1. IMPACT OF TOURISM
3.04 Discuss the social impact of
tourism.

2. Positive social effects of tourism
• Changing employment patterns
• Increased income
• Changing lifestyle and increased
standard of living
• Rising property values
• Exposure to new ideas

3. Negative social effects of tourism
• Resentment toward sharing resources and
facilities
• Rise of materialism: A society’s
preoccupation with money or material
possessions
• Higher crime rates
• Decline in the moral conduct of the local
people
• Rising property values
• Threat to a culture’s native language