- The quality of the environment, both natural and man-made, is essential to tourism.
- However, tourism's relationship with the environment is complex - many activities can have adverse environmental effects.
- Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports, and of tourism facilities, including resorts, hotels, restaurants, shops, golf courses and marinas.
- The negative impacts of tourism development can gradually destroy the environmental resources on which it depends.
- On the other hand, tourism has the potential to create beneficial effects on the environment by contributing to environmental protection and conservation.
- It is a way to raise awareness of environmental values and it can serve as a tool to finance protection of natural areas and increase their economic importance
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