The document discusses the impacts of tourism and hospitality on society. It provides several suggestions on how to lessen the negative effects, such as limiting tourist numbers, separating tourist and local areas, and expanding education and training programs. It also explains that through tourism, cultural values and stories of tourist sites are commercialized for visitors. Key terms like social change, seasonality, environmental impact, and cultural impact are defined. Questions are asked about national income, balance of payments, employment impacts, and positive and negative social and cultural effects of tourism.
The document discusses the impacts of tourism and hospitality on society. It provides several suggestions on how to lessen the negative effects, such as limiting tourist numbers, separating tourist and local areas, and expanding education and training programs. It also explains that through tourism, cultural values and stories of tourist sites are commercialized for visitors. Key terms like social change, seasonality, environmental impact, and cultural impact are defined. Questions are asked about national income, balance of payments, employment impacts, and positive and negative social and cultural effects of tourism.
The document discusses the impacts of tourism and hospitality on society. It provides several suggestions on how to lessen the negative effects, such as limiting tourist numbers, separating tourist and local areas, and expanding education and training programs. It also explains that through tourism, cultural values and stories of tourist sites are commercialized for visitors. Key terms like social change, seasonality, environmental impact, and cultural impact are defined. Questions are asked about national income, balance of payments, employment impacts, and positive and negative social and cultural effects of tourism.
The document discusses the impacts of tourism and hospitality on society. It provides several suggestions on how to lessen the negative effects, such as limiting tourist numbers, separating tourist and local areas, and expanding education and training programs. It also explains that through tourism, cultural values and stories of tourist sites are commercialized for visitors. Key terms like social change, seasonality, environmental impact, and cultural impact are defined. Questions are asked about national income, balance of payments, employment impacts, and positive and negative social and cultural effects of tourism.
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CHAPETR 6
THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
A. ONE OF THE DISCUSSION QUESTION
How can the negative effects of tourism and hospitality on society be lessened?
Reducing the contact between hosts and guests by limiting the carrying capacity of the destination and by regulating the tourist flow.
Separating the hosts and the tourists within tourists enclaves.
Designing community education and citizen involvements programs centered on
tourism and hospitality development, policy, and regulatory issues; and
Expanding human resource development and training programs in all components
of the tourism and hospitality system to include social skills (interpersonal relations and networking referral tactics).
B. ONE CHAPTER OF ACTIVITY
According to some anthropologist, tourism and hospitality commercializes history and
culture. Explain.
It is because through tourism and hospitality commercials the people were be able to understand the hidden cultural values and stories of every tourist sites that their going to. Through this it enhanced the tourist sites feedback and boost it tourist percentage.
C. CHOOSE FIVE WORDS IN THE KEY TERM AND CONCEPTS, AND
DESCRIBE THIS WORDS, AND USE THEM IN A SENTENCE/RELATE EXPERIENCE ABOUT THEM.
Social Change - is an alteration in the social order of a society. Social change may include changes in nature, social institutions, social behaviors, or social relations.
I do believe that in able for us to possibly conduct a social change, we need to
have unity.
Seasonality - High and low seasonal fluctuations in market demand due to the time of year specifics of the area’s attractions and its ability to attract visitors.
Sometimes, foods that I eat change depends on the foods seasonality.
Environmental Impact - is defined as any change to the environment, whether
adverse or beneficial, resulting from a facility’s activities, products, or services. I clearly think before I act especially if what I’m doing has something to do with environmental impact.
Cultural Impact - It refers to patterns of latitude, briefs, behaviors and shared by
members of society
I usually go to some tourist sites in the town and I was really affected by their cultural impact.
Land values - is the worth of a piece of property, which includes both the value of the land itself and any enhancements made to it.
When I travelled, I learned a lot in terms of its culture, traditions and land values.
D. ANSWER ALL THE OBJECT TYPE OF TEST
I. Identify the following.
National Income 1. The sum of all income in a country.
Balance of Payments 2. An accounting of the flows of goods, service, and funds
in and out of the country in a given period.
Social Impacts of Tourism and Hospitality 3. Changes in the quality of life of the residents of tourist destinations.
Acculturation 4. Changes that occur in a culture through borrowing from other
cultures.
Cultural Convergence 5. The tendency of world cultures to become more alike.
Mass Tourist 6. A tourist who arrives in a destination with other tourist.
Elite 7. A tourist who is well traveled and can afford to pay for unusual vacations.
Current Account Balance 8. An excess of payments over receipts on the balance
of payments.
Explorer 9. A tourist who adapts easily to local lifestyle.
Direct Employment 10. A type of employment which is the result of providing
goods and services directly to tourist.
II. Enumerate the following.
11-14. List down the positive social effects of tourism and hospitality.
It creates a new medium for social change and multicultural understanding;
It encourages adaptation to the realities of modern life and works toward improving the host country’s environment and lifestyle options;
It promotes knowledge and use of foreign languages; and;
It improves health conditions and disease control.
15-16. What are the positive effects of tourism and hospitality on culture?
Intercultural Communication
Renaissance of Native Culture
17-20. Enumerate the negative social effects of tourism and hospitality.
Social Saturation
Changes in the Social Structure, Behavior, and Roles
