Many places are always spending money to attract tourism but don't put money into its own countrymen. A while back China had a big problem because there were few doctors and many people could not afford health care and would usually wait in lines for days to seek heath care for serious issues. Same in ways with America. many politicans put money in to attract tourist and money into their state but cut money for education, protection, and healthcare. Has governments forgot who it governs over and for? This issue does not apply everywhere however , fortunately.
tourism brings in a LOT of money .and for some countries,the much needed foreign currency.so national welfare and tourism are not contradictory but complementary.
Tourism's needed for the countries mainly though. Without tourism many people there wouldn't even have hospitals, never mind somewhere to queue for 3days. It's still bad that they have to but at least they can still see doctors. I don't have a problem with governments investing into tourism as long as the returned money from tax etc is put back into the country eg. healthcare/schools etc.
In my head as long as the return of said investment into tourism is substantially greater than initial cost its worth it. If it is then the argument shouldn't be is it wrong to be investing money, the argument should be where is our return going. If countries invest in themselves for gain, make money and then put more money back into it becomes a moronic circle then I could see it being a problem. However as far as I can see (although I haven't looked into the matter) and taking it from the positive side I don't see a problem as long as I would say to throw out a decent figure 30% goes back into making it better and 70% back to the country for such problems nothings wrong with it. You need to invest money to make money just make sure you don't have a moron hold onto your checking account.
I agree... BUT I see their point of view. Tourism (sucsessfully) brings LOTS of money into a state, country, or city. Alot of places depend of tourism as a big source of income. And they suffer when it drops. Thats why you see so many commercials these days. about states and resorts and everything. The tourism industry is suffering (after 9/11) not as many people are traveling as before. And this is hurting their economy because they rely on that money outsiders bring in.
Tourism is a means for countries to bring in money ( Brazil I believe or another place is using tourism to raise fund for Olympics or something like that) but import export also is what brings in good money. Many countries have resources that others need and are willing to pay big money. The u.s. is one of those places who imports are bigger than the exports and the lack of tourism does also add a big blow but is not the main source of income. The issue is not about whether tourism is good for a country but whether the government puts the money got from tourism back into the country. Some say that they build hospitals with the money but tourism doesn't bring as much money in as some would think. It brings in buckets full but not enough to make it the main source of income. If the money is coming in but nothing is being DONE with it is the problem.
yup agree , thats why Singapore have intergrated resorts ready in 2010 to attract tourists over the regions.
Tourism is good, because it brings in money from outside that country's economy. After Bali had its bombing a few years back, tourist levels went down, and the locals had to suffer because of that.
When tourists visits your country, they spend on goods and services in your country, in turn leads to better incomes for your industries and also more tax revenue. Tourism also creates jobs i.e. tour guides, souvenir shops hotels etc etc. Why shouldnt your government attract tourists??? I dont think they are cutting down money for education, protection and healthcare. Just that they arnt increasing their spendings.
Okay, I will repeat yet again. The problem is when governments get money from tourism and don't invest it back into the country. The people don't enjoy the wealth of the politicans is the example. I DID NOT state that ALL politicans cut funds to important services for citizens but rather that the politicans where I am from is cutting jobs, public hospitals, etc, and is increasing their own pay checks while building tourist attractions to bring more money in but not to benefit the people.I am not saying this just because but from experience. I am not making generalizations.
Tourism is inherently invested back into the country. When more people are visiting, those who benefit most are those who own shops, hotels, etc - in a lot of places, these are the locals.