(Optional) Analyze the non-economic effects of travel and tourism.

Analysis should include positive and negative social, cultural, and environmental effects, such as the following:

  • Traffic
  • Cultural exchange
  • Environmental effects
  • Attraction of new residents to an area
  • Historic and natural resource preservation
  • Personal enrichment
  • Availability to public education
  • Educational enrichment

Process/Skill Questions:

  • How can travel and tourism create awareness of cultural differences?
  • What resources are available for a traveler to prepare for cultural and environmental differences?
  • How can travel and tourism broaden a traveler's knowledge of history?
  • How do travel and tourism affect pollution (e.g., land, air, water, aesthetic, traffic, noise, waste) in any given area?
  • How do travel and tourism influence public services within a locality?
  • What are environmental effects of travel and tourism?
  • What are social effects of travel and tourism?
  • What are the roles of the private and public sector agencies in travel and tourism?
  • How are educational enrichment and personal enrichment similar?