tourism
... be produced by people. Farmers are also encouraged to grow more food for the population. Thirdly, tourism provides much needed foreign currency and foreign investment. The economy of third world country can boom through this and the population benefits through this. Lastly, the country has more money so can improve its infrastructure which is a benefit for the local people. This improvement in the infrastructure of the country also adds to its assets and therefore in the long-term the government does not have to spend on infrastructure and can concentrate on other areas of need. there can be many disadvantages too as there are always two sides of everything. First of all, tourists cause pollution and can damage the environment e.g. visual and noise pollution from increased buildings. This may serve negatively as increased pollution disturbs local residents and also it may discourage tourists from further entering the country. Secondly, building up the infrastructure is costly and money that is spent may have been better spent elsewhere. Therefore, if for any other political reason if tourists are discouraged to come into the country, then the government will suffer a lot as it did not invest in other things like education, healthcare etc. The economy may go into a slump and serious problems like unemployment may be created which could inversely decrease the standards of living of local residents. Thirdly, tourism benefits only the right industries, others may be worse off as traditional industry is often lost. Producers would in this case only produce what is demanded and old traditional things may not be produced. The country may become a puppet in the hands of tourists and there may be really high dependency on only the tourism industry. Fourthly, tourists don't alway...