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IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS ON LOCALITIES AND THEIR NATIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SANTORINI

WADIH, HAYFAA Esper
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122907745

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2005, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
Inspired by the island of Santorini in Greece, the purpose of this thesis is to identify the range of positive and negative impacts that tourism has on a host place. This thesis will use the range of impacts to create a framework through which a systematic assessment can be made. This is important, as tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world, and provides employment and foreign currency to the host place as well as contributing to its country’s gross domestic product, or GDP. However, tourism often has negative impacts as well, but these are often overlooked in favor of the economic benefits. This study identifies major factors of tourism impacts on host places, based on a review of the literature, illustrates them based on a study of the island of Santorini in Greece, and creates a framework to assess these impacts. The study extracts factors from three main areas: economic, socio-cultural and environmental. It then organizes these factors into a framework to assess systematically the impact of tourism in order to understand the magnitude impact of tourism on the island. The study, in a “snapshot”, draws attention to the magnitude of tourism impact in a comprehensive way. It will, hopefully, also help planners and administrators elsewhere to determine what can be done to capitalize on the positive impacts of tourism and mitigate its negative impacts.
Carla Chifos (Advisor)
105 p.
Urban and Regional Planning
Tourism Impact; Economic Impact; Socio-Cultural Impact; Environmental Impact; Santorini; Framework Assessment

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  • WADIH, H. E. (2005). IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS ON LOCALITIES AND THEIR NATIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SANTORINI [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122907745

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • WADIH, HAYFAA. IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS ON LOCALITIES AND THEIR NATIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SANTORINI. 2005. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122907745.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • WADIH, HAYFAA. "IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS ON LOCALITIES AND THEIR NATIONS: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SANTORINI." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1122907745

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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