18 Disadvantages Of Tourism

1. Tourism involves huge expenditure on part of the tourists.  2. Tourists cause environmental damage through forest fires, destruction of sand dunes and pollution. 3.  Tourism is often time-consuming. 4. Stress on Insufficient Infrastructure. 5. The commercialization of culture can undermine the soul of a tourist destination.  6.  Tourists do not always respect traditional cultures, which is sad but true. 7. Leisure trips are good for health, mind and body. However, hectic trips may cause stress and effect health. 8. In order to attract more tourists and earn more profits sprawling resorts are built cutting down thousands of casuarinas trees beside sea beaches. 9. Loss of Privacy: There are countless local communities the world over that have felt a loss of not only privacy, but the feeling that their town is no longer theirs.