GCSE Effects of tourism on Machu Picchu
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Social Effects - Negative | -The local villagers who are employed as porters are made to carry bags up to 50kg -The local villagers are affected by the clothes of the western visitors and wish to dress like them |
| Social Effects - Positive | -Porters since 2000 have been limited to carrying a load of up to 25kg -Tourism provides jobs and opportunities to sell souvenirs this has improved the standard of living for people |
| Environmental Effects - Negative | -Garbage is thrown into the River Urubamba -Erosion is occouring on the Inca Trail due to the pressure of tourists. In 1998, 53,500 tourists walked the Inca Trail |
| Environmental Effects - Positive | -The tourists pay $50 each to travel the Inca Trail -Machu Picchu has been designed a world heritage site to protect it from large numbers of tourists |
| Economic Effects - Negative | -The hotels such as the sanctury lodge at Machu Picchu is owned by Orient-Express Hotels group. Therefore, much of the profit made from tourism leaves the country -The high-paying jobs are done by foreigners not local people, who are brought to work by the foreign hotel company |
| Economic Effects - Positive | -Tourists spend money in the area such as on handicrafts at the local market in Pisac -Machu Picchu generates $40 million a year income for the Peruvian Government |
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