Chapter 8-3 Tourism Environmental Impacts

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Chapter 8-3 Tourism Environmental Impacts
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Learning Objectives

• 1. Describe the potentially negative
  environmental impacts of tourism on destination
  areas.
• 2. Identify the positive environmental impacts
  that may result from tourism.

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Some Causes of Negative Impacts

• Lack of Carrying Capacity
• Carrying Capacity when level of visitor use is
  greater than the environment