Tourism: how to balance benefiting and bruising modern society.
The term Tourism' was first used officially in 1937 by the League of Nations, predecessor of the United Nations. As a highly lucrative industry with one of the world's fastest development rates, tourism has been redefined more than 20 times by government bodies, travel organisations and of course the tourists themselves.
This article will explore the resources gained through global tourism, the negative impacts it causes as well as the policies implanted to ensure protection of tourist destinations and their inhabitants.