Tourism Development and Sustainability Issues

Abstract

Tourism which was once considered a smokeless industry has portrayed various aspects and dimensions which have shown that it is as harmful as other industries. Thousands of research papers, articles, conferences, and thesis are devoted to analyzing and explaining how tourism is causing social, cultural, environmental, and economic ill effects of tourism. Researchers, policymakers, environmentalists, and NGOs are promoting policies and implementing measures to ensure sustainable tourism development. The major components of tourism are the destinations, local community, tourists, and infrastructure. The most discussed components from a sustainability angle are the destinations and the community. They are the ones bearing the effects of tourism development directly or indirectly. Destinations and community are inseparable and one has to think about the sustainability of both simultaneously. The article elaborates on why sustainability issues are frequently arising in tourism development? What does tourism development mean for the local community and destination? The article is based on Secondary data