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organizations of different states. Proposals have been made in some regions regarding how best to
promote foreign travel by lower-income groups, and the Argentine national tourist organization has
invited corresponding bodies in other South American states to arrange programs on a reciprocal basis.
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL SOCIAL
EFFECTS OF TOURISM
1.
The vacation and special business trips a person takes are often among life
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s most vivid memories.
2.
For families, vacation trips taken together are among the highlights of the year
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s activities.
3.
The presence of visitors in a particular area can affect the living patterns of local people. The
extent to which a local population is affected depends on the diversity of the mixing groups,
including factors such as obvious differences in wealth, habits, appearance, and behavior.
4.
On a national basis, people of a particular country can have their lives changed by tourism,
particularly if there are large numbers of tourists in proportion to the indigenous population.
Visitors may in
uence ways of dressing, consumption patterns, desire for products used by
tourists, sexual freedoms, and a broadening outlook on the world.
5.
For both hosts and guests, the most satisfying relationships are formed when they can meet and
interact socially at a gathering such as a reception, a tea, or a cultural event; in
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people-to-
people
programs (home visitation); or in life-seeing tourism (a structured learning-leisure
program).
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6.
Tourism
s effects on crime are negligible, but tourists can become easy victims of crime. Hosts
must help them avoid dangerous places and areas.
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7.
Resentment of visitors by local (indigenous) people can occur. There may be con
icts over the use
(or abuse) of local facilities and resources. Consumer prices may rise during the
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tourist season.
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8.
Extensive tourism development can bring about undesirable social effects such as increased
prostitution, gambling, drunkenness, rowdyism, unwanted noise, congestion, and other excesses.
9.
Domestic and international tourism increases for people in a country that has a rising standard of
living, a population age distribution favoring young adults or young marrieds with no children,
and an increasing population of older, af
uent adults.
10.
People living in cities are more interested in travel than those living in small towns or rural areas.
11.
Wealthy people and those in higher social classes are greatly inclined to travel.
12.
Increase in the educational level in a population brings about an increase in travel.
13.
Catering to people with disabilities substantially increases markets.
14.
Group travel and tours are popular ways to travel.
15.
Social tourism is a form of travel wherein the cost is subsidized by the traveler
'
is trade union,
government, public carrier, hotel, or association.
16.
Travelers thus assisted are in low-income groups or older age groups, or they are workers in
organizations authorized to receive such subsidies or vacation bonuses.
THE INTERNATIONAL TOURIST
International travel largely emanates from countries with a comparatively high standard of living, with
high rates of economic growth, and with social systems characterized by declining inequality of
incomes and a sizable urban population. In addition, these international travelers come from countries
where large-scale industry and commerce comprise the foundations of the economy and where the
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