GG294 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Local Economic Development, Acculturation, Language Change
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Mathieson and wall state that sociocultural impacts are about the effects on the people: tourist host encounters and provides a useful starting point from which to define, (figure 18. 1) social and cultural aspects. Sharphly states that from a social and cultural perspective, the rapid expansion of tourism is important in two respects: 1. The development of tourism is a vehicle for economic modernization and diversification almost invariably leads to changes and developments in the structure of society: 2. All tourists, to a lesser or greater extent, inevitably take on holiday their own beliefs, values and behavioural modes: cultural baggage is the beliefs, values and behaviour modes that tourists take with them on holiday. Environmental bubble means being aware of environmental issues and/or taking steps to reduce one"s own impact on the environment. Size and development of the tourism industry: 4.
