How your travels will affect local communities
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Tourism can have a negative impact on local communities when carried out without respect or consideration. Indeed, tourism can cause hostility, competition, jealousy and the loss or destruction of the local culture. Many travellers fail to research before they go and simple mistakes which can often be avoided are often made, causing offence to local people and making the lives of the next travellers to visit that little bit more difficult. It’s vitally important that you mak...
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