ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Money from the tourism then often goes into improving local infrastructure, and sustainable management and protection of natural wonders that attract visitors. Better infrastructure and services have a positive impact on the environment. They revolve around consumption of resources and their management.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tourism and the environment can be mutually supportive In a number of destinations, tourism helps to ensure higher water quality and better protection of nature and local natural resources. It can generate additional resources to invest in environmental infrastructures and services.

Detailed explanation-3: -As well as generating employment and income, another positive impact of tourism is improvements in infrastructure. These include road and rail improvements, airport development and improvements in utilities, such as water supply and telecommunications.

Detailed explanation-4: -Benefits like improved water quality and air quality, increases in biodiversity and habitat protection, and reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG), are all inherent in a strategy that protects and preserves land.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tourism often puts pressure on natural resources through over-consumption, often in places where resources are already scarce. Tourism puts enormous stress on local land use, and can lead to soil erosion, increased pollution, natural habitat loss, and more pressure on endangered species.