What are the disadvantages of Tourism?

Can any one give me at least some advantages and disadvantages on tourism in the Bahamas?

• ministry of tourism

• Answer:

  Advantages 1. More people mean more jobs. 2. More jobs mean less poverty. 3. The potential for scholatic growth, as more tourists come to the islands, the more money is tipped, giving families more money to invest in education. Disadvantages 1. More traffic in the air, skies, water, roads make for more pollution. 2. Money that could be spent else where is invested in tourism. ie roads, schools, 3. Tourism can cause a greater risk of crime. (More people to prey upon.) 4. Tourism encourages the break down of Bahamian culture, or culture to be diluted for tourist participation. 5. Many people in the tourism industry are working long hours and many days, families are not together as much, breaking down the family dynamics