The video and the tourism capacity material I went through this week indicates how to improve development in the protected areas. Additionally, the materials show how the introduction of tourism in protected areas can lead to environmental depletion. The thought indicates how remote areas are underdeveloped and bringing tourists into remote areas may lead to the economic development of the areas due to the money brought by visitors to the area. For that reason, the locals will benefit from the development of infrastructure and market creation for their domestic products (Lockwood, Worboys and Kothari, 2006, P 28). Moreover, the authority will be compelled to open new hotels, beaches, and resorts that will create employment opportunities for the local people. Therefore, the income levels of the residents will improve.
The materials show how tourism manager together with the government should give the local people the benefits from tourists to avoid their protest against developing their lands for tourism reasons (Lockwood, Worboys and Kothari, 2006, P19). Moreover, the thoughts show how the manager may work in conjunction with the local authorities to reward the local inhabitants for the land used in the construction of roads, erecting electricity posts, and building of hotels to counter vandalism.
The local communities are increasingly involved in the environmental degradation through the killing of wildlife and deforestation. For that reason, the government may be unable to protect the degradation. Additionally, continuous erosions due to wildlife activities may be uncontainable for the government (Gutierrez, Lamoureux, Matus and Sebunya, 1987, P87). The tourism managers are under pressure to improve the infrastructure of the underdeveloped areas to attract a large number of tourists to the remote areas. Moreover, infrastructure opens up the remote areas to the tourist that may lead to greater profits.
Tourism has led to the clearing of the vegetations in the protected areas, which has resulted in massive erosions that have threatened the lives of the inhabitants and wildlife (Lockwood, Worboys and Kothari, 2006, P88). Additionally, wild animals may degrade the environment through felling down of trees that may lead to soil erosions and lack of rainfall.
References
Gutierrez, E, Lamoureux, K, Matus, S and Sebunya, K. (1987). Linking communities, tourism
and conservation. Conservation International. Pp. 1-126.
Lockwood, M., Worboys, G., and Kothari, A. (2006). Managing protected areas. A global tour
guide. Pp. 1-20.
Lockwood, M., Worboys, G., and Kothari, A. (2006). Managing protected areas. A global tour guide. Pp. 1-30.
