Improved sports and leisure facilities created for the tourists which local people may
use, particularly out of the tourist season;
Conservation of the local cultural heritage of an area and rebirth of its crafts,
architectural traditions and ancestral heritage;
Urban areas which may be in decline can be revived and the movement of people
from rural areas to urban areas for employment may be reversed as jobs will be
available in the tourism industry;
Increase in youth exchange programmers, village tourism, home swap programmers
and voluntary work overseas.