For and against tourism

Pros

• Generates employment in the serice sector.
• Locals may benefit from improved infrastucture and facilities.
• Cultural exchanges between people-leading to gre undrerstanding.
• Profits may leak aboard from the country; the companies involved mey be foreign owned.

Cons

• Attracts people who prey on tourists.
• Some tourists don't respect the places they visit (e.g. yelling in churches, littering, taking pictures of sacred cerimonies without permission).
• It can destroy the enviroment because of the excesive construction of buildings.