Soubedath Ligali – 544576 Unit 12: Responsible tourism
Learning Aim A
Within this assignment I have been asked to describe impacts of tourism on destinations with
description of at least 3 negatives and positives examples. Each will cover the following types of
impacts:
- Economic
- Environmental
- Socio – cultural
This assignment is all about developing tourism that does the least harm and provides the greatest
benefits for destinations, tourists and the travel and tourism sector in the long term.
More Economical Developed World (MEDW) –
MEDW are countries that are developed from their economy stability and international business.
Developed/ MEDW countries are likewise acknowledged as advanced countries, this is as they are
self-supporting countries. Human Development Index (HDI) was created during 1990 by the United
Nations to show data ranks with countries based on their developments. Countries that may have a
high standard of living such as, high Gross Domestic Product, hospitalisation/ health care, mode of
public transportations as well as majorly used educational facilities. Also, comfortable housing/ living
circumstances, countries infrastructure and high-tech advancement as they all qualify as a
developed country. Developed countries tend to mainly generate an increase revenue from the
industrial sector. Examples of developed countries according to keydifferences.com:
Australia Japan
Canada Norway
France Sweden
Germany Switzerland
Italy United States
Less Economically Developed World (LEDW) –
These tend to be countries who may be going through the early levels of industrial growth with small
capita income. LEDW countries tends to also be known as ‘lower developed countries’.
In order to develop countries, they depend on already developed countries to assist them in
establishing companies around the country. LEDW countries also have a small Human Development
Index (HDI), for example the country may be suffering from their environment and won’t consider it
as a healthy country. The countries Gross Domestic Product may be low, the residents may suffer
from illiteracy as a result to not many educational facilities, less public/ non-public transport and an
increase level of unemployment. Examples of Less developing countries according to
keydifferences.com:
China Pakistan
Colombia Sri Lanka
India Thailand
Kenya Turkey
In comparison to the United Kingdom, UK is a MEDW country.
Learning Aim A
Within this assignment I have been asked to describe impacts of tourism on destinations with
description of at least 3 negatives and positives examples. Each will cover the following types of
impacts:
- Economic
- Environmental
- Socio – cultural
This assignment is all about developing tourism that does the least harm and provides the greatest
benefits for destinations, tourists and the travel and tourism sector in the long term.
More Economical Developed World (MEDW) –
MEDW are countries that are developed from their economy stability and international business.
Developed/ MEDW countries are likewise acknowledged as advanced countries, this is as they are
self-supporting countries. Human Development Index (HDI) was created during 1990 by the United
Nations to show data ranks with countries based on their developments. Countries that may have a
high standard of living such as, high Gross Domestic Product, hospitalisation/ health care, mode of
public transportations as well as majorly used educational facilities. Also, comfortable housing/ living
circumstances, countries infrastructure and high-tech advancement as they all qualify as a
developed country. Developed countries tend to mainly generate an increase revenue from the
industrial sector. Examples of developed countries according to keydifferences.com:
Australia Japan
Canada Norway
France Sweden
Germany Switzerland
Italy United States
Less Economically Developed World (LEDW) –
These tend to be countries who may be going through the early levels of industrial growth with small
capita income. LEDW countries tends to also be known as ‘lower developed countries’.
In order to develop countries, they depend on already developed countries to assist them in
establishing companies around the country. LEDW countries also have a small Human Development
Index (HDI), for example the country may be suffering from their environment and won’t consider it
as a healthy country. The countries Gross Domestic Product may be low, the residents may suffer
from illiteracy as a result to not many educational facilities, less public/ non-public transport and an
increase level of unemployment. Examples of Less developing countries according to
keydifferences.com:
China Pakistan
Colombia Sri Lanka
India Thailand
Kenya Turkey
In comparison to the United Kingdom, UK is a MEDW country.
