Nowadays, tourism is becoming one of the most attractive sectors in many countries in the
world. Many people travel a lot yearly, a large number of companies invest much money in
this field because of its benefits. It may seem that tourism brings only benefits, but further
consideration shows that it also has disadvantages.
It can be admitted that tourism offers many advantages. The most obvious advantages is
generating huge amounts of money which contributes considerably to the economic
growth of an area. By attracting people from almost everywhere, the area can get much
money in order to develop the other essential public services such as hospitals and schools.
Another advantage is giving the citizen of the area the chance to escape poverty and attain
a higher living standard. Developing tourism services means that more infrastructure such
as roads, hotels and leisure facilities are built; therefore, more jobs in all levels are created.
Thanks to it, the average living standard of people increases well and at the same time
unemployment rate is on the decrease.
However, exploiting the resource has some disavantages, too. The quick developing speed
of this field can cause the environmental destruction. The more tourists come to the area,
the more pollution they bring to. Concurrently, some large multinational corporations run
after their profit despite of ruining the environment. For example, they cut down the forest,