Current environmental issues & lack of social awareness
- Climate change and global warming posing risk to natural landscapes, flora and fauna.
- Impact on one part of eco system affecting all inter connected parts, in turn affecting eco tourism. E.g.Oil slick effects on bird life
- Large population of tourist still not sensitive to environment issues.
- Lack of environmental awareness within tourism industry employees and managers.
Economic limitations
- Mass tourism is still largely unsustainable, but this is where the money is (Large volumes of tourists)
- Various operators like travel agencies, air lines and hotels not always willing to supporting sustainable tourism due to cost of implementation.
- Economic downturns and periods of uncertainty results in businesses cutting all non essential costs, sustainability also perceived as such.
Tourism industry issues
- Move to sustainable tourism means changing the status quo
- Global tourism industry involves many parts and holistic approach to change to sustainable practices is practically daunting.
- common change management issues of resistance to change among staff
- Lack of management buy in due to lengthy return of investment period
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transport control