income, improvements in the transport infastucture Negative: low salaries associated with non-managerial jobs, price of land and homes rises Environmental impact Positive: many national parks have a brighter future because of the tourist demand

  4. Negative: destruction of nature, building hotels and resorts, pollution, disappearance of animal and plant species Socio-cultural impact Positive: interchange of cultures and cultural values Negative: demand for local arts and crafts, local dances performed in front of tourists

  5. ReadingGlobal warming and tourism Discuss: • Global warming • Tourism ‘hot spot’ • Arctic and problems that tourism creates there The article: Arctic becomes tourism hot spot, but is that cool?

  6. Vocabulary access conservation endanger developing environment fragile ecology sustainability trivialization archipelago bid pitch Word formation – suffixes Example: environment, environmentalist, environmental

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