The UT of J&K offers beautiful verdant mountains and valleys, religious shrines and remote mountains – a paradise on earth. ...
The UT of J&K offers beautiful verdant mountains and valleys, religious shrines and remote mountains – a paradise on ...
The UT of Jammu and Kashmir has embarked on an ambitious and extensive programme of reaching out to grass root citizens ...
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Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Some tourism management methods which help maximize positive and minimize negative impacts of tourism on the socio-culture are:
– Education about tourism
– Promote cross-cultural exchange
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Nevertheless, tourism can also have a positive side and can severely increase the standard of living for the host inhabitant, as well as helping in the preservation of cultural and traditional heritage.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
However, this is only a drop of water in the ocean. Tourism can cause severe damages in socio-cultural terms, and some writers even suggest that tourism is the new form of imperialism, whereby the rich western countries invade tourism nations and making them their subservients.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
To prevent negative socio-cultural impacts, cultural heritage, religious buildings and cultural events should be kept preserved and original instead of staged.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
And naturally, tourism managers should try and avoid reaching the last stages of the Irridex Model in trying to minimize the negative impacts of tourism on the socio-culture of the destination.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Another management method that can be used in identifying the level of socio-cultural impacts of tourism is Doxey’s Irridex Model.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Socio-cultural impacts can be measured on statistics of crime rates, ratio tourists to locals, cost of living for locals, increase in prostitution, large difference between rich tourists and poor locals etc.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Also should it be their responsibility to ensure that there is appropriate infrastructure to deal with the volume of tourism and to protect rare natural heritages such as Coral Reefs.
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
Arguably the government should implement laws on land usage and ensure destinations do not get over-built
Farvez Basha D 3 years 1 month ago
And to conclude this section, one of the vital principals to ensure the success of environmental policies is the involvement of the government in this process