TOURISM AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE POOR IN YEMEN

 Welcome visitors to our educational blog. We are pleased to introduce to researchers and learners interesting in environment and tourism  a series of  reports and studies that i have prepared to be available to all.  These reports highlight the situation of  environment and tourism in  Yemen.

 

TOURISM AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE POOR AND ENVIRONMENT

Issues around tourism and its potential for impacting positively upon the poor have been r.

The potential for ecotourism as an economic alternative to extractive exploitation of natural resources 

has been demonstrated in the JBNP, AWPA and Hawf protected areas and showed that the sites 

provide job opportunities and a livelihood source for a quite good number of the community members,  in addition to contribution to the national income. There are environmental costs to tourism however,  (Firaag 1997, Lim 1998), such:  

- Environmental Degradation

- Inadequate Water Supply and Services 

- Waste Management 

Pollution from littering of non-biodegradable waste (plastics and tin cans) kills marine wildlife  and has many other negative impacts.

These environmental costs need to be rigorously examined through assessment of the carrying capacity of different areas. Rigid quotas setting ceilings on development of tourist facilities, restrictions on the type of development, and quotas for numbers of visitors to any particular location over time are essential as well as effective systems of sewage disposal / treatment and litter disposal. - Lack of ecotourism Management