1.4 The Natural Resources of The Community
The natural resources of the community are also shared among residents and visitors.
Residents and visitors often enjoy the same beaches, rivers, lakes and mountains.
This blending of local people and their resources with outsiders can have many social and
cultural impacts, some positive and some not so positive.
2. Social and Cultural Benefits of Tourism
In addition to economic gains, tourism can provide many social and cultural benefits. By
bringing people from a wide variety of places and cultures together, visitors and locals learn
about each other, their differences and their similarities. They also become aware of new
tastes and ways