Positive and Negative impact of heritage tourism

Positive impact
is nothing but which can be see in like development in
heritage monuments and such development is come across
in heritage monuments.
Most of the common positive impact of tourism on culture
interaction; understanding, maintaining and keeping local
culture, arts crafts and traditions; empowering host
communities; and strengthening cultural values
 There are some positive impacts..

 Improving infrastructure:- is the fundamental facilities

and systems serving a country, city, or other area, including the
services and facilities necessary for its economy to function.
Infrastructure is composed of public and private physical
improvements such as roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, water
supply, sewers, electrical grids, and telecommunications
(including Internet connectivity and broadband speeds). In
general, it has also been defined as "the physical components of
interrelated systems providing commodities and services
essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal
● There are two general types of ways to view
infrastructure, hard or soft. Hard infrastructure refers to
the physical networks necessary for the functioning of a
modern industry. This includes roads, bridges, railways,
etc. Soft infrastructure refers to all the institutions that
maintain the economic, health, social, and cultural
standards of a country. This includes educational
programs, official statistics, parks and recreational
facilities, law enforcement agencies, and emergency
services.
● Better local facilities:-Local facilities like building the hotels and
resturents to local peoples and providing accomaditaion facilities at
the destination and improving the infrastructure like buss, car
facilities to tourist peoples ex:-creating emplacement opportunity
such as tourist guide, self employment, hotel, restaurant etc
● Organizing frequent social event:-The people will be conduct the
marriage ceremony and birthday parties and cultural events like
dancing, singing for the entertaining purpose
● Cosmopolitan culture in the region:-In the cosmopolitan culture
and religions people include in the together and we can know the
different types of culture and some people are adopt the culture and
religion other particular region
● Varied employment opportunities:-The people are getting direct
and in direct employment opportunities local guides, hotel,
restaurant and at the heritage monuments site like security guards
to protect the monuments
 In order to attract more tourist

 We should plant more trees

 Massive investments should be made to improve
facilities in the area like drinking water, proper
sanitation
 Preserve the monuments
Negative impacts
Heavy traffic:- Because of heavy traffic the infrastructure may not
develop
Poor sanitation:- Because of overcrowd, we can see more number
of waste disposal, no clean water which cause major disease.
Local People may copy lifestyle:- As people from different
culture visit the place the local people may adopt the tourists lifestyle
& culture.
Criminal activities:- Sometimes the tourist may do some illegal
activities like smuggling, drugs which effects the local people.