1. How Mass Tourism is Impacting The Island

2. Where Is It?

3. A province and island in Indonesia

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16. Basic Info About Bali Who lives there: over 4 million people, mostly Hindu What is it known for: most popular tourist destination in the country, beautiful dive sites and coral reefs

17. How Many Tourists Go There? In 2013, 3.27 million tourists visited Bali

18. What is “Mass Tourism”? : Mass tourism is the act of visiting a destination with large amounts of people at one time

19. The Struggle: How can tourism be promoted and developed in a way that will sustain the beauty, nature, and culture of this unique place?

20. Video “Is Bali in Danger of Losing Its Soul?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBXLmUAtbVA While watching, think about... What impact is tourism having on Bali’s environment? What impact is tourism having on Bali’s people?

21. Economic Impact of Mass Tourism Positive Effects It does bring in a lot of money The money can trickle down into the local economy and be used in helpful ways to benefit the local community It creates jobs and can raise the HDI of an area

22. Economic Impact of Mass Tourism Negative Effects A lot of the money goes overseas to international developers Many of the jobs created are low-level, with the higher-end jobs going to non-locals

23. Social Impact of Mass Tourism Positive Impact It can bring different cultures together to learn from each other It can promote tolerance for different ways of living

24. Social Impact of Mass Tourism Negative Impact It can cause materialism It can cause the society to become more Westernized It can cause more of a clash between the older and younger generations with their differing values

25. Cultural Impact of Mass Tourism Positive Impact It can help preserve certain aspects of the culture that would have been forgotten

26. Cultural Impact of Mass Tourism Negative Impact The unique culture can be over-simplified and ‘dumbed down’ for the tourists until it is just costumes, food and dancing

27. Environmental Impact of Mass Tourism Positive Impact Some of the money generated can be used to help preserve the environment Some sites can be officially protected as national parks or UNESCO sites

28. Environmental Impact of Mass Tourism Negative Impact Water pollution and water shortages Too much garbage and not enough space to put it all Urban sprawl into vulnerable or agricultural land Devastation of local ecosystems