Changes for Tourism Impacts

Tourism has a whole variety of economic impacts. Most of them contributing to sales, profits, tax revenues, jobs and income in the field. The primary tourism sections: lodging, restaurants, transportation, retail trade and amusements are the most direct effects of this. Through secondary effects, tourism affects most sections of the economy. An economic impact check point of tourism activity normally focuses on changes in sales, income, and employment in a region resulting from the tourism activity. Although these are the main ones, there are several other economic impacts that are usually not covered in economic assessments. For example,
- Changes in prices, tourism can sometimes inflate the cost of housing and retail prices in the area,

frequently on a seasonal basis.

- Changes in the quality and quantity of goods and services – tourism may lead to a wider array of

goods and services available in an area of either lower or higher quality.

- Changes in property and other taxes – taxes to cover the cost of local services may be higher or

lower in the presence of tourism activity. The impacts of tourism on local

government costs and revenues are addressed more fully in a fiscal impact analysis.

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