International tourism has become more popular in recent decades. However, this can have a considerable impact on the countries which attract large numbers of visitors. What positive and negative effects does tourism have on countries which are popular destinations?

Global

tourism

has been bloomed during recent pass

although

, it may give rise to benefits and drawbacks to some popular tourist

destinations

. growth of the local economy and improving the social status of the citizens are the major positive points of

this

new development while social

problems

and health-related

problems

are the major negatives. In the following essay ,

this

writer goes to

further

elaborate on these matters .

To begin

with , most of the tourists who are travelling to these world popular countries are young generations .

Furthermore

, they are the parts of society that active in sexuality and involved in most of the narcotic drug consumption in society. Unfortunately, when

this

group ended up in these popular tourist

destinations

, local communities will invariably experience

problems

like drug trafficking and sexually transmitted diseases.

For instance

, according to the information from the health authorities in Sri Lanka , the number of HIV infected persons has been doubled in

this

decade compared to the

last

decade , mainly in famous tourist

destinations

like Ella and Chillow.

However

, with the development of

this

industry

,life has changed for most of the citizens in these popular travelling

destinations

.

furthermore

, there have been some major developments in the infrastructure and basic-human facilities in these countries in view of attracting more number of tourists and indirectly

this

has been benefited the locals as well .

For instance

, according to the Sri Lankan central bank around 25% of the country's GDP has come through the

tourism

industry

and 30% of the working population ,involved in jobs related to the

tourism

industry

during the

last

decade. In conclusion , the worldwide

tourism

industry

has been improving for the

last

few decades and people have been getting benefits economically

although

they have been facing some increased social and health-related

problems

. Since

this

,

this

writer wishes to suggest governments take necessary actions when they are planning the

further

development of

this

industry

.