Negative impacts from tourism
• Negative impacts from tourism occur when the level of visitor use is greater than the environment's ability to cope with this use within the acceptable limits of change.
• Uncontrolled conventional tourism poses potential threats to many natural areas around the world.
• It can put enormous pressure on an area and lead to impacts such as: soil erosion, increased pollution, discharges into the sea, natural habitat loss, increased pressure on endangered species and heightened vulnerability to forest fires.
• It often puts a strain on water resources, and it can force local populations to compete for the use of critical resources.