Tourism in recent years has become increasingly significant in both local and global
development of various communities, in that it channels some social, economic, socio
cultural and sometimes even environmental benefits to the area. Though there are some
obstructive effects of tourism, the positive effects outweigh the negative and some local
economies around the world have solely relied on the gains in tourism in order to develop
their communities. Tourism is beneficial to a community’s development in many ways.
To commence with, Tourism benefits a community by the creation of jobs or employment
for local people. Tourism becomes essential to an area as it helps to reduce the
unemployment rate and also help provide higher living standards of the people in an area.
The creation of jobs brings about financial security and prompts increased spending.
Secondly, tourism promotes regional developments in an area. Some attractions are mostly
situated farther away in regions less developed economically and tourism becomes a way
in which there is a provision of aid or support to these regions. Dalarna in Sweden for
instance has a greater share of beautiful sceneries and other touristic sites which people
outside Sweden love to visit and experience, and as evident as it is we can recognise the
numerous developments that has taken place in Dalarna throughout the past years with the
creation of hotels, improvement in transport systems, developments of man-made
attractions and so on.
Furthermore, tourism is highly essential in an area due to the fact that is helps promote
cultural heritage. Tourism encourages the protection and preservation of cultural sites as
