The Impact Of Tourism In Venice
Structure
1. General informations about Venice
2. Reasons for traveling to Venice
3. Positive impacts of tourism
- Economical
- Social
- Environmental
Structure
4. Negative impacts of tourism
- Economical
- Social
- Environmental
5. Solutions to mass tourism
Venice
- Area : 414.573.211 km²
- Population : 261.321
- Tourist per year : 30 Million
- Venesia or Venexia
- Northeastern Italy
- Capital of the Veneto
Reasons for traveling to Venice
Environmental impacts of tourism
- Depletion of natural resources
Impacts of tourism
- Destruction of habitats of plants and animals
- Dispute with the locals of Venice
Economical impacts of tourism
- Creation of job opportunities
- High dependence on tourism = dangerous monoculture
- Source of income to the economy / Infrastructural projects
- Important source of foreign exchange
- Large investments only by foreign investors
- Provision of infrastructure by the government
- Investors demanding for tax breaks
Social impacts of tourism
- Experiencing and understanding the culture of others
- Overcrowding and high crime rate
- Less infrastructure to support massive number of tourists
- Imitation of foreign lifestyles
- Increased community awareness
Solution of mass tourism in Venice
- Reducing demand in peak periods
solution
- Limits of acceptable change
Sources
- https://www.dw.com/en/10-reasons-to-visit-venice/g-40281471
- https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/negative-environmental-impacts-tourism-b-positive-162247
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/positive-negative-effects-tourism-social-cultural-prince-mdusman
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
- https://specialties.bayt.com/en/specialties/q/74398/what-are-the-social-benefits-of-tourism/
- https://www.responsibletravel.com/copy/overtourism-solutions