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Casey- Spain's Costa Blanca: a premier package holiday destination

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Casey- Spain's Costa Blanca: a premier package holiday destination

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Spain's Costa Blanca is a 200km stretch of Mediterranean coast running on either side of Alicante. During the 1950's the coast has been heavily relying on fishing but since the 1960's, the growth of cheap packaged holidays has completely transformed the area.

The growth of tourism due to the premier packaged holidays has brought along many benefits to the region. Because of the increased tourism, this attracts many more tour operators and services into the area. These operations need to be run by people and so provides employment opportunities for many locals. In addition, the increase amount of tourism has caused an increased demand for goods and services and other needs for tourists. In Costa blanca many more local suppliers such as farmers have been employed and have been benefiting from selling to tourists. This is known as the tourism multiplier effect. However such high numbers of visitors especially during May and October has created some negative impacts on the area. For example in Costa blanca the demand for water has dramatically spiked when it comes to the tourism time period. This is bad as water is a scarce resource in the area and tourists typically tend to use almost twice as much water per day compared to local residents. Furthermore, although tourism has attracted many TNC's and hotels which can cause economic growth, the construction of these structures have a negative impact on the local community and the environment. Noise pollution from the building and air pollution comes from many of these construction sties. In addition, the increased number of people in the area causes congestion. More people also means more transportation and cars, this means there are increased carbon dioxide emissions being released into the atmosphere and on a global scale, contributes to climate change and global warming. Currently Costa Blanca disposes of over 50 million tons of waste each year, of which a large portion of the waste is responsible for the many tourists that visit annually. The waste can be either incinerated releasing toxic fumes into the air or dumped in land fills. furthermore many of the times tourists coming from outside the local region may litter, making the place look unpleasant. The rubbish may also end up in the water effecting marine life as any fish or bird that mistakes the rubbish for food could die. In addition, many of the times tourists are uncaring and do not respect or follow local traditions, disrespecting the locals creating conflict. Adding on to tradition, local traditions may start to erode and eventually disappear if international tourists keep on visiting as the use of English and international customs would be adopted and practiced more often over traditional practices. Finally because of the packaged deal, many tourists are buying holidays home the area which is bad as they are only being used for a short amount of time and is taking up space. This could drive up local prices which is unfair to locals as they have to pay more.

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Score: 9

Mass tourism is large-scale tourism to a specific place. Mass tourism has a number of different impacts on package holiday destinations such as Hong Kong. These impacts come under the three headings of; economic, environmental, and social.
For Hong Kong, mass tourism from other places such as Europe and the United States have made a big impact on the environment because of Hong Kong's limited space. It resulted in high levels of air pollution due to the large amount air pollutants released by transportation used by tourists. Additionally, higher levels of tourism has caused more noise and light pollution because of everyday activities. However, some places have been preserved for the sole purpose of promoting tourism in the area, such as the HK Wetland Park. These also help to promote environmental knowledge and awareness for the need of nature conservation, thus protecting the environment. Therefore, the environmental impact can be both positive and negative but due the small size of Hong Kong, negative effects like air pollution.
Tourism has also brought about many economic impacts. Firstly, it has benefited Hong Kong creating a plethora of job opportunities for locals in the tourism sector. As a result, many people now have a sustainable source of income to rely on. Also, Hong Kong is known for its large tourism industry. However, when TNCs enter the industry, it can make many small firms close down due the the marketing power of the large firms. However, jobs created for locals can be seasonal and therefore only effective for short periods of time. Furthermore, mass tourism can result in congestion, which would affect local activities.

Thirdly and finally, tourism has had large social effect on Hong Kong. Firstly, many traditional and local practises have been preserved for the purpose of viewership from tourists. Additionally, tourism encourages people to interact and get together from all over the world. On the other hand, tourism can erode local customs as they are highly dominant due to the reliance on languages such as English. So, tourism results in several social effects in a city like Hong Kong.

All in all, it is evident that there are positive and negative impacts on a place where package holidays are available. However, this depends on how the government decides to regulate things such as environmental damage and the preservation of local heritage.

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Grade: 5/9 level 2

Costa Blanca is a well known place in Spain to spend your summer. Package holidays can cause mass tourism. There are different ways to increase tourism however, increasing tourism too much will not help. If there is more tourism, It will help the country by creating new jobs however, there can’t be too many tourists. Package holidays are packages which are planned out for you without having you to pay any money on the trip unlike travelling yourself and paying money on the way. If there is mass tourism. In Costa Blanca, Spain, Tourism is increasing there by alot which will be able to create jobs and lower the unemployment there. Tourists will not just be able to create jobs in Costa Blanca, But also in the building industry and tourists need accomodation. However in Costa Blanca during May, There was a high demand for water in areas which was a scarce resource.  Tourists are creating a large amount of pollution every year which is affecting the environment for the residents living there. The waste being created there is increasing year by year. Package holidays are encouraging more tourists to go to the destination which will create a lot of disadvantages for residents. Even if they built more buildings in Costa Blanca, They would only be used in summer as there aren’t alot of tourists visiting other times as they are at work.

I think that Costa Blanca is a very well known destination however, it is creating so many disadvantages for the residents although it is encouraging more tourism.

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Mass tourism has made tourism a
huge business sector, becoming a commodity, and is marketed and advertised. Package holiday is relatively cheap, organised, and includes plenty of services so it attracts people.

Spain's Costa Blanca has been completely transformed by package holidays. It has caused positive impacts economically, such as the multiplier effect, which has benefitted most people. Firstly, it has brought lots of job opportunities, as tourists arrive and they spend money in not just tourism but also in construction and for local suppliers, like from fishermen. So it also benefits the local people, and overall improve the nation's economy.

However, it caused negative impacts such as the lost of cultural aspects, like Benidorm in Coasta Blanca has transformed from village into skyscrapers, theme parks. The culture is lost. It is also taking away local businesses, so most of the profit only goes to international companies. Also, the highest number of visitors concentrate mainly from May - Oct, so it increases pressure on limited resources, and on the other times of the year, the facilities built for tourists wouldn't be in use.

The environmental effects are generally negative, including tourists using twice as much water per day compared to locals, and the production of waste is over 50 million tons of waste per year. The building of hotels are damaging local ecosystems and there are high levels of pollution from transportation.

To conclude, package holidays have brought more negative effects to the location economically and culturally, but benefits the country and area more economically.

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Mark: 9/9
Mass tourism has several different impacts on package holiday destinations. Spain's Costa Blanca is a premier package holiday destination and is popular due to it being the most famous stretch of coast in Spain. It was a quiet coastal area in the 1950s, relying on fishing but has not transformed due to the growth of cheap package holidays. Today, there are many high-rise hotels, holiday apartments, shops, restaurants and cafes that attend to the millions of tourists that are attracted by the beaches and hot sunny weather; as well as the leisure facilities e.g. water sports and golf courses.

This growth of mass tourism and package holiday has brought many advantages, most significant being the increase in the employment levels. The multiplier effect has also caused infrastructure to be improved, benefitting both local residents and tourists. In addition, the increase in tourists can help domestic / local businesses as they will spend money on goods and services, through the multiplier effect it could life the entire economy as a whole.

However such a high number of visitors visiting a small area has increased the pressure on the limited amount of resources. This includes: high demand for water in areas that are usually scarce of it; production of over 50 million tons of waste each year; increased urbanisation of coastal regions which damage local ecosystems; increase in the number of holiday homes which take up more land than hotels and are usually only occupied of short periods of time; high levels of pollution from boats, planes, cars.

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Mark: 7/9

There are multiple factors that increases the number of tourists across the globe. Things like extended holidays, large quantity of disposable income, developed transportations and fancy advertisements have made traveling a popular leisure. As countries realize that they are benefiting from the visiting of travelers, their will further encourage this act by producing deals. One of the most commonly used strategies to attract potential customers is the packaged holiday. In this case, the traveler will have the entire trip planned out including transportation, activities, living area and etc. These packaged holidays are most often allocated in popular destinations and could bring both advantages and disadvantages to the area. One of the most famous stretch of coast is in Spain’s Costa Blanca. Reportedly since the 1960s when the package holiday was used, the area has transformed from a quiet costal area to an area fully of hotels, shops, cafes and restaurants. This consequently helped to attract tourists as they are interested in visiting the area while knowing it is well developed for them to live there. One of the main benefits of mass tourism is that it creases employment opportunity. This will better the local economy both in the construction industry and their agricultural industry from supply the tourist with their needs and wants. This creates a multiplier effect where more tourists lead to more purchases which will create more jobs. All these factors will urbanize the region with even more additional facilities above the hotels and restaurants. On the other hand, there are some disadvantages to the matter such as destruction of ecosystem. There are wild lives and species that were evicted due to the constructions of buildings across the stretch of the coast. The construction causes high level of light, noise and air pollution that effect the environment of the Costa Blanca area. The transportations that allows the travelers to reach Costa Blanca such as cars, planes and boats also massively contribute to the waste pollution produced. Overall, it shows that tourism can massive impact an area by transforming the area to meet the travelers’ demands. It has proven to be both beneficial and destructive to the area, therefore it will continue in a repetitive cycle.

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The Costa Blanca (Spain) is one of the most well known stretches of mediterranean coasts, relying heavily on the fishing industry back in the 1950's. However, with the introduction of cheap and efficient package holidays, the area has transformed completely. Now, it is filled with high-rise hotels, holiday apartments, ships, restaurants, cafes, and more. Millions of tourists are attracted by the clear waters, beaches, and the weather.

The huge number of tourism brings many economical and social benefits to the area. The main benefit is the addition of more jobs for the working population of the local area. Recently the infrastructure of the region has improved massively, benefiting both residents and tourists. This is part of the multiplier effect - the more tourists that arrive, the more job opportunities they provide, not just in tourism but the construction industry and local suppliers as well, like farmers.

However, the high numbers of visitors concentrated mainly from May to October, visiting the relatively small area around the Mediterranean coast, which has increased the pressure on limited resources like water and land. The mass tourism has also created high levels of pollution from transportation and waste from tourists. Also, since a lot of today's international tourism is in the hands of big companies. This means that the profits made in a country leak out to the country that the company mainly operates in. This money could have been spent on helping the development of the country where it was earned, but was used instead by the company for it's own interests.

In conclusion, it is quite clear that there are many advantages and disadvantages from mass tourism on package holiday destinations. But it depends mainly on the tourists themselves, or the regulation of the government.

7/9 - Lokyin Chow

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There are many impact of mass tourism on package holiday destinations. For example, Spain’s Costa Blanca. Costa blanca is a 200km stretch of mediterranean coast running on either side of Alicante. Mass tourism has changed this area completely. Mass tourism has caused high rise buildings all around the area as firms get most profit due to the good view. There are also many restaurants, cafes, shops and hotels around the area because there is a high density of people there thus increasing chance of consumers. Tourists are attracted to the beautiful view of the beach and coast but they could bring lots of noise pollution, air pollution from transport, and littering thus ruining the beach and sea. Mass tourism could also bring lots of environmental impacts such as clearance of habitats for plants like mangroves for infrastructure. They could also destroy coral reefs because they dont know how to treat them correctly and scuba divers are a big problem.

In conclusion, we can see that mass tourism can boost the country's economy and bring many advantages but could also cause many environmental problems and disadvantages to the country.

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CS - Costa Blanca, Spain
Mass tourism brings various impacts to package holidays and destinations, namely economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts.
Because an increased amount of tourism will lead to an increased demand for services such as transport, hotels, restaurants, and in retail, many job opportunities are created. These job opportunities that have been created are varying, and are spread out about the four economic sectors. Although the demand is mostly for services (secondary sector), agriculture is also important as tourism also brings a demand for food, therefore agriculture (primary sector).
Socio-cultural impacts are brought about by the increased tourism because there may be clashes between the local traditions/cultures that are practiced and the greatly commercial influences that tourists bring. Local people of the Spanish coasts may feel as though the presence of the tourists are highly disruptive, and therefore in general, the social-cultural impact is negative in this area.
Increased tourism also causes environmental impacts such as the removal and clearance of local ecosystem to make space for infrastructure directed towards the needs of tourists.
The impacts of increased tourism in Costa Blanca, Spain has resulted in all of these consequences. For example, the environmental impact in Costa Blanca is severe. Increased tourism has caused large amounts of coastal ecosystem damage in the area, as they are often cleared for beach replenishment, which is harmful to the environment surrounding the local area.

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Mark: 4/9 (unfinished)
Mass tourism has many disadvantages and advantages on package holiday destinations. I will be looking at the coast Costa Blanca in Spain. Mass tourism is a form of tourism where thousands of people travel to the same destination at the same period of time. Package holidays are popular because they are cheap and available for popular destinations.

There are many towns on the 200km stretch of Costa Blanca. In the 1950s they relied heavily on fishing as the people's livelihood, but ever since the tourism boom in the 1960's, the area has been urbanised and is completely transformed.

Some examples of positive impact of mass tourism on Costa Blanca include: job opportunities, as more people travel there, more hotels, shops and restaurants etc. are needed to accommodate people and people are employed to build and maintain these businesses, this is the multiplier effect. Tourism also encourages international trade, although package holiday tourists have most things paid for on their trip, they might also bring some of their own currency to shop.

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7/9

Costa Blanca, in Spain, is a 200 km stretch of Mediterranean coast running either side of Alicante. In the 1950s it relied pretty heavily on fishing. But, the growth of cheap package holidays in the 1960s have completely transformed the area. Now, it contains many high rise hotels, holiday apartments, shops, cafes and restaurants. Millions of tourists are persuaded to travel there due to the clear waters, vast clean beaches, the dry and sunny weather, and wide range of entertainment facilities.

The growth of mass tourism and package holiday in Costa Blanca has brought many advantages. Mainly the advantages are job related. The mass tourism has created many jobs for locals in the tertiary sector, like: Hotels, Restaurants, Transport, Tour Guides, Cashiers, etc. The infrastructure of Cost Blanca has also improved largely, benefiting both tourists and locals due to the multiplier effect. But it has also benefited the primary and secondary sector indirectly. Tourists need food, so that could be good for the primary sector. And, tourists also buy many souvenirs and goods, which can be good for the secondary sector. In turn helping the economic development in LICs.

However, the high numbers of visitors concentrated mainly from May to October, visiting the relatively small area around the Mediterranean coast, which has increased the pressure on limited resources like water and land. The mass tourism has also created high levels of pollution from transportation and waste from tourists. Also, since a lot of today's international tourism is in the hands of big companies. This means that the profits made in a country leak out to the country that the company mainly operates in. This money could have been spent on helping the development of the country where it was earned, but was used instead by the company for it's own interests.

In conclusion, it is very clear that there are many advantages and disadvantages from mass tourism on package holiday destinations. But it depends mainly on the tourists themselves, or the regulation of the government.

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Spain's Costa Blanca

Spain's Costa Blanca is a 200km stretch of the Mediterranean coast. it is the most famous stretch of coast in Spain. However because of the growth of cheap package holidays, the area has been affected by mass tourism.

The growth of mass tourism has brought positive and negative impacts. Mass tourism has increased employment in Spain. Since more tourists arrive and spend more money, creating jobs, this increases employment. This process is called the multiplier effect.

However, the high numbers of visitors concentrated in an area has increased pressure on what are often quite limited resources. These include the high demand for water in areas where it is often a scarce resource. Tourists often use twice as much water per day as local residents. This increases the level of waste which can be over 50 million tons of waste each year.  Mass tourism has also increased urbanisation of coastal regions as more hotels and tourist facilities are built, damaging the local ecosystems. High levels of pollution has also decreased the biodiversity of Costa Blanca.

Although there are negative impacts, Costa Blanca is now one of the most famous modern Mediterranean holiday resorts.

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Case study: The impact of mass tourism on a country.

Mass tourism is defined as the bloom in tourism caused by the rise of globalisation. It is caused by a series of reasons such as transportation, social media, and also improvement in the amount of holidays which people receive.

Mass tourism has brought on a range of both advantages and disadvantages to a country under the three headings of economic, environment and social.

In Hong Kong, tourism has benefited it by providing a plethora of jobs for workers in the tertiary sector. These allow them to obtain a sustain income that is able to help improve their quality of living. At the same time, the rise of tourism has made Hong Kong's economy less flexible and sustainable. It has made Hong Kong solely focus on tourism and disregard other types of economies such as technology and manufacturing, leading to the lost of jobs for many of those in other areas.

Tourism has also brought on many different environmental changes to Hong Kong. Tourism in Hong Kong to areas such as the Botanical Park in Central and Wetland parks has helped raise their awareness towards the importance of environmental protection and sustainability. However, the transportation of planes and cars have released a large amount of atmospheric pollutants which are damaging the environment.

Social changes are also clearly evident in the country of Hong Kong. Tourism has enabled the area to become a multi-culture diverse hub for economic development. However, these has kindled the cultural clashes, such as those between mainland tourist and local residents.

In conclusion, we can see that there are a range of advantages and disadvantages but it depends on how the government chooses to regulate and enforce restrictions on tourism.

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7/9 - Casey
Mass tourism has several advantages and disadvantages on package holiday destinations. Costa Blanca, the most famous 200 km stretch of coast located in Spain, is a good example of a package holiday destination. In the 1950s, it was a fishing village, however it is now an area of high-rise hotels, holiday apartments, shops, cafes and restaurants, due to package holidays in 1960s. Millions of tourists are now attracted by it’s blue waters, beaches and the wide range of leisure facilities. This sudden growth of mass tourism came with many advantages, such as jobs. With the sudden increase of hotels, shops and restaurants, the number of jobs available in the area went up. Also the infrastructure of this area improved a lot. This is part of the multiplier effect: tourists spend money, new jobs - in tourism and construction. However, because most of the tourists are concentrated during May to October in a small area on the Mediterranean coast, there is increased pressure on the limited resources. For example, there will be a high demand for water, as tourists use twice as much water per week compared to locals. Also, there will be a sudden increase in the amount of waste and high levels of different kinds of pollution is emitted: Air pollution from vehicles and sound pollution from the tourists in the area. Another disadvantage could be from the sudden development of Benidorm, which could have caused locals that were previously living there to move out to create space for buildings. Overall, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages of mass tourism on package holiday destinations.