1. How Mass Tourism is Impacting The Island
Case Study: Bali
How Mass Tourism is
Impacting The Island

2. Where Is It?

3. A province and island in Indonesia

4. It can look like this...

6. And this...

14. But it can also look like this...

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. Bali Travel Guide, 5:12

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

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

21. Economic Impact of Mass Tourism
Positive Effects
It does bring in a lot of money
Tourism creates jobs, both through direct employment within the tourism industry and indirectly in sectors such as retail and transportation.
When these locals spend their wages on goods and services, it leads to what is known as the "multiplier effect," creating more jobs.

22. Economic Impact of Mass Tourism
Negative Effects
A lot of the money goes overseas to international developers
Government has to spend $$ on tourism infrastructure like highways and visitor centres, maybe that $$ could have better spent elsewhere
Many of the jobs created are low-level, with the higher-end jobs going to non-locals
Tourism can push up local property prices and the cost of goods and services

23. Social Impact of Mass Tourism
Positive Impact
The improvements to infrastructure also benefit the local community.
Tourism encourages the preservation of traditional customs, handicrafts and festivals that might otherwise have been allowed to wane, and it creates civic pride.
Interchanges between hosts and guests create a better cultural understanding and can also help raise global awareness of issues such as poverty and human rights abuses.

24. Social Impact of Mass Tourism
Negative Impact
Crowding, traffic, drugs and alcohol problems, prostitution and increased crime levels can occur.
Tourism can even infringe on human rights, with locals being displaced from their land to make way for new hotels or barred from beaches.
Interaction with tourists can also lead to an erosion of traditional cultures and values (Westernization)

25. Environmental Impact of Mass Tourism
Positive Impact
Tourism helps promote conservation of wildlife and natural resources such as rain forests, as these are now regarded as tourism assets.
It also helps generate funding for maintaining animal preserves and marine parks through entrance charges and guide fees.
By creating alternative sources of employment, tourism reduces problems such as over-fishing and deforestation in developing nations.

26. 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

27. Is Bali in Danger of Losing its Soul? 26:31
While watching, think about...
What impact is tourism having on Bali’s environment?
What impact is tourism having on Bali’s people?

28. Of course, the answer is not to attack tourism
Of course, the answer is not to attack tourism. Everyone is a tourist at some point in their life.
Rather, we have to:
regulate the sector
return to the traditions of local urban planning
put the rights of residents before those of big business

29. Can you find another example?
Can you find another example of a tourist location that is being severely impacted by mass tourism?