Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Why Tourism Matters
The social impacts of tourism are intriguing to me. The article points how how frequent large numbers of tourists in a certain area can overwhelm those people and cause inflation in their society just because of the number of tourists who visit. For example perhaps, in South Carolina, Myrtle Beach generates quite a few tourists year round. Resulting form this it can be hard to find a store that is not built for tourists. You can drive down a whole strip and it will be just constant thrift shops and trinket stores. For people who are spoiled with this coastal lifestyle can find themselves in a constant flurry of people who do not know where they are going or just the large number of people is enough to drive them over the edge. Another example could be near disney world. things are aged down for the younger audience who is attracted to that theme park. Just all of the adjustments that must be made have a great affect on the people in that are. For more examples of tourism issues this site provides a good over view of the situation and provides many links to new articles involving these situations <http://www.twnside.org.sg/tour.htm>
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My grandparents live on the beach in Surfside Beach (right next to Myrtle Beach), and I basically grew up there. During the summer there are always complain mass amount of cars on the roads, and the beaches just become swamped with people. It makes it hard to live their during the summer, because you know a run to the grocery store that should only take an hour is going to take three due to the congestion of the tourists.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting thing that some people may not know - the restaurants make so much money during the summer season that they actually close during the fall and winter! My favorite restaurant is no longer open during Christmas break, because it does not help their business to stay open during that season. It is a bummer when things start to close because tourists aren't there - it makes you feel like businesses only value the tourists not the locals.
It is interesting that you mention how crowded Myrtle Beach can be during the summer because it is basically a ghost town during the off season. Those trinket shops and restaurants you talk about are normally closed during the winter. I imagine it is hard for the local who live in Myrtle Beach during the off season. So many places close that it could be difficult to find a job whereas during the summer people come from all over and spend the summer to work and live in MB.
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