Alamineh Gubaye Assaye, Hussein Jeylan Wolyie, Endaweke Yalew, Taddesse Bamlaku
Peace and Development Studies Program, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.
Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 11;9(6):e17088. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17088. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Tourism is a current and global industry that has a multidimensional impact on destinations. As an emerging industry, it has an immense contribution to make to the development of the local community if all stakeholders participate in a responsible manner. The social impact of tourism is, among other things, one that needs the attention of scholars. The social impact of tourism is immense and diverse, and it is embedded with other tourism impacts. So, studying it is very essential to managing tourism in a responsible way. To address the stated objective, mixed research approaches were used. The result of the study indicated that tourism has both positive as and negative impacts on tourist destinations. The positive social impact of tourism was expressed in moderate terms and stated in terms of the expansion of hotels, road transportation, air transportation, electricity, internet, banking, and other infrastructures. The negative social impact was expressed in small terms and conveyed in terms of the unequal access to the aforementioned social services, the expansion of prostitution, the persistence of theft and illicit trade in heritage, and the random adoption of the lifestyles and manners of tourists by residents.
旅游业是一个当下的全球性产业，对旅游目的地有着多方面的影响。作为一个新兴产业，如果所有利益相关者都以负责任的方式参与其中，它对当地社区的发展有着巨大贡献。旅游业的社会影响尤其需要学者们的关注。旅游业的社会影响巨大且多样，并且与其他旅游影响相互交织。因此，对其进行研究对于以负责任的方式管理旅游业至关重要。为了实现既定目标，采用了混合研究方法。研究结果表明，旅游业对旅游目的地既有积极影响，也有消极影响。旅游业的积极社会影响表现为适度的方面，体现在酒店、公路交通、航空运输、电力、互联网、银行及其他基础设施的扩张上。消极社会影响表现为较小的方面，体现在对上述社会服务的获取不平等、卖淫活动的扩张、遗产盗窃和非法贸易的持续存在以及居民对游客生活方式和行为方式的随意模仿上。
