A Short Note On International Tourism For Business

Module: International Tourism for Business Word Count: 1600 ID: 14032583 Module Code: 5BUS1009-0901 Question- Cruising produces environmental, sociocultural, and economic impacts on destinations. Highlight these impacts using current academic literature and reports and consider, â€Å"Can destinations cope with the large cruise ships?† Introduction This essay will analyse the impacts of environmental, sociocultural, and economic about cruising and the effect it has on various destinations. This essay will also explain if destinations can cope with the large cruise ships and if so, why. Nowadays, cruising plays an important role in the tourism industry. Cruise ships are making an enormous impact on tourism.†¦show more content†¦(Cruise Market Watch, 2015). Capabilities like theatres, cinemas, fitness clubs, discotheques, casinos, tennis courts and many others are common on most modern cruise ships. Moreover, that most of the names activities are already included in the price. Thereby the ships beat about all the seven oceans to the most beautiful places on earth like for instance the Caribbean, thus being labelled one of the fastest growing industries in the world. But all these glorious features involve several negative/positive impacts on environment, economic and sociocultural. Environmental However, although the cruise ship industry is forever growing there are negative and positive impacts. The cruise tourism is likely to have effects on various aspects of the maritime and terrestrial environments. There is always a high possibility of oil spills by the ships in the sea which is very difficult to clean up in the cold remote locations. The impact of vessel activity in the breeding ground and feeding areas of marine mammals risks the wild life and is an area of concern. Whereas the terrestrial environment is affected by the numerous passengers who often make shore visit to places of natural and historical interests as a part of their cruise holiday package, either by speed boats, zodiac or helicopters thereby creating noise pollution and destroying the archaeological sites. Another potential threat is there to the