What are the negative effects of overdependence on tourism?
Lillian Stokes
2025-07-22 20:06:06
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Over dependence on tourism can leave countries over crowded and may even result in local residence moving away. Due to the island of Mykonos being a very popular tourist destination, it is now very heavily dependent on tourism, making the island's future vulnerable. If Mykonos is extremely dependent on tourism, social change can be experienced, changing beliefs and values in order to fit the expectations of tourists. This can gradually result in Mykonos losing control. Mykonos is completely dependent upon providers of transportation for example, relying on services of airline-sand shipping companies, who make decisions in the best interests of stakeholders, not considering the concerns of islands. As Bali is highly dependent on tourism, the nightclub bombing in Bali, killing 202 people, led to a dramatic decrease in tourist numbers, which had a major effect on the Balinese community.
Gloria Stamm
2025-07-22 18:22:43
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If a country, or region within a country, becomes dependent for its economic survival on one industry and that industry fails then the social consequences can be devastating. Overdependence on one or two industries is also often accompanied by underdevelopment within other sectors of the economy such as education, health, and the manufacturing and agricultural industries. The tourism industry is extremely vulnerable to economic, social, and political changes in either the generating or host countries. Countries with a high percentage are more at risk to any decline in tourism and travel. Others are less vulnerable to the ill effects of a decline in tourism, because their economies are more diversified. Diversification in an economy is a sign of health.
Rasheed Hand
2025-07-22 17:24:03
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Overdependence on tourism, which increases vulnerability to a sudden fall in tourist numbers.
Economic leakages resulting in less tourism revenue.
The economic benefits of tourism may only benefit very small areas of a country and only a very small proportion of local traders, hoteliers.
This can deepen local or regional disparities in standard of living.
There may be leakage of revenue as only a very small proportion of the total spending of tourists may actually reach local people because hotels and holiday organisers, especially package tour organisers, may be in foreign ownership.
Develop infrastructure to meet the demands of tourists may cause enormous strains on both the local and national economy.
This may mean that other areas of the economy, such as those on which local people depend are neglected.
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