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problems and to bring benefits to destinations,

the industry, and consumers.

Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism

There are three Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism;

Tourism has environmental, economic and social

impacts. Sustainable tourism is about maximizing the

impacts which are positive and minimizing the negative

ones.

It seems that the environmental impacts are negative,

the economic effects positive, and the social impacts a

combination of both. However, it is also important to

recognize that there are clear links between the three

aspects of tourism – the environmental, economic, and

social dimensions – and these are below:

Three dimensions of sustainable tourism are:

• Environmental

• Economic

• Social

Environmental Dimension

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